Specialty: Medicine - Gastroenterology

Certification(s): Dr. Bessoff is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with a sub-specialty in Gastroenterology

Location(s):

Medical Degree: Tufts University School of Medicine, Medford, Massachusetts

Internship: Montifiore Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx, New York

Residency: (Surgery; Medicine) Montifiore Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx, New York; (Medicine) Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut

Fellowship: (Gastroenterology) Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut; (Liver Disease) Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut

Academic Title: Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis

Special Interest:

• Colorectal Cancer in Minority Populations
• Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Professional Memberships:

• American College of Physicians, Fellow
• American Gastroenterological Association, Fellow
• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• American Society of Internal Medicine

Additional Information:

• Author and co-author of several medical and research publications
• Lieutanant Commander, U.S. Navy Medical Corp.
• Clinical Clerkship, Great Lakes Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Illinois