Dr Bassett trained in general Gastroenterology in Canberra and Brisbane. He has a special interest in liver diseases, having worked in the Liver Unit at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and the Liver Diseases Section, of the National Institute of Health, in the United States. He is currently a staff specialist and Director of the Gastroenterology Unit at The Canberra Hospital and in part-time private practice as a Gastroenterologist.