Otolaryn­gology, Head and Neck and Skull Base Surgery

St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney. A university teaching department on the Darlinghurst campus: twelve consultant surgeons covering ear and hearing, nose and sinus, head and neck, voice and swallowing, and anterior and lateral skull base surgery, with public and private clinics, three fellowship programs and an international course calendar.

For GPs and referring specialists

Referrals across every ENT subspecialty, public and private.

Urgent cases: St Vincent’s Emergency Department and the ENT registrar via (02) 8382 1111.

Our surgeons

Chair of the Department: Dr Julia Crawford

A/Prof Nigel Biggs, ENT surgeon, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney: otology, cochlear implants, neurotology and skull base surgery

A/Prof Nigel Biggs

Otology, cochlear implants, neurotology and skull base surgery

A/Prof Ron Bova, ENT surgeon, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney: head and neck, thyroid, parathyroid and salivary gland surgery

A/Prof Ron Bova

Head and neck, thyroid, parathyroid and salivary gland surgery

A/Prof Phillip Chang, ENT surgeon, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney: otology, cochlear implants, neurotology and skull base surgery

A/Prof Phillip Chang

Otology, cochlear implants, neurotology and skull base surgery

Dr Julia Crawford, ENT surgeon, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney: head and neck surgery, robotic surgery and sleep apnoea surgery

Dr Julia Crawford

Head and neck surgery, robotic surgery and sleep apnoea surgery

Dr Sean Flanagan, ENT surgeon, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney: otology, neurotology, cochlear implants and skull base surgery

Dr Sean Flanagan

Otology, neurotology, cochlear implants and skull base surgery

Dr Peter Floros, ENT surgeon, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney: head and neck, thyroid and general ENT surgery

Dr Peter Floros

Head and neck, thyroid and general ENT surgery

A/Prof Richard Gallagher OAM, ENT surgeon, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney: head and neck, thyroid and salivary gland surgery

A/Prof Richard Gallagher OAM

Head and neck, thyroid and salivary gland surgery

Dr Georgina Harris, ENT surgeon, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney: laryngology, voice and swallowing disorders

Dr Georgina Harris

Laryngology, voice and swallowing disorders

Prof Richard Harvey, ENT surgeon, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney: rhinology, sinus surgery, pituitary and skull base surgery

Prof Richard Harvey

Rhinology, sinus surgery, pituitary and skull base surgery

Dr Brett Leavers, ENT surgeon, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney: head and neck cancer and thyroid surgery

Dr Brett Leavers

Head and neck cancer and thyroid surgery

Dr Timothy Matthews, ENT surgeon, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney: otology, endoscopic ear surgery and hearing implants

Dr Timothy Matthews

Otology, endoscopic ear surgery and hearing implants

Dr Peta-Lee Sacks, ENT surgeon, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney: rhinology, sinus surgery and anterior skull base surgery

Dr Peta-Lee Sacks

Rhinology, sinus surgery and anterior skull base surgery

Teaching and research

The department trains fellows from Australia and overseas and runs dissection courses that draw international faculty each year. Research is conducted through the Sydney Rhinology Group and UNSW.

Faculty of the St Vincent's Temporal Bone Dissection Course