Curriculum Vitae

Dr Deborah Amott

MBBS, FRACS, GAICD, AFRACMA

Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon

As Director of ENT North, Deborah is committed to building a team of capable and committed health professionals and administration staff to support the delivery of exceptional patient care.

Qualifications

2020- Associate Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators

2019
Leadership for Clinicians, RACMA

2018
Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors

2015-16
Advanced Leadership Program, Women and Leadership Australia
Recipient of Scholarship offered by WLA via RACS

2011
Diploma, Head and Neck Surgery, American Society of Head and Neck Surgeons

2010
Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2000
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Hons), University of Melbourne

Current Public Hospital Employment

2011
Head of Unit, Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery Unit, Northern Health

Educational Involvement

2018
Operating with Respect Course Instructor, RACS
TIPS Deputy Chair of Committee and Course Director, RACS

2016
TIPS Committee member and Course Director, RACS

2015-19
Regional (VIC) Training Board, ENT Surgery

2015-18
Instructor, CCrISP Course, RACS

2015
Convener, Victorian ENT Residents’ Training Course

2014-17 
Supervisor of Head & Neck Fellowship, RMH

2014
Convener, Australian ENT Registrars’ Annual Conference, Melbourne

2013
Participant, Surgical Education Course RACS, Melbourne
Examiner, University of Melbourne Medical School
Coordinator, Junior ENT Trainees’ Education sessions

2012-
Developer, iPhone and Android App: ENT Handbook
Lecturer, Tutor and Examiner, Royal Melbourne Hospital Clinical School
Lecturer, Tutor and Examiner, Northern Health Clinical School

2011-
Lecturer, Victorian Accredited Surgical Training Program, ENT
Active supervision and training of accredited ENT trainees, RMH, Austin Health and Northern Health
Instructor, Training in Professional Skills Course, RA

Professional Membership

  • Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  • Australian Medical Association
  • Australasian Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
  • Senior Medical Staff Association, Northern Health

Extra-curricular Activities

Involvement with the Royal Australiasian College of Surgeons (RACS)

2006-07
Member, Education Board, RACS
Member, College Council, RACS

2006
Invited observer, AMA Federal Council of DiT, Victorian Medical Women’s Society (VMWS)

2005-06
Trainee representative, Victorian General Surgery Regional Board,Australian Medical Association

2005-07
Inaugural Chair, RACS Trainees’ Association

2005
Working Group: AMA Enterprise Bargaining Agreement
AMA Federal Council of Doctors in Training Representative
Victorian Coordinator, Women in Medical Leadership Training

2004-06 
Representative, Victorian State Committee

2004-05
Vice-President, DiT Committee, AMA Victoria

2004
Coordinating Committee, Victorian Regional Committee’s Annual General and Scientific Fellowship Meeting

2003-06
Member, Doctors in Training (DiT) Committee, AMA Victoria

2002-06
Newsletter Editor

2002-05
Women in Surgery Committee

2001-06 
Committee Member, VMWS

Other

1995-06
President, Medical Students’ Society, University of Melbourne

1996
Committee Member, Melbourne University Student Union

2000-05
RMO Society Member, various hospitals

Publications

Three-dimensional printing as a tool in otolaryngology training: a systematic review. Chen G; Jiang M; Coles- Black J; Mansour K; Chuen J; Amott D. Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 134(1): 14-19, 2020 Jan

Relationship between age, comorbidities and complications in head and neck cancer patints undergoing curative surgery.Shepherd SJ; Creber N; Mansour K; Wiesenfeld D; Iseli TA; Amott D. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 2019 Dec 14.

Case report of a p16INK4-positive branchial cleft cyst. Chen, G; Jiang, M; Coles-Black, J; Mansour, K; Chuen, J; Amott, D,D, McClean T, Iseli C, Amott D, Taylor M. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 129(6): 611-3, 2015 Jun

Widefield optical imaging of changes in uptake of glucose and tissue extracellular pH in head and neck cancer. Luo Z; Loja MN; Farwell DG; Luu QC; Donald PJ; Amott D; Truong AQ; Gandour-Edwards R; Nitin N. Cancer Prevention Research. 7(10): 1035-44, 2014 Oct.

Massive epistaxis from sphenopalatine pseudoaneurysm 5 months after facial trauma Tao P, Amott D, Mitchell P, and Iseli TA (2014), ANZ Journal of Surgery. doi: 10.1111/ans.12835

Optical molecular imaging detects changes in extracellular pH with the development of head and neck cancer. Loja MN. Luo Z. Greg Farwell D. Luu QC. Donald PJ. Amott D. Truong AQ. Gandour-Edwards RF. Nitin N. International Journal of Cancer. 132(7):1613-23, 2013 Apr 1.

High-resolution optical molecular imaging of changes in choline metabolism in oral neoplasia. Clinical & Translational Oncology. Luo Z. Loja M. Farwell DG. Luu QC. Donald PJ. Amott D. Gandour-Edwards, R. Nitin N. 6(1): 33-41, 2013 Feb.

The training of the next generation of surgeons in Australia. Amott DH, Hanney RM. Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (Supplement): Oct 2006 88(9): p320-22 (Invited paper).

Amott DH, Masters R, Moore S. Secretary carcinoma of the breast.Breast J.2006 Mar-Apr; 12(2):183.

Dissecting haematoma of the oesophagus masquerading as acute myocardial infarction. Amott DH, Wright GM. Med J Aust. 2006 Feb 20; 184(4): 182-3.

Electronic medical handover: towards safer medical care. Cheah LP, Amott DH, Pollard J, Watters DA. Med J Aust. 2005 Oct 3; 183(7): 369-72. Prospective comparison of routine and selective operative cholangiography. Amott D, Webb A, Tulloh B. ANZ J Surg. 2005 Jun; 75(6): 378-82.

Research Presentations

2019 International Conference on Residency Education (Ottowa):
Truskett P, Incoll I, Morreau P, Anthony A, Cartmill J, Gibb C, Amott D, Bowe P, Jacobson E, O’Brien R, Van Dijk J, Subramaniam P, Webber E, Whinam R, Nestel D Training in Professional Skills (TIPS): The Creation and Evolution of a Simulation-based ‘Non-Technical’ Skills Course for Trainee Surgeons in Australia and New Zealand.

RACS Annual Scientific Meeting 2019 (Bangkok):

Training in Professional Skills (TIPS): The Creation and Evolution of a Simulation-based ‘Non-Technical’ Skills Course for Trainee Surgeons in Australia and New Zealand (authors as above)

ASOHNS Annual Scientific Meeting 2015 (Sydney):

Fisher S, Creber N, Iseli T, Wiesenfeld D, Amott D. The relationship between Age, Co-morbidities and Complications in Head and Neck Patients undergoing Curative Resection (Poster).

ASOHNS Annual Scientific Meeting 2013 (Perth):

Chong A, Harris R, Iseli T, Angel C, Amott D, Wiesenfeld D. Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma arising from Verrucous Lesions in the Oral Cavity.

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons/Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand Annual Scientific
Congress 2007:

Invited speaker. Issues now and in the future affecting the training of the next generation of surgeons in Australia.

RACS Annual Scientific Congress 2004:
Continuity of care without continuity of carer (Poster)

VSC Annual General Scientific and Fellowship Meeting 2004:
Introduction of laparoscopic hernia repair into a regional surgical practice (Poster).