Dr Victoria Forsdick

Dr Victoria Forsdick undertook an Undergraduate Physiotherapy Degree before graduating from Medicine in 2014. She previously worked in paediatric surgery but could not ignore her love for sport and exercise medicine, having been a young athlete herself.

In 2019 she started working for the Western Bulldogs AFLW team and covered other events, as able, during the Covid-19 pandemic before moving to Canberra in 2021. She completed her first year of Sport and Exercise Medicine Specialist training at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), working with a range of sports including basketball and para-swimming. The AIS was also where she started her researched in the female athlete post-pregnancy.

Victoria returned to Melbourne in 2022 and is currently working with the Western Bulldogs AFL and AFLW teams. She was a member of the Commonwealth Games Birmingham 2022 medical team looking after the Hockeyroos (Silver Medallists) and Artistic Gymnasts. Victoria was also the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the Youth Commonwealth Games 2023 held in Trinidad and Tobago. She continues to lead the AIS research into the experiences of high-performance athletes returning to sport post-pregnancy.

Her aim is to help all patients achieve their goals through management of acute and chronic injuries and utilising exercise as medicine. She has a keen interest and passion for paediatric patients, female athletes, concussion, and bone stress related injuries.

Memberships: Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians, Australian Football League Doctors Association, Sports Medicine Australia.

Availability: Currently on extended leave.