A/Prof Ruth Blackham

Experts / A/Prof Ruth Blackham

A/Prof Ruth Blackham

Consultant Bariatric & General Surgeon, Director, Aurora Bariatrics; Academic, University of Western Australia; Board Member, Journal of SOARD (Society for Obesity And Related Disease)

A/Professor Blackham is a Consultant Bariatric & General Surgeon, Academic and Director of Aurora Bariatrics. She is the only Surgeon to have won both the AMA WA Junior Doctor of the Year and the John Corboy Medal (highest award for a Surgical Trainee) from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. A/Professor Blackham undertook specialist training in bariatric surgery in Perth and Melbourne and was bestowed the IFSO Asia Pacific Medtronic scholarship in London as well as the ANZGOSA-Upper GI Younger Fellow scholarship. After completing 20 years of medical and surgical training she was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship, granting further access to international surgical immersions in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Singapore, London and Vienna. A/Professor Blackham is an academic surgeon, having completed two Masters in both Surgery and Legal Medicine, as well as a completed PhD researching quality and excellence within the discipline of bariatric surgery via The University of Western Australia. She was an Academic within the Discipline of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine for six years requiring teaching of trainee doctors and medical students, post-graduate surgical registrars and fellows. She is an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of SOARD (Society for Obesity And Related Disease) and a Journal Reviewer for the Australian/New Zealand Journal of Surgery. She has continued a lifetime of advocacy for junior doctors within the Australian Medical Association and Postgraduate Medical Council of Western Australia. She is a Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Council-appointed member for both the Prevocational Skills & Education Committee as well as the Skills & Oversight Committee. She is dedicated to ensuring surgical safety and quality practice, as well as a kind and caring demeanour. She has a passion for pursuit of a healthy lifestyle and is an advocate for engaging in patient’s wellbeing and future health goals. A/Professor Blackham ensures compassion and pursuit of excellence in caring for all her patients. Qualifications MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (University of Western Australia) PhD Doctorate in Assessment of Performance of Sleeve Gastrectomy by Surgeons MS Master of Surgery (University of Western Australia) MLegM Master of Legal Medicine (Griffith University, Qld) DCH Diploma of Child Health (Princess Margaret Hospital for Children) DRANZCOG Diploma of Royal Australian/NZ College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology VGDWH Vocational Graduate Diploma in Women’s Health (King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women) FRACS Fellowship of The Royal College of Surgeons FACLM Fellowship of the Australian College of Legal Medicine International Fellow of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons (IFASMBS) Subspecialty Focus Bariatric surgery Sleeve Gastrectomy Gastric bypass surgery – One anastomosis gastric bypass, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass Removal of Gastric Bands Consulting Locations Murdoch: SJOG Murdoch Sessional Suites, SJOG Murdoch Perth: Mount Medical Centre, Perth 6000 (next to Mount Hospital) Subiaco: within Western General Surgery, 4/200 Rokeby Road, Subiaco Professional Associations AMA – Australian Medical Association RACS – Royal Australasian College of Surgeons GSA – General Surgeons Australia ANZGOSA – Aust & NZ Gastric and Oesophageal Surgery Association ANZMOSS – Aust & NZ Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Society (formerly OSSANZ) IFSO – International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders ASMBS – American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons

Bariatric surgery in women