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Professor William B. Coman Foundation Chair, Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation, Brisbane, Australia |
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William Coman is currently Emeritus Professor, University of Queensland and held the position of Chairman/Director – Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Queensland and the Princess Alexandra Hospital from 1974 – 2011. During this time he organised overseas training for Australian registrars at Oxford, Bristol, St Bartholemew’s and Guys Hospital London, John Hopkins University USA, University of Virginia, University of Iowa, University of Vermont, New York and Lund University in Sweden. Some 36 overseas Fellows and researchers have worked in the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, under his patronage at the University of Queensland and Griffith University, where he also served as Professor Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. He has supervised and mentored over a dozen PhD students throughout his career. He has published over 50 peer review articles, book chapters and has lectured at over 70 national and international meetings, conferences and courses. Professor Coman is currently the Chairman and Trustee of the Garnett Passe Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation. During his career he has received many awards and honours including: · Sir William Wilde, Irish Society of Otolaryngology (2002) · Membership to the Order of Australia (2005) for services to medical research in the field of Head and Neck Surgery · Garnett Passe Medal, Royal Society of Medicine, London, England, UK (2006) · The ESR Hughes Award (2009) · William Harkin Medal (2011) · Vellar Memorial Lecture Medal (2011) · Honorary Fellowship to the Royal College of Surgeons, England (2012) · Honorary Fellowship to the American College of Surgeons (2015) · Gunnar Holmgren Medal, Swedish ENT Association for Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (2017) Professor Coman continues to contribute to the academic and wider community.
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