Dr Tim Bright graduated from Adelaide University and obtained his general surgical fellowship from the Royal Australian College of Surgeons in 2006. He then undertook a Masters of Surgery and further post-fellowship training at the Northern Oesophago- Gastric Cancer Unit in Newcastle UK. He was appointed consultant and senior lecturer in surgery on the Oesophago-Gastric Surgery Unit at Flinders Medical Centre in 2010 and has been Head of Unit since 2014. He sat on the Executive of the Australian and New Zealand Gastric and Oesophageal Surgery Association (ANZGOSA) from 2011-2020 and is the immediate past-chair of the ANZGOSA training committee.

Dr Bright's interests include oesophago-gastric cancer and benign upper gastrointestinal disorders, as well as interventional upper GI endoscopy including EUS. 

Dr Bright consults at Flinders Private Hospital and Dechert House. He has private operating lists at Flinders Private Hospital and Burnside Private Hospital.