Integrated Prosthetics & Reconstruction

𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐩 Congratulations to Associate Professor Dr Joe Dusseldorp on his appointment as Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Sydney.

Clinical Associate Professor Merran Findlay, COBL Dietetics Clinical Research Fellow and co-chair for the ENHANCE group within the Head and Neck Department, has been recognised as a Fellow of Dietitians Australia (FDA), the highest honour awarded by the organisation.

Last week, #SXSWSydney lit up the city with bold ideas in tech, health & business. Dr Emma Charters from Chris O’Brien Lifehouse joined the panel on MedTech breakthroughs, sharing the story behind Restorabite, a device helping head & neck cancer patients with trismus (lockjaw).

𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 Today we celebrate the allied health professionals at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse and their role in contributing to research with the aims of improving patient outcomes.

𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐲𝐤𝐞𝐬 We are pleased to share that A/Prof James Wykes, has been promoted to Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Sydney.

𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲-𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 – 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 Groundbreaking results from the DESQUAMATE study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Read Full Post: buff.ly/dBmwqkr

Congratulations to Dr Tim Manzie and Dr Emma Charters who represented our Head and Neck team at the 10th World Congress of the International Academy of Oral Oncology (@iaoo2025), held in Liverpool UK from 16–19 Jul Full Posts: buff.ly/Ycr0QEU buff.ly/iz9MD6r

Congratulations to Ashleigh Sharman and Dr Emma Charters who recently attended The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) / International Society of Oral Oncology (ISOO) 2025 Annual Meeting. View full post here: buff.ly/zk0dEBp

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! In this study led by Masoud Mohseni-Dargah recently published in Head & Neck, the team are exploring new ways to safely address trismus, a common issue after mandible surgery, with Restorabite! Click here to read in full buff.ly/gPiXCNJ

𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 $7.7 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐎𝐁𝐋 As highlighted in Forbes Australia and The Australian Financial Review. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 & 𝐍𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 July is Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Month, with this month’s episode of our social’s series, ‘Ask Our Experts’, focusing on providing further understanding of this cancer. @IntegProsRecon linkedin.com/posts/chrisobr…

9𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝-𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 3𝐃-𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 Chris O’Brien Lifehouse recently featured on 9News nationally, highlighting world-first 3D-printed jaw implant created here at the @IntegProsRecon. Full post: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

𝐈𝐏𝐑 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐙𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭 This month, the Head and Neck department are delighted to introduce Zachary Gillett, the newest addition to the Integrated Prosthetics & Reconstruction (IPR) team at @COBLH Welcome Zach!

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧-𝐋𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 When clinicians lead research, patients and society benefit. That’s why we’re thrilled to share that COBL speech pathologist and emerging clinician-researcher Megan Lai has published her first paper as lead author!

𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐣𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐬𝐮-𝐇𝐮𝐢 (𝐇𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭) 𝐋𝐨𝐰 Ready Full Post: linkedin.com/feed/update/

A/Prof Michael Elliott, @COBLH Head & Neck Surgeon, was an invited speaker at the 2025 @SNISinfo Cerebral Venous and Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Disorders Summit March 19-21 2025, Hawaii USA. Full post buff.ly/GDkZc9S

𝐃𝐫 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐖 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 2024 Congratulations to Dr Emma Charters, Senior Speech Pathologist and co-inventor of Restorabite™, who has been awarded a Cancer Institute NSW 2024 Early Career Fellowship. Full post: linkedin.com/posts/chrisobr…

We are delighted to share a study led by @RebeccaVenchers has been recognised by Wiley as a top-cited article in the Australian Journal of Rural Health! Huge Congratulations to the team! Access the publication here: buff.ly/9KzELgx #topcitedarticle @COBLH

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: ‘𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’ Click here to view full post: buff.ly/WaWjc2y

Our Integrated Prosthetics and Reconstruction team warmly welcomed a visit from the Stryker additive manufacturing team from Ireland and took them on a tour of our IPR Lab located at @COBLH. Full Post: buff.ly/4Y9k8zw