Damon Shorter is an Australian Senior Staff Specialist Paediatrician at Gosford Hospital working across neonatal, paediatric, and emergency departments. He is an adjunct Senior Lecturer with the University of Newcastle, works privately in rooms, and is a visiting paediatrician at Yerin Aboriginal Medical Service in Wyong on the NSW Central Coast. He is active in teaching and education of medical students and trainees, is a course director for Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) Australasia, and is a National Examiner with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Prior to studying medicine, Damon worked as a science journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in Sydney and the Australian National University in Canberra. Damon graduated from Sydney University in 2002 then studied paediatrics through The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney with an interest in critical care, including secondments to the Newborn and Paediatric Emergency Transport Service (NETS) and the Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care units.

Damon's interest in the microbiome has evolved alongside his clinical practice, but has increasingly focussed on evidence linking early life treatment decisions with lifelong health trajectories.