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Australia Day honours for ASOHNS members
Congratulations to ASOHNS members, Professor Paul Fagan AM and Dr Robert Black OAM who received 2012 Australia Day honours. Prof. Fagan received Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to medicine as an otological skull-based ...
ASOHNS members honoured for their achievements
Two members, Prof. Graeme Clark, AC AO and Prof. Marcus Atlas have received accolades this year for their significant achievements and contributions. Prof. Clark has just been awarded the CSL Florey Medal and in September this year was ...
Australian Govt's Hearing Services Program - changes to eligibility for young Australians
From 1 January 2012, young adults aged 21-25 years inclusive may be eligible for access to hearing services through the Community Service Obligations (CSO) component of the Australian Government's Hearing Services Program. Previously, access to ...
Revised Impairment Tables in 2012
Revised Tables for the Assessment of Work-related Impairment for Disability Support Pension (the Impairment Tables) will replace the current Impairment Tables from 1 January 2012. The following features have been incorporated into the revised ...
Hear Us: Inquiry into Hearing Health in Australia
In 2009 the Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee invited submissions regarding the state of hearing health in Australia. ASOHNS made a submission. The Government response into hearing health in Australia has now been released. ...
New Commonwealth Govt Funding Scheme for Children with Disabilities
A new Commonwealth Government funding scheme for children with disabilities is now available. "Better Start...for Children with Disabilities" provides funding up to $12,000 over 2 years (max $6000 per year) for psychologists speech ...
ASOHNS Journal Update May 2011
Dear Colleagues I am delighted to announce the launch of the Australian Journal of Laryngology and Otology (The "Australian JLO") which will be published in collaboration with the JLO. This new venture will allow us to publish basic ...
ASOHNS Helps to Equip PNG
After an outreach visit to Papua New Guinea, two ASOHNS members recognised the need for better clinical equipment. Read more by clicking on the link below: ASOHNS Helps to Equip PNG
Deadly Ears Program
With 91% of indigenous children suffering from some form of middle ear problem the Deadly Ears program in Queensland is trying to address the issue. In a recent edition of Surgical News (Vol. 11 no. 7) the program and its implications were ...
ASOHNS Journal UPDATE
For an update concerning changes to the ASOHNS Journal, Members and Trainees can click on the relevant links to read a letter from Journal Editor, Professor Simon Carney. (Please note you will need your login details to access this information) ...
Report on Hearing Health in Australia
The Senate Community Affairs References Committee has tabled its report titled Hear Us: Inquiry into Hearing Health in Australia. The report focuses on the prevalence of hearing loss in Australia and the issues faced by those who are hearing ...
Medicare Specialist Services Review Meeting - Outcomes of interest to Members
Fees Sub-committee Chair Jack Kennedy has reported on some significant outcomes following the recent Services Review quarterly meeting. Members are encouraged to read his report and consider the implications for their own practices. Click on the ...
ASOHNS Journal Supplement - Call for Reviewers
We desperately need to lighten our load on our current review panel. If ASOHNS members (or trainees studying for/with a PhD, MSurg, etc.) are willing to act as reviewers for the Australian Supplement, could they please fill in the pro-forma ...
ASOHNS 2010 Diamond Jubilee Poster Prize Winner
Congratulations to Dr Matthew Lin who won the prize of AU$500.00 awarded for the best judged poster at the recent ASOHNS 2010 Diamond Jubilee ASM. Dr Lin's poster was entitled: Prophylactic neck dissection for early oral tongue squamous cell ...
New Chair of Continuing Professional Development
Dr Malcolm Baxter has replaced fellow Victorian member Dr Doug Buchanan as Chair of the Continuing Professional Development Sub-Committee of ASOHNS. Doug provided nearly seven years of generous service to this position before stepping down ...
Guidelines for 'the use of Anticoagulant Therapy in Patients with Coronary Stents undergoing Non Cardiac Surgery' available
RACS have recently forwarded a link to guidelines from the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand for 'the use of Anticoagulant Therapy in Patients with Coronary Stents undergoing non-Cardiac Surgery'. These guidelines have been downloaded ...
ASOHNS 2010 Diamond Jubilee ASM prize for Jean Littlejohn winner
A one-off ASOHNS Diamond Jubilee prize of AU$1,000 will be awarded to the 2010 Jean Littlejohn Prize winner at the 2010 Diamond Jubilee ASM in Sydney. The organising Committee announced this initiative as part of the Diamond Jubilee ...
Members & Trainees Notified of Journal Access Details
All ASOHNS members and trainees who have supplied their email addresses have been sent an email containing a message from the Australian Journal supplement Editor, A/Prof. Simon Carney and the journal staff of the AAO-HNS journal, ...
ASOHNS meets SA Health Minister to discuss child tonsillectomies
The need to increase adenotonsillectomy procedures in children was discussed with the South Australian Minister for Health, the Hon. John Hill MP, in a recent meeting that included ASOHNS’ representative, Dr Michael Jay. “He [the Minister] was ...
Position paper on tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy in children
A working group of paediatric ENT surgeons and paediatricians have released a position paper recommending an urgent need to prioritise operations to remove young children’s tonsils and adenoids to help correct disrupted sleep caused from upper ...
