Teaching and research
Fellows from Australia and overseas, dissection and clinical courses with international faculty, and research through the Sydney Rhinology Group, UNSW and the Garvan Institute.
Fellowships
- Sydney Rhinology Fellowship — rhinology, anterior skull base and rhinoplasty, 12 months
- Neuro-otology and Skull Base Fellowship — otology, neurotology, cochlear implantation and lateral skull base, 12 months
- Head and Neck Surgery Fellowship — head and neck oncology, transoral robotic surgery, thyroid and salivary surgery, 12 or 24 months
Courses
- Sydney Sinus Surgery Course (International FESS Course Sydney) — next course 29–31 July 2027, with the Rhinoscopy stream for physicians and GPs
- Sydney Rhinoplasty Course — one-day course with the Australasian Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery
- St Vincent’s Temporal Bone Dissection Course with live surgery — 42nd course 18–20 June 2027
- Cochlear implant live surgery seminar for audiologists
Research
The department has a strong record in neuro-otology and lateral skull base surgery, hearing and cochlear implantation — vestibular schwannoma and NF2 outcomes, implantable hearing devices and auditory brainstem implants — conducted at St Vincent’s and with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, and in head and neck oncology and robotic surgery with The Kinghorn Cancer Centre.
Rhinology and skull base research, including the national mepolizumab registry for CRSwNP and trials in nasal airflow and inflammatory airway disease, is published through the Sydney Rhinology Group. Research profiles for each surgeon are listed below and linked from their page.
Research profiles
Public research profiles of members of the department. Each link opens the surgeon’s ORCID record or Google Scholar page.
A/Prof Nigel Biggs
Otology, cochlear implants, neurotology and skull base surgery
Dr Julia Crawford
Head and neck surgery, robotic surgery and sleep apnoea surgery
Dr Peter Floros
Head and neck, thyroid and general ENT surgery
A/Prof Richard Gallagher OAM
Head and neck, thyroid and salivary gland surgery
Dr Georgina Harris
Laryngology, voice and swallowing disorders
Prof Richard Harvey
Rhinology, sinus surgery, pituitary and skull base surgery
Dr Timothy Matthews
Otology, endoscopic ear surgery and hearing implants
Dr Peta-Lee Sacks
Rhinology, sinus surgery and anterior skull base surgery