Associate Professor Joanne Rimmer

MBBS MA(Hons) FRCS(ORL-HNS) FRACS

ENT Surgeon / Rhinologist 

Joanne Rimmer is an ENT surgeon with fellowship training in rhinology, anterior skull base and facial plastic surgery, and is internationally recognised for her work. 

Jo studied medicine at Cambridge University and Guy’s & St Thomas’s Hospitals London, graduating in 1999. She undertook specialist training in London, gaining her Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2010. She completed advanced subspecialty training with rhinology, skull base and facial plastic surgery fellowships in Brisbane and London from 2011-2014. Jo was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2016. 

Jo treats all general adult and paediatric ENT conditions, with a special interest in the nose and sinuses, from nasal obstruction and sinusitis to benign and malignant tumours. She has a particular interest in the management of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia and vasculitis. She has extensive experience in minimally invasive endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery as well as open techniques. She has exceptional expertise in both functional and cosmetic rhinoplasty surgery and is an international consultant for the Harley Street Nose Clinic. Jo is an executive board member of the Australia & New Zealand Rhinologic Society, a member of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery and the Australasian Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery. 

Jo has published extensively in the scientific literature and has authored multiple book chapters in her areas of expertise. Jo regularly teaches on courses and delivers lectures at conferences. She is currently an investigator in multiple local, national and international clinical trials in the field of ENT. 

Jo has private appointments at Linacre Private Hospital, Cabrini Brighton and Holmesglen Private Hospital, and she is a Clinical Associate Professor at Monash University. Joanne has public appointments as an ENT Surgeon at Monash Health and St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.  

Jo’s life outside medicine is centred around her young family. Her interests include travel, music, netball, skiing and scuba diving. 

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