Amanda is a general, colorectal and trauma surgeon based in Brisbane, with subspecialty training in complex colorectal conditions and robotic surgery.
Amanda’s path to surgery started at Monash University, where she graduated with Honours in Medicine and Surgery. From there, she completed more than a decade of surgical training across some of Australia’s leading teaching hospitals – including general surgery training through St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, and two years of advanced colorectal fellowship training through the Australian and New Zealand Training Broad in Colon and Rectal Surgery (ANZTBCRS), with placements at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth and Christchurch Hospital New Zealand.
Most recently, She completed a Robotic and Advanced Colorectal Cancer Fellowship at Nottingham NHS Trust in the United Kingdom — one of the UK’s leading centres for robotic colorectal surgery — supported by the RACS Queensland Younger Fellows Grant.
In addition to her clinical work, she holds a Master of Surgery from the University of Sydney, a Graduate Diploma of Surgical Anatomy from the University of Melbourne, and Membership of the International Postgraduate Deanery of the College of Surgeons Edinburgh. She is the host of ‘First Incision’, a surgical education podcast that has been listened to more than half a million times by doctors and trainees around the world.
She operates privately at the Wesley Hospital, and holds public appointments at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital and STARS, where she works across colorectal, general and trauma surgery.
The Wesley Hospital, Brisbane
General & Colorectal Surgeon, Endoscopist (Private)
Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital (RBWH)
General, Colorectal & Trauma Surgeon (Public)
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS)
General & Colorectal Surgeon (Public)
Australian Army Reserve
Captain, General & Trauma Surgeon
Outside of surgery, I’m an enthusiastic trail runner — you’ll often find me somewhere in the mountains on a weekend. I’m also a Captain in the Australian Army Reserve, which keeps me connected to the trauma and emergency medicine side of surgery that I genuinely love.
I’ve always believed that good surgeons are also good teachers. That’s what led me to start the First Incision podcast — now one of the most listened-to surgical education resources in Australia and New Zealand — and to write the General Surgery SET Interview preparation guide, which is used by trainees across the country.
