Academic Status
College of Medicine and Public Health
University of Edinburgh. September 1983- July 1989
Graduation: M.B., Ch.B., July 1989.
Honours Year: 1986-87, B.Sc.(Hons.) in Anatomy - First Class.
Thesis: Mast Cells in the Human Nasal Mucosa
Distinctions: Surgery.
Post-Graduate Qualifications:
FRCSEd(Clinical Surgery in General):
Part A: February 1991
Parts B & C: November 1993
FRCSEd(CSIG with Otolaryngology):
Parts B & C: November 1994
FRCS(ORL-HNS): Inter-collegiate: November 1998
Awarded RSM Section of Laryngology and Rhinology Gold Medal for the best candidate.
FRACS (Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery):
2nd Part: June 2001
MD: Flinders University December 2005
Midland Institute of Otology Rhinology Prize, 1998. Awarded for the best submitted rhinological paper.
RSM Section of Laryngology and Rhinology, Gold Medal for the best candidate in the FRCS Inter-collegiate Examination in Otolaryngology, 1998.
Star Reviewer Award, American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, 2007.
Scott-Brown’s Otolaryngology 7th edition (Authored 4 chapters):
i) Awarded First Prize BMA Medical Book Competition. 2009.
ii) Awarded George Davey Howells Prize 2008 University of London.
Australian Learning Teaching Council: Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, 2010.
Professor of ORL-HNS, Flinders University.
Founder of Flinders ENT Research Team.
Former Editor, Australian Supplement of Journal of Laryngology and Otology.
Associate Editor, American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy.
President Australian & New Zealand Rhinologic Society.
Chairman, Education & Training Sub-committee, International Symposium of Inflammation and Allergy in the Nose (ISIAN)
Professor of ORL-HNS, Flinders University.
Founder of Flinders ENT Research Team.
Former Editor, Australian Supplement of Journal of Laryngology and Otology.
Associate Editor, American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy.
President Australian & New Zealand Rhinologic Society.
Chairman, Education & Training Sub-committee, International Symposium of Inflammation and Allergy in the Nose (ISIAN)