Kirsten undertook specialist radiology training in South Australia and was awarded her Fellowship to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (FRANZCR) in 2003. She completed a Fellowship year at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London prior to working as a Consultant at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. During this time she trained with Prof Gina Brown in rectal MRI and undertook subspecialty training in Oncology Imaging.
A/Prof Gormly instituted the use of MRI in staging cervical and rectal cancer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) in 2005 and presented for several years at the RAH statewide gynaecology oncology meeting. In 2024, she was instrumental in securing additional Medicare funding for patients with rectal cancer requiring MRI reassessment and follow up.
In 2009, she joined Jones Radiology and is Clinic Director of the Kurralta Park clinic at the Tennyson Centre. She is currently Jones Radiology MRI Modality Director and external trials lead for the Research Committee, was chair of the Clinical Committee for many years and Quality Committee chair, and maintains a keen interest in quality improvement in Medical Imaging. She regularly attends general oncology and lower gastrointestinal multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
A/Prof Gormly is involved in education and research involving pelvic cancers in Australia and New Zealand and is an honorary Clinical Associate Professor with Adelaide University. She was elected as a Fellow of the International Cancer Imaging Society (ICIS) in 2024 and Corresponding Fellow of the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) in 2023. She is a member of the Lower GI working party of GI Cancer Trials (Australia & New Zealand) and the South Australian Prostate Cancer Clinical Outcomes Collaborative (SA-PCCOC) Research committee. She has a number of published papers and books and regularly presents at national and international conferences and workshops.
In her role as executive member and past Chair of ARGANZ, she promotes collaboration between Australasian and International Abdominal Imaging organisations and between radiologists and other clinical specialties in Australia and New Zealand, aiming to improve imaging standards and clinical outcomes for patients.
Kirsten received an ARAD (Associate of the Royal Academy of Dance) for completing her advanced level classical ballet exam in 1999 and continues an active involvement in classical ballet.
