Dr Semple completed advanced surgical training in Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat surgery) following training at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, the Royal Hobart Hospital, the Geelong Hospital, St Vincent’s Hospital and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.  After successfully passing his final examination, he was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Specialist Qualification). He is also a member of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (ASOHNS), the association for Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeons in Australia.

Between October 2007 and May 2008 Dr Semple undertook further  training in Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery in Ottawa, Canada’s capital city. Here he expanded his experience in ear surgery including cochlear implantation (“Bionic Ears”), paediatric (Children’s) surgery and rhinoplasty.  During this period he was also heavily involved in training Canadian ENT surgeons and was an invited examiner for the Ottawa Ear Nose and Throat surgical training program. His community work aided the Canadian Arctic community by volunteering to travel to the arctic where he treated the local indigenous population.

In May of 2008 Dr Semple returned with his wife and young son, Will, to Geelong, a region they had longed to return to since working here in 2004. Since then Finn has also arrived. He currently has public hospital and private hospital appointments in Geelong as well as an appointment in the Otology (ear surgery) unit at Melbourne’s Royal Victorian Eye and Ear hospital (RVEEH). Here he is also involved in Melbourne’s Cochlear Implant (bionic ear) program.

Dr Semple continues an active role in teaching medical students from the University of Melbourne and Deakin, as well as Junior Doctors and accredited Advanced Surgical Trainees in Ear Nose and Throat Surgery at both the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and the Geelong Hospital.

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