Currently my practice is solely in remote Aboriginal ear health with a clinical professorship affiliation with the University of Western Australia. Otolaryngology and head and neck surgery is well-served in Australia and New Zealand, with 502 surgeons in Australia with a population of about 25 million people and 94 otolaryngologists in New Zealand with a population of just under 5 million. The usual route to specialist training is via the five-year training programme administered by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the specialty society boards of ASOHNS and NZSOHNS. All major subspecialties are represented and there is a mix of public hospital and private practice as well as full-time practitioners and academics. With the generous assistance of the Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation, over $70 million has been made available for research, fellowship training, surgeon-scientist trainees, and academic chairs, leading to world-class clinical and research outcomes for Australia and New Zealand over the last 25 years.
Latest Contribution
In conversation with Prof Peter Friedland – Reflections on an extraordinary career and life
Our illustrious friend, Harvey Coates, hears about Professor Friedland’s amazing personal journey, ranging from horrifying exposure to violence through to his clinical care for (and friendship with) Nelson Mandela and his prevailing passion for teaching. Professor Peter Friedland. Professor Peter...
In conversation with Professor Kelvin Kong
Professor Kelvin Kong is a proud Worimi man, the first Aboriginal surgeon in Australia, an otolaryngologist, head and neck surgeon, and an amazing advocate for equality in health delivery in Australia. He holds professorial positions at Macquarie University, the University...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ear health in the 2020s
The world is in the midst of a pandemic, and global health is severely threatened by this novel coronavirus which has caused over three million infections of COVID-19 and claimed more than 228,000 lives to date*. Societies and health systems...
