Dr. Nikki Damen, MBBS, holds the position of Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia Medical School. She is an experienced Surgical Assistant working across public and private hospitals in Western Australia and interstate, complemented by her role as a Locum General Surgical Registrar. Dr. Damen demonstrates proficiency in diverse surgical areas, including General Surgery, Gynaecological Oncology, Colorectal Surgery, Upper GI/Bariatric Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, and Robotic Surgery. Her dedication to medical education and research is evident through her longstanding involvement with the Clinical Training and Evaluation Centre (CTEC), part of the UWA Medical School, where she contributes to hands-on training for junior doctors.

Dr. Damen participated in her inaugural CTEC workshop in 2013 and has facilitated numerous sessions in the JDocs and Cutting Edge workshop suites since 2016. In 2025, she assumed the role of convenor for CTEC's The Cutting Edge: Introductory Wound Suturing Workshop, which provides essential skills in wound management and is approved for CPD points by RACGP and ACRRM. She also serves as faculty for JDocs: Foundations of Minimal Access Surgery and JDocs: Introduction to Surgical Skills workshops, aimed at enhancing competence in basic surgical techniques. In research, Dr. Damen co-authored 'Anastomotic leaks in colorectal surgery' published in the ANZ Journal of Surgery in 2014, presenting an audit of 1025 colorectal resections from 1996 to 2012 at St John of God Subiaco and Fremantle Hospitals while affiliated with the Department of Surgery, University of Western Australia. Earlier, in 2007, she contributed to 'A new technique for cement augmentation of the sliding hip screw in proximal femur fractures' in Clinical Biomechanics, reporting a 42% improvement in cut-out resistance in osteoporotic cadaver femora models from the Fremantle Orthopaedic Unit, University of Western Australia. These efforts underscore her influence in clinical training and surgical outcomes research.