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Dr Sophie Ootes

About Dr Sophie Ootes

GP REGISTRAR

Special Interests

  • Sports Medicine
  • Wilderness & Expedition Medicine
  • Rural/Remote Medicine

Service Location

Stepney Healthcare Hub

Qualifications

  • General Practice Registrar
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Sydney – 2018
  • Bachelor of Arts (International Politics/French Language) – 2014
  • Emergency Medicine Certificate (ACEM) – 2023
  • Fellowship of the Academy of Extreme Environment Medicine
  • SASMA Sports Medicine for GPs – 2023
  • Management of Sports Trauma (ACSEP) – 2022
  • Major Incident Medical Management Support – 2023
  • Wilderness Rescue Medicine – 2023
  • Advanced Life Support 2 (ARC) – 2022
  • Advanced Wilderness Life Support – 2022

Awards & Achievements

  • Dr Geoff Thompson Scholarship (ACSEP) – 2023
  • Change Our Game Scholarship – 2023
  • 35th Place – World Age Group Triathlon Championships – 2018
  • 12th Place – World Age Group Duathlon Championships – 2015
  • Captain of Forestville Premier League Hockey Team – 2012
  • 5th Place – World Junior Champs Road Time-Trial, South Africa – 2008
  • 1st Place – Australian Junior Road Time-Trial Champs – 2008
  • Runner Up Australian Junior Female Road Cyclist of the Year – 2008
  • Youth Olympic Games – Track Cycling – 2007

Member of

  • AusCycling Medical Advisory Committee 2023-24
  • Athletics Victoria Committee 2022-24
  • Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners – member
  • South Australian Sports Medicine Association – member
  • Australasian Wilderness & Expedition Medicine Society – Founding member, Vice-president 2021-23.
  • Australian Medical Association
  • Wilderness Medical Society
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