Mr David Bunting

 Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Consultant upper gastrointestinal and abdominal wall surgeon, North Devon District Hospital (2017 – present)
• Post-CCT Fellow in oesophago-gastric surgery, Derriford Hospital (2017)
• Upper GI surgery research fellow, Derriford Hospital (2013 – 2015)

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 Sub-specialties

• Robotic surgery
• Hernia repair
• Upper GI surgery
• Anti-reflux surgery
• Day-case surgery
• Gallstone disease

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 Positions in public associations

• President, British Association of Day Surgery (2023 – present)
• Editor, Journal of One Day Surgery (2017 – 2021)
• Officer of the General Assembly, International Association of Ambulatory Surgery  (2024 – present)
• Lead Clinician for Upper GI Surgery Department, North Devon District Hospital (2021– present)
• Lead Clinician, Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, North Devon District Hospital (2021– present)
• Council member, British Association of Day Surgery (2018 – present)

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 Teaching posts

• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Exeter Medical School (2019 – 2025)

 Education

• Fellow of the European Board of Surgery in Abdominal Wall Surgery (FEBS-AWS) 2022)
• MD, Plymouth University (2016)
• Fellowship, Royal College of Surgeons (2015)
• MSc in Surgical Technology, Imperial College London (2009)
• Certificate of Completion of Basic Surgical Training (2007)
• MBBS in Clinical Subjects, Guy's, King's, and St Thomas's Hospitals School of Medicine (2002)
• BSc in Physiology with Basic Medical Sciences, United Medical & Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals (1999)

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 Publications and conferences

• Mr Bunting's published research can be accessed on his ResearchGate profile.

 Prizes and awards

• Fellowship of the European Board of Surgery - Abdominal Wall Section Examination: Highest scoring examination (2022 Examination)
• 3rd Place, in abstract prize competition, Reducing length of stay in patients with common bile duct stones undergoing cholecystectomy. International Association of Ambulatory Surgery, Biennial Congress, Bruges (May 2022)
• Gold Certificate, Poster presentation section, British Association of Day Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting, Sheffield (June 2018) ‘Implementing day case emergency cholecystectomies – a DGH experience. 
• Best abstract finalist, European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons Congress, Utrecht, Netherlands (2017) ‘Circulating biomarkers in prediction of the response to neoadjuvant therapy in patients with oesophago-gastric cancer’
• TopScalpel’ Laparoscopic Skills Prize (EoSurgical), ASiT Conference, Glasgow (2015)

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 Professional membership

• Royal College of Surgeons
• British Association of Day Surgery
• European Hernia Society
• British Hernia Society
• International Association of Ambulatory Surgery

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