Dr Ruth Blackham (General Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Ruth Elisa Blackham
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Western Australia Australia 2004
- Occupation
- General Surgeon
- Bariatric (Obesity) Surgeon
- Gender
- Female
- Languages Spoken
- Burmese
Ruth is a Consultant General Surgeon who has joined our practice as the Bariatric Fellow. She has completed eleven years of postgraduate training since finishing her undergraduate degree in Medicine and Surgery in 2004. She is a trainer and facilitator for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and Senior Lecturer with the University of Western Australia. In this role she works collaboratively with the internationally-recognised CTEC centre, a designated facility specialising in the teaching of surgical skills.
Ruth has completed a Master of Surgery thesis studying the effect of age and fatigue upon simulated laparoscopic surgical skills. She is also the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship focusing her topic upon the role of simulation in teaching surgical skills to health professionals involving travel to the UK, Canada and Singapore.
In addition to her clinical workload she has previously represented doctors as the Chair of the AMA Doctors in Training Committee, Chair of the PMCWA Junior Medical Officers committee, elected as national General Surgical representative to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Trainee’s Association and General Surgeons Australia.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Bethesda Hospital
- St John of God Subiaco Hospital
- Hollywood Private Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Western Surgical Health
- Affiliated Organisations
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
- Topics
- Obesity Surgery
Practice Locations
Perth
- Western Surgical Health
- Address
- Suite 2 95 Monash Avene
Nedlands WA 6009
Australia
- Phone
- 08 64248596
