A/Prof Phillip Chang
Otology, cochlear implants, neurotology and skull base surgery. MBBS (UNSW), FRACS
Associate Professor Phillip Chang is an ear and cochlear implant surgeon, and one of Australia’s most experienced hearing-implant surgeons. He graduated in medicine from UNSW and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. After subspecialist training in Sydney, he undertook further international fellowships in ear surgery at leading centres in Zurich, Cambridge and Los Angeles.
His practice spans the full range of ear surgery in children and adults, from cholesteatoma, tympanomastoid surgery and middle ear reconstruction, laser stapedectomy and surgery for Ménière’s disease, through to acoustic neuroma surgery. He has performed more than 3,000 hearing-implant operations, including more than 2,000 cochlear implants. He is also one of the country’s most experienced surgeons for exostoses (surfer’s ear).
He has led the Cochlear Implant Program at Sydney Children’s Hospital, run with The Shepherd Centre, for more than 25 years, and is the founding surgeon and director of Hearing Implants Australia, an adult implant network with clinics across metropolitan and regional NSW. Dr Chang predominantly operates at St Vincent’s Private Hospital and Sydney Children’s Hospital and consults at St Vincent’s Clinic. He also operates and consults at the satellite locations of Bella Vista and Gregory Hills.
With his fellow ear surgeons, he has trained 25 national and international fellows in ear and cochlear implant surgery. He also supervises ENT registrars, convenes courses in otology and cochlear implantation, and is an Associate Professor at Macquarie University. He has published widely, including multiple book chapters, and is actively involved in clinical research into access to cochlear implantation and, in collaboration with Macquarie University, into functional outcomes in cochlear implant users using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). He also contributes to the department’s Indigenous outreach program, running a regular clinic in Moree to improve access to specialist ear and hearing care for Indigenous communities in regional NSW.
At St Vincent’s
Public clinics through St Vincent’s Hospital ENT outpatients; referrals through the St Vincent’s Hospital ENT page.
Private rooms
Suite 1005, Level 10, St Vincent’s Clinic, 438 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Tel (02) 8382 6080 · Fax (02) 8382 6081 · patientsupport@phillipchang.com.au
Selected publications
- Jufas N, Flanagan S, Biggs N et al. Quality of Life in Vestibular Schwannoma Patients Managed by Surgical or Conservative Approaches. Otol Neurotol 2015;36(7):1245-54. doi
- Chang P, Kim S. Cholesteatoma–diagnosing the unsafe ear. Aust Fam Physician 2008;37(8):631-8. PubMed
- Chang P, Pedler K. Ear examination–a practical guide. Aust Fam Physician 2005;34(10):857-62. PubMed
- Chang P. Implantable hearing devices–beyond hearing aids. Aust Fam Physician 2005;34(3):157-61. PubMed
- Fagan PA, Sheehy JP, Chang P et al. The cerebellopontine angle: does the translabyrinthine approach give adequate access? Laryngoscope 1998;108(5):679-82. doi
- Chang P, Fagan PA, Atlas MD et al. Imaging destructive lesions of the petrous apex. Laryngoscope 1998;108(4 Pt 1):599-604. doi
Full publication list: PubMed
Articles for GPs and patients
- Chang P, Pedler K. Ear examination — a practical guide. Aust Fam Physician 2005;34(10):857-62. Otoscope and speculum choice, pneumatic otoscopy, wax and discharge removal, and the Rinne and Weber tuning-fork tests.
- Kim S, Chang P. Cholesteatoma — diagnosing the unsafe ear. Aust Fam Physician 2008;37(8):631-8. Recognising the unsafe perforation or retraction pocket, red flags and when to refer.
- Chang P. Implantable hearing devices — beyond hearing aids. Aust Fam Physician 2005;34(3):157-61. Cochlear implants, bone-anchored and middle ear implants, and who to refer.