Originally from Sydney, Janine undertook basic surgical training in Royal North Shore Hospital, and then completed her Surgical Education and Training in the Bankstown / Prince of Wales Network.
With a desire to be a rural surgeon, she sat and passed her Fellowship Exam in May 2011, and then worked in Bendigo as the Surgical Fellow in 2012.
Janine then accepted a Surgical Consultant position in Bendigo, and has worked there since 2013, performing outreach to Rochester, Castlemaine and previously Echuca. She also operates at Warringal Private in Melbourne.