ASOHNS News

18 October

34th Annual Robert Guerin Trainees Meeting

34th Annual Robert Guerin Trainees Meeting begins 21 October at the Novotel, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW. This years meeting aims to maximise your training experience with a clinical and examination focus.  For all information on RGM ... Read more >>>

12 September

Congratulations

ASOHNS congratulates Dr Julia Crawford on becoming the new ANZHNCS President. Dr Crawford is a highly respected ENT specialist, specialising in general & paediatric ENT conditions, head & neck cancer surgery, benign disorders of ... Read more >>>

28 August

ASOHNS ASM 2025 Abstract Submissions are now open

Call for Abstracts - Now Open! Abstracts are invited for oral presentations and posters for ASOHNS ASM2025. Key Dates Abstract submission deadline: Sunday 17 November 2024 Abstract notification to authors: December 2024 Please click here for the Abstract information  If ... Read more >>>

27 August

ASOHNS ASM2025 Registrations are now open

President's Invitation On behalf of ASOHNS , it is my pleasure to invite you to the 75th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery to be held at the ... Read more >>>

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Order of Australia Medal 2024

For significant service to medicine as an Otolaryngologist, and to Indigenous health. 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division 

2024

Professor Kelvin Kong, NSW 

 

For significant service to medicine as an Otolaryngologist, and to Indigenous health. 

 

Surgery 

• Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgeon, Hunter ENT, since 2008. 

• Visiting Medical Officer Surgeon, various public and private hospitals within the Hunter New England Local Health District, current. 

Education 

• Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, current. 

• Honorary Professor, Macquarie University, current. 

• Associate Professor, University of New South Wales, current. 

Australian Indigenous Doctors Association 

• Founding Member. 

• Board Member, 2007-2008. 

• Chair, Healthy Futures Best Practice Project, 2004-2005. 

• Eastern Region Representative Board Member, 2001-2004. 

• Student Representative, 1998. 

Professional Associations 

• Former Secretary, Australian and New Zealand Society for Paediatric Otolaryngology. 

• Former Member, Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. 

• Sub-Committee Member, Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges, 2008-2015. 

Menzies School of Health Research 

• Joint Chair, Hearing for Learning Initiative, since 2019. 

• Member, Centre of Research Excellence in Otitis Media of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children, 2012. 

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) 

• Former Court of Examiners. 

• Mina Chair, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Committee, current¶ 

• Member, Indigenous Health Committee, 2015-2019, and Chair, 2008-2015. 

• Member, Fellowships Services Committee, 2008-2015. 

• Member, GSK Immunisation Schedule, 2008-2010. 

• Chair, Indigenous Health Working Party, 2007-2008. 

• Executive Board Member, Divisional Group of Rural Surgeons, 2007-2008. 

• Member, Indigenous Health Working Project, 2006-2007. 

 

 

  

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ASOHNS is the representative organisation for Ear Nose and Throat Head and Neck Surgeons in Australia, and dates from 1950. ASOHNS members are Specialist Surgeons who investigate and treat conditions of the ear, nose, throat and neck.

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