Colonel Donivan Bessinger

Background

Bessinger, Colonel Donivan was born on October 15, 1936 in Louisville.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Carson-Newman College, 1958; Doctor of Medicine, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1961; Master of Science in Surgery, University of Virginia, 1968.

Career

Intern, Queen's Hospital, Honolulu, 1961-1962; resident in surgery, Greenville (South Carolina.) General Hospital, 1964-1966, 67-68; chief resident in surgery, Greenville (South Carolina.) General Hospital, 1968-1969; surgical research fellow, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, 1966-1967; private practice, Greenville, South Carolina., since 1969; medical staff, Greenville Memorial Hospital and St. Francis Hospital, since 1969.

Achievements

• Colonel Donivan Bessinger has been listed as a notable Surgeon, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant United States Marine Corps, 1962-1964. Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Medical Association, Greenville County Medical Society, South Carolina.

Medical Association, South Carolina. Surgical Society.