ASOHNS News

Queen's Birthday Honours List 2022

Congratulations to Professor Marcus Atlas who was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2022

Member of Order Australia Medal (AM) - For significant service to tertiary medical education, and to otolaryngology.

ASOHNS 2022 Award

Congratulations to the recipients of 2022 Society Medal who were announced at the Annual Scientific Meeting held in Adelaide 2022.

For Distinguished Contribution to the Art and Science of Otolaryngology:

• Dr David Close             (Citation)

For Distinguished Service to ASOHNS:

• Dr Josephine Motbey (Citation)
• Dr Daniel Hains          (Citation)
• Dr Neville Minnis        (Citation)

ASOHNS Certificate of Appreciation for Services to ASOHNS 

• Dr Guy Rees for his work as ASOHNS ASM 2022 Convener 
• A/Prof Eng Ooi for his work as ASOHNS ASM 2022 Scientific Convener.

Australia Day Honours List 2022

Congratulations to Professor Catherine Birman who has been recognised in the Australia Day honours list 2022

Order of Australia Medal (OAM) - For service to medicine through otolaryngology.

AJO Editor's Award 2021

Journal Editors Award: (Best trainee first author submission AJO) Congratulations to Dr Sarah Grigg

Reliability of estimating blood loss in epistaxis Sarah Grigg, John Maunder, Brigid Betz-Stablein, Stacey Llewellyn. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology 2020;3:15 (12 May 2020)

ASOHNS 2021 Society Awards

Congratulations to the recipients of 2021 Society Medal who were announced at the Annual Scientific Meeting Virtual Meeting 2021.

For Distinguished Contribution to the Art and Science of Otolaryngology:

• Dr Hannah Burns.       

For Distinguished Service to ASOHNS:

• Dr Stanley Stylis

RACS RURAL SURGEONS AWARD:

• Dr Bal Krishan FRACS

2021 Queen's Birthday Honours List

ASOHNS Federal Members, the SA State Executive, members and Secretariat are very pleased to advise that a member was acknowledged in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.

Congratulations to Dr Michael Schultz (SA), awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), for service to medicine as a surgeon.

RACS ESR Hughes Award 2020

ASOHNS would like to congratulate Dr Neil Valance on being awarded the ESR Hughes Award (RACS) for 2020

RACS 2020 Awards

ASOHNS is pleased to congratulate two members who have been announced as recipients of RACS awards.

The ESR Hughes Award is awarded for distinguished contributions to surgery by RACS Fellows and others and for 2020 this was awarded to Dr Neil Vallance (Victoria).

The Rural Surgeons Award is an award acknowledging significant contributions to surgery in rural settinigs in Austrralia and New Zealand. Dr Bal Krishan is the 2020 recipient.

The awards are due recognition of their services and dedication to their patients and our speciality.  

JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT - Minister for Health and President, Australian Medical Association

Please click on the following link to access the Joint Media Statement ( 9 September 2020) from The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health and Dr Omar Khorshid, President, Australian Medical Association - Additional Commonwealth Support to Protect Healthcare Workers from COVID -19

ANZSPO BUTTON BATTERIES IN CHILDREN: UPDATE ON CURRENT MANAGEMENT

Please click here to access the current statement from the Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ANZSPO) aiming to update members on the current management of button batteries in children.

Thank you,

Paul Walker MBBS PhD FRACS FACS OAM

President ANZSPO