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• Congratulations

  Congratulations to Professor Ray Sacks on his election as RACS’ next Vice President.

  His leadership alongside Professor Owen Ung as President will undoubtedly contribute to the advancement of the College.

• Congratulations to Professor Ray Sacks AO who has been recognised in the King's Birthday 2026 Honours List

  ASOHNS congratulates Professor Ray Sacks AO, who has been recognised in the King's Birthday 2026 Honours List. He has been awarded the Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to clinical training, to tertiary education and to governance roles. Congratulations!

• Congratulations to Professor Kelvin Kong AM who will deliver the 2026 Wang Gungwu Lecture this evening

  Keynote speaker, Professor Kelvin Kong AM, a Worimi man of Malaysian-Chinese heritage is recognised as Australia's first Indigenous surgeon. He is a Paediatric & Adult Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), Head & Neck Surgeon and leading advocate for health equity. 

  This annual lecture celebrates the substantial and longstanding contributions of Australia’s diverse Chinese communities to Australian life. 

  The lecture is named after the pre-eminent scholar on China and Chinese diaspora communities around the world, Professor Wang Gungwu AO CBE. He was Director of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the ANU from 1975 to 1980, President of the Australian Academy of Humanities from 1980 to 1983, Chair of the Australia-China Council from 1984 to 1986, Vice Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong from 1986 to 1995, and is an ANU Professor Emeritus.  It is held in partnership with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

  The event is being held at the Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra and will be recorded and broadcasted by the ABC. 

  Broadcast details coming soon!

• Congratulations to Bernard Lyons

  ASOHNS Federal Council, State Executives and members congratulate Associate Professor Bernard Lyons on becoming ASOHNS President.

• Congratulations to Nayellin Reyes-Chicuellar on receiving The Australian Journal of Otolaryngology Award

  ASOHNS congratulates Dr Nayellin Reyes-Chicuellar for recieving the AJO Award for her article "Prognostic impact of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in head and neck cancer: a decade of evidence." 

• Congratulations to Michael Zhang for receiving the ASOHNS NSW prize

  ASOHNS congratulates Dr Michael Zhang for receiving the best article by a NSW trainee (ASOHNS NSW prize) for his article on disparity between Medicare claims for botulinum toxin for facial synkinesis/hemifacial spasm in Australian metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas.