Dr. Amanda Caroline Dawson
MS, MM (Clinical Epidemiology), MBBS, FRACS
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeon

Education:

• MBBS University of Melbourne 1992
• FRACS Melbourne 1999
• Concord & Repatriation General Hospital
• Advanced Laparoscopy/Upper GI Fellowship 2000-2002
• Garvan Institute of Medical Research 2002-2005
• Masters of Surgery (Pancreatic Cancer) UNSW 2005
• Masters of Medicine (Clinical Epidemiology) University of Sydney 2005
• Senior Lecturer in Surgery (tenured) University of Newcastle, Gosford Hospital 2005
• VMO St Lukes 2009
• Keyhole Surgery Centre fellowship 2010

Dr Amanda Dawson is a specialist general surgeon specializing in upper gastrointestinal and advanced laparoscopic surgery, who is currently expanding her successful private practice into Sydney.

Amanda graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1992, completed her general surgical training at the Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, and was awarded fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1999. During her training she was awarded the D.R. Leslie Prize by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

A two year fellowship in upper gastrointestinal surgery and advanced laparoscopic surgery followed at Concord Hospital in Sydney. This unit has a rapid turnover of over one thousand patients per year and provided many opportunities for open surgery and more particularly for advanced laparoscopy.

In 2002, she commenced a period of research, with a Masters of Surgery at the University of New South Wales. Her thesis on the molecular biology of pancreatic cancer was completed at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. Concurrently, she also completed a Masters of Medicine in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Sydney. During this time she worked as a general surgeon at the Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital.

Amanda was subsequently appointed as a tenured Senior Lecturer in Surgery of the University of Newcastle at Gosford Hospital

Her non-clinical duties include examining for the Australian Medical Council and the RACS (part 1). For the RACS, she serves on the Critical Literature Evaluation and Review Committee, instructs for the Basic Surgical Skills Course, and is the local supervisor of surgical training. Her volunteer work has taken her to Africa and Greece as an instructor for the Train the Trainers Course for the World Gastroenterology Organisation. As an educator, she is also a mentor for the Perioperative Nurse Surgical Assistant Course with Southern Cross University.