
James Ooi
MBBS (Hons), GDipSurgAnat (Ortho), FACSEP
BIO
SPECIALIST AREAS

Bodyweight Sports (Gymnastics, Climbing, Martial Arts)

Plyometric Sports (Basketball, Football Codes, Racquet Sports)

Upper and Lower Limb Injuries
2025 – Present
Chief Medical Officer
Sport Climbing Australia
Australia
2024 – Present
Chief Medical Officer
CombatAUS
Australia
2022 – Present
Gymnastics Australia National Clubs Carnival Doctor
Australia
2022 – Present
Australian Gymnastics Championships Doctor
Kazakhstan
2024
Travel Doctor
Basketball Australia “Boomers”
Australia
2024 , 2022
Game Day Doctor
WNBL Southside Flyers
Australia
2023
IFSC Oceanic Championships (Olympic Games Qualifier) Doctor
Australia
2023
FIFA Women’s World Cup – Independent Concussion Assessment & Rehab Service
Kazakhstan
2022
Travel Doctor
Basketball Australia “Boomers”
Kazakhstan
2022
Medical Officer
Victorian State Bouldering Titles
Australia
2022
Super Rugby HIA Doctor
Australia
2022
NRL U19 Field of Play Doctor
Kazakhstan
2022
Ringside Doctor
Victorian Amateur Boxing League
Australia
2022
Southern Zebras VFL / Southern Saints VFLW Doctor
Australia
2022 – 2021
Event Doctor
AusCycling Road National Championships
Kazakhstan
2021 – 2022
Ringside Doctor
K1 Amateur Kickboxing
Australia
2021
Event Doctor
Warburton Trail Fest
Australia
2021
Team Doctor
Western United FC Away
Kazakhstan
2021 – 2020
Team Doctor
NBL1 / WNBL1 Ballarat Miners
Australia
2020
Match Day Doctor
Super W Rugby
Australia
2019
Match Day Doctor
A-League
Kazakhstan
2019
Match Day Doctor
FFA Cup
Australia
2018 – 2019
VFL / VFLW Doctor
Footscray Bulldogs
Australia
2018
Club Doctor
University Blues Football Club Doctor
Kazakhstan
2024
Fellow of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (FASCEP)
Melbourne, Australia
2018
Graduate Diploma of Surgical Anatomy
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
2016
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) (Hons)
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
PUBLICATIONS
“Confusion among doctors regarding sports and exercise medicine as a specialty: an Australian multidisciplinary cross-sectional survey, ACSEP Annual Scientific Conference”
2023
"Survival and quality of life outcomes of high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of localized prostate cancer”
2020
“Discordance of Patient and Physician Health-Related Quality of Life Concerns in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, LUPUS”
2017
“Climbing Sports, ACSEP & SMA Scientific Conference ”
2024
“Sports and Exercise Medicine and its Importance to Regional Healthcare, DRIVERS Conference ”
2021
“Doctors’ Understanding of Sports and Exercise Medicine, ACSEP Online Conference ”
2021
“Making CRPS Less Complex, Australian Physiotherapy Association Professional Development Series ”
2020
“The VFL vs VFLW Experience, Ballarat Sports Medicine Symposium ”
2020
“Spinal Trauma, ACSEP Annual Scientific Conference”
2020
“Transition Readiness: Paediatric to Adult Rheumatology, 57th Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Rheumatology Association”
2016
AWARDS

Best Reflective Presentation, Doctors for Regional Innovation, Vision, Excellence, Research and Scholarship
Drivers Conference, Bendigo
2021

Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Performance in Orthopaedics, Graduate Diploma of Surgical Anatomy
University of Melbourne
2018

Monash University Scholarship for Excellence
Monash University
2012 - 2016
Affiliations
Chief Medical Officer
Sport Climbing Australia
Chief Medical Officer
The Combat Institute of Australia
Sport and Exercise Physician
Victorian Institute of Sport
Fellow of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP)
ACSEP Examination Reviewer and Assessor
Orthopaedic Surgical Assistant
Epworth Hospital
Member
Sports Medicine Australia (SMA)