Donivan Bessinger

C. Donivan Bessinger, MD, MS(Surg), FACS

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Dr. Bessinger (" Don ") is a surgeon who practiced in South Carolina from 1969 until retirement in June 2002. He is also an author who writes from a global perspective, shaped, in part, by diverse medical experiences in New England, Hawaii, the Philippines, Antarctica, and Haiti.

Born, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936.
Public schools, Pickens SC and Asheville NC.
College: Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City TN, Bachelor of Science, 1958;
Research laboratory technician, Oak Ridge (TN) Institute of Nuclear Studies, 1958.

Medical Educaton

Doctor of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1961.
Internship, The Queen's Hospital, Honolulu HI, 1961-1962.
Resident in Surgery, Greenville General Hospital, Greenville SC, 1964-1966, 1967-1969.
Surgical Research Fellow, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, 1966-1967.
Master of Science in Surgery, University of Virginia, 1968.

Military Service

Lieutenant (MC), United States Naval Reserve, General Medical Officer, 1962-1964.
Antarctic Support Activities, Davisville, Rhode Island:
Officer-In-Charge (1963), South Pole Station, Antarctica.
Resigned commission, 1970, Honorable discharge.

Professional Practice

Medical License: North Carolina and South Carolina.
Diplomate, American Board of Surgery, since 1970.
Fellow, American College of Surgeons, since 1973.

Private practice of general surgery in Greenville SC, 1969 – 2002,
limited to surgery for diseases of breast after September 1990.

Hospital Medical Staff memberships:
Greenville (SC) Memorial Hospital
Saint Francis Health System, Greenville SC.

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