Biographical entry Clark, Graeme Milbourne (1935 - )

Summary

Graeme Milbourne Clark became Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne in 1970, and s now a Honourary Laureate Professorial Fellow at the University's Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Clark was the leader of the team that developed the cochlear implant ("bionic ear"), which allows profoundly deaf people to hear speech, and other hearing devices, such as the electrotactile hearing aid, the "Tickle Talker". Clark's device is still the world leader in its field, and his team is still engaged in ground-breaking research into deafness.

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Educated University of Sydney (MB, MS, PhD).

Events

1958

Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1959

Career position - Senior Resident Medical Officer at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney

1960

Career position - Lecturer in Anatomy at the University of Sydney

1961

Career position - Registrar in Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1962

Career position - Senior House Surgeon at the Royal National Ear Nose and Throat Hospital, London

1963

Career position - Senior Registrar in Otolaryngology at the Bristol General Hospital

1963 - 1966

Career position - Senior Assistant ENT Surgeon at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

1964 - 1966

Career position - First Assistant to the Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne

1965 -

Career position - Senior Visiting Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon at the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg

1966 - 1969

Career position - Senior Honorary ENT Surgeon

1967 - 1968

Career position - Lecturer in Physiology at the University of Sydney

1968 - 1973

Career position - Consultant Otolaryngologist at the Commonwealth Acoustic Laboratories

1969

Career position - Senior Research Officer at the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia

1970 -

Career position - William Gibson Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne

1970

Award - Bertha Sudholz Prize received from the University of Adelaide

1983

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

1985

Award - J.M. Crouch Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

1985 - 1988

Career position - Surgeon-in-charge at the Cochlear Implant Clinic at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

1986

Award - Advance Australia Award received

1986

Award - Rotary Vocational Service Award received

1990

Award - Medal of Merit received from the Lions Clubs

1992

Award - James Cook Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales

1993

Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award received

1998 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1999

Award - Australian Achiever Award received

1999

Award - Rio Tinto Science Hero's Award - Industry received

1999

Award - Victoria Prize received

2004

Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

Related entries

Archival resources

Museum Victoria

• Graeme Milbourne Clark - Records, 1968 - 1990; Museum Victoria. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Interview with Prof. Graeme Clarke, Director of Bionic Ear Institute and Laureate Professor of Otolaryngology [sound recording] / interviewer, Diana Giese, 3 October 2002, TRC 4897; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Private hands (Clark, G.M.)

• Graeme Milbourne Clark - Records, 1970 - 1988; Private hands (Clark, G.M.). Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Patrick, J. F. and Clark, G. M., 'The Nucleus 22 - Channel Cochlear Implant System', Ear Hear, vol. 12, no. 4, 1991, pp. 3S-9S. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Clark, Graeme M', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-543026. Details