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• 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!

• 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.
• 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. 

• OAM for NSW Member

  ASOHNS congratulates A/Prof Richard Gallagher on receiving MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION - 

  For services to medicine as a surgeon.

  St Vincent's Health Network

  Director Cancer Services, since 2015. Director Head and Neck Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, since 2013. Chair, St Vincent's Head and Neck Cancer Multidisciplinary Team, since 2017. Department Head, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, St Vincent's Clinic, since 2000. Chair, St Vincent's Medical Staff Executive Council, current, and Member, since 2016. Member, St Vincent's Hospital Clinical Council, since 2015. Regular guest speaker, St Vincent's Curran Foundation, since 2013. St Vincent's Private Medical Advisory Committee, 2000-2017. Chair St Vincent's Hospital Tracheostomy Working Party, 2014-2016. Darlinghurst Campus Master Planning Working Group, 2010-2014. Chair, Medical Advisory Committee, St Vincent's Private Hospital, 2008-2011, and Deputy Chair, 2006-2007. Creator, St Vincent's Head and Neck Advanced Surgical Fellowship position, 2017. Founder, St Vincent's Head and Neck Dissection Course, 2019, and the Sinus Surgery Course, 2002. Founder, St Vincent's Head and Neck Fund, 2005. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Fellowship Examiner Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 2010-2018. Chair, National Board of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 2012-2016. Chair, New South Wales Regional Training Sub-Committee, 2007-2012. Member, Board of Surgical Education and Training, 2012-2016. Member, New South Wales Regional Training Sub-Committee, 2002-2012. Certificate of Outstanding Service, 2018 and 2016. Fellow, since 1996. Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Chair, 2016-2016 Medical - Other Chair, Head and Neck Working Group, Cancer Institute New South Wales, since 2017. Board Member, Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society, since 2017. Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Australia, since 2013. Co-founder Head and Neck Genomics Project, 2017. Co-creator, Australia's first non-hospital based head and neck screening clinic, BankWest Stadium, Parramatta, 2019. Specialty Editor, Australian New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 2013-2018. Member, Editorial Board, Australian Supplement of the Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 2009-2017.

• ASOHNS International Scholarship for Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Surgical Education for 2025 applications are now open.

  This scholarship, up to the amount of $12,000, will provide otolaryngology, head and neck surgeons from developing countries in the Asia Pacific region with the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational opportunities for faculty development and enhancement that will result in acquisition of new knowledge and skills in surgical education and training.

  This knowledge and these skills will be useful in improving surgical education and training at the scholar’s home institution and country.

  The scholar will participate in hands-on course(s) that address surgical education and training across the continuum of professional development. The focus will be on building knowledge and skills in OHNS surgical practice such as FESS, Head & Neck, temporal bone or any other course approved by ASOHNS and relevant to the applicant.

  Following the course, the scholar may visit an appropriate hospital for observation of relevant clinical areas.

  At the conclusion of the course and visits to suitable institutions, the scholar will send to the Outreach Committee a brief report outlining how the aims outlined in their application for the

  scholarship have been achieved.

  Evidence of support of the scholar’s objectives from the leadership at the home institution must be provided by the applicant and will be used as one of the criteria for selection of the scholar.

  The scholarship will support costs of up to $12,000, for travel, accommodation, meals and registration fees for course(s) undertaken. Assistance in reserving accommodation in the course city is available if required.

  Please carefully read the requirements listed on the following page. All requirements must be fulfilled, and all requested documents provided in a timely manner, for an application to be eligible.

  Applicants must fill in all fields marked with an asterisk (*). If an applicant has nothing to put into a required field, enter N/A, meaning “Not Applicable.”

  Per the published requirements, applicants must also submit three (3) independently prepared letters of recommendation.

  In addition, applicants are to write an essay of no more than one page regarding their work setting, including their hospital and the patients they see, as well as their participation in quality improvement activities in this setting.

  They are to indicate their career goals, indicating how they will transfer learning to their current situation. Recommenders are requested to address the applicant’s educational goals as expressed in their essay.

  Application materials are due no later than December 15, 2024, and are accepted via e-mail

  only. Please send materials to the Outreach Committee via email to: ceo@asohns.org.au

  Click here for the application form

  The scholarship requirements are:

  • Applicants must be graduates of schools of medicine.

  • Applicants must be at least 30 years old but under 55, on the date that the completed application is submitted.

  • Applicants must submit their applications from their intended permanent location.

  • Applications will be accepted for processing only when the applicants have been in surgical practice and teaching for a minimum of one year following completion of all formal training (including fellowships and scholarships).

  • Applicants must submit a fully completed application form provided by the Society on its website. The application and accompanying materials must be typewritten and in English.

  • Applicants are responsible for arranging their own travel Visa to enter Australia at their own cost. Evidence of a valid travel Visa must be supplied at least one month prior to travel. If this is not provided, the scholarship will be withdrawn. The applicant will be eligible to re-apply in the following year.

  • Applicants must submit independently prepared letters of recommendation from three (3) of their colleagues. One letter must be from the Chair of the Department or division in which the applicant holds an academic or clinical appointment, or a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons residing in their country. If the applicant is the sole ENT surgeon in a small country, the letter can be from other senior persons with whom the applicant has worked in their country.

  • The International Scholarship for OHNS Surgical Education must be used in the year for which it is designated. It cannot be postponed.

  • Awardees are expected to provide a written report upon their return home, specifically focusing on the value of the visit to the awardee and the potentialbeneficial effect to patients in the country of origin.

  • Unsuccessful applicants may reapply only twice and only by completing and submitting a current application form provided by the Society, together with new supporting documentation.

• ASOHNS ADVISER ON DIVERSITY

  Following the March ASOHNS Council meeting a new co-opted, honorary position of Advisor on Diversity was created on the ASOHNS Council. 

  We thank all our members who took the time to submit an Expression of Interest.

  The selection sub-committee were extremely pleased with the calibre of candidates, and their experience and willingness to take on the role.  

  It is with great pleasure the ASOHNS Federal Council would like to announce that Dr Bridget Clancy FRACS (Victoria) has been offered and accepted the role. 

  The Advisor on Diversity will attend Council Meetings and be involved with the oversight and implementation of diversity and inclusion across the society's activities, including Board activities (selection and training), member activities and annual scientific meetings.