Graeme M. Clark, AC, FAA, FRS, Hon.FRCS

Curriculum Vitae

 

Honours (civil)

2004                Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)

(for services to medicine and to science through innovative research to further the development of cochlear implant technology for worldwide benefit-Australia’s highest civil honour)

1983                Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

(for services to medicine)

 

Fellow or Member of Academic Societies by Election

2009                Honorary Bragg Membership, The Royal Institution of Australia

(one of the first 17 outstanding Australian scientists and communicators to be elected)

2007                Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering

2004                Fellow of the Royal Society
(for contribution to science, both in fundamental research resulting in greater understanding, and in leading and directing scientific and technological progress in industry and research establishments)

2004                Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, England

(supreme single award of the College for outstanding achievement in medicine)

2004                Fellow of the Australian Acoustical Society
(for notable contribution to the science and practice of acoustics)

2003                Honorary Fellow, The Royal Society of Medicine, London

(for exceptional distinction, and recipients drawn from across the world and from a wide range of endeavour, particularly from the medical sciences)

2002                Honorary Member of the American Otological Society

(for long standing contributions to otology)

1998                Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
(for outstanding contributions to science)

1998                Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
(for outstanding contributions to science and technology)

1993                Honorary Member, Section of Otology, The Royal Society of Medicine, London

(for outstanding contributions to otology)

1992                First Honorary Fellow, Audiological Society of Australia

 

Honorary Doctorate Degrees

2010                Doctorate honoris causa, The University of Zaragoza, Spain

2004                Doctorate of Laws honoris causa (Hon. LLD), Monash University

2003                Doctorate of Engineering (Hon. DEng), Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan

2002                Doctorate of Science honoris causa (Hon. DSc), University of Wollongong, Australia

1989                Doctorate of Medicine honoris causa (Hon. MD), University of Sydney, Australia

1988                Doctorate of Medicine (Hon. MD), Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany

 

Scientific Prizes or Medals

2009                Otto Schmitt Award, The International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering

(for exceptional contributions to the advancement of the field of medical and biological engineering presented every three years at the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)

2007                Lifetime Achievement Award, the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
(the highest award made by the faculty)

2007                Zülch Prize from the Getrud Reemtsma Foundation administered by Max Planck Society
(for exceptional achievement in basic neurological research)

2006                Ian Wark Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science
(for contributions to Australian science and industry)

2005                International Speech Communication Association Medal
(for significant contribution to the progress of speech science and technology)

2005                Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Medal, awarded at the Quincentenary Celebrations of the College
(for outstanding contributions to medicine)

2005                A. Charles Holland Foundation International Prize
(for fundamental contribution to the progress of knowledge in the audiological/otological field)

2005                Excellence in Surgery Award, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
(recognising the highest level of surgical achievement by world standards, advanced innovation in the field, continued quality and worth of the innovation, and the highest standard of ethics)

2004                Prime Minister's Prize for Science

(in recognition of outstanding achievement by Australians in science and technology which promotes human welfare-Australia’s premier award in science)

1999                Victoria prize

(a celebration of outstanding achievements in science, engineering and technology)

1997                Sir William Upjohn Medal, The University of Melbourne

(awarded every five years for outstanding contributions to medicine)

1992                James Cook Medal, The Royal Society of New South Wales

(awarded for outstanding contributions to science and human welfare in and for the Southern Continent)

 

Other Academic Honours & Awards

2009                The Graeme Clark Centre for Innovation in the Sciences, The Scots College, Sydney

2008-               NICTA Graeme Clark Oration

2008-               Australian Research Council's Graeme Clark Research Outcomes Forum

(to showcase the outstanding achievements of ARC Centres and Researchers)

2008-               The Graeme Clark Foundation

2003-               The Graeme Clark Cochlear Scholarship Foundation

(for Cochlear Implant Tertiary Students awarded on the basis of academic achievement and commitment to the Cochlear ideals of leadership and humanity)

1999-2004       Laureate Professor, The University of Melbourne, Australia

(for international recognition of scientific achievement)

2002                The Graeme Clark Room

                        (The Ear Foundation, Marjorie Sherman House, Nottingham, UK)

2002                Aram Glorig Award, International Society of Audiology

(in recognition of a lifetime’s contribution to audiology)

2000                Cavalcade of Science Honour Award, Australian Institute of Political Science

(one of the eleven most outstanding Australian scientists of the 20th Century)

1999                Rio Tinto Science Heroes Award, Australian Science Festival for Industry

1993                The Inaugural Volta Award, Cochlear Implant Club International

(for pioneering work in developing multichannel cochlear implants)

1992                Clunies Ross National Science & Technology Award,

(for application of science and technology for the benefit of Australia)

1988                Fletcher Award in Technical Application, New York League for the Hard of Hearing

1986                Elected a Member of Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum

1986                Australian Vice-Chancellors’ nominee to represent medical research in Australia at Houston Festival honouring Australia

1985                Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, John Mitchell Crouch Fellowship Award for Surgical Research

(for an outstanding contribution to fundamental scientific research in surgery)

1984                BHP Award for the Pursuit of Excellence (Science and Technology)

1970                Bertha Sudholz Prize, Otolaryngology, Adelaide University, Australia

 

Honours (community)

2007                The William Wilberforce Award (presented at Parliament House, Melbourne, 30 November 2007)

2007                The Australian Broadcasting Commission's Boyer Lectures on 'Restoring the Senses' (a series of talks by prominent Australians broadcast on ABC Radio for more than 40 years to present ideas on major social, scientific or cultural issues)

2007                Deafness Foundation (Victoria) - Peter Howson Medal (for outstanding contributions in the field of Deafness)

(for an outstanding lifetime contribution to the deaf & hearing impaired)

2004                Australian Father of the Year Award

(for his vision, determination and pioneering work in developing the bionic ear)

2002                Australian Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Southern Region)

2001-2002       Senior Australian of the Year

(for outstanding contribution to the welfare of Australians and international commitment)

1999                National Australia Day Council, Australian Achiever’s Award

(for pioneering research to enable the profoundly deaf to hear)

 

Named Lectures

2006                The Lambie-Dew Oration, as part of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney

2005                The Gordon Smyth Lecture, The British Association of Otorhinolaryngologists - Head and Neck Surgeons

2004                45th Chapman Oration, Australian Institute of Engineers

2004                Vernon Collins Memorial Oration – Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne

2003                Eminent Speaker, Australian Commerce and Industry office, Taipei, Taiwan

2003                Halpern Lecture, Department of Chemistry, University of Wollongong

2001                The Graham Fraser Memorial Lecture, The Royal Society of Medicine, London, February, 2001

1999                The 1999 Toynbee Memorial Lecture, The Royal Society of Medicine/Royal College of Surgeons, London, November, 1999

 

Guest of Honour, Plenary & Keynote Addresses

2010                Plenary address, International Congress in Acoustics

2008                Keynote speaker, Sir Mark Oliphant International Frontiers of Science and Technology Conference Series

2008                Plenary address, ACES Asia Pacific Symposium on Nanobionics

2008                Keynote speaker, Inaugural ARC Graeme Clark Research Outcomes Forum

2008                Inaugural oration, The National ICT Australia Annual Graeme Clark Oration

2008                Keynote address, 3rd International Electromaterials Science Symposium

2007                Guest of Honour, 6th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implant and Related Sciences

2007                Guest of Honour, 67th Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Orthopaedic Association

2006                Guest of Honour, Bionics and Regeneration of the Ear 2006. The 7th International Academic Conference on Immunobiology in Otorhinolaryngology

2006                Plenary address, XIII World Congress of the International Christian Medical and Dental Association

2006                Opening Plenary Lecture, Bosch Institute Annual Scientific Meeting

2006                Occasional Address to the graduating medical students, University of Sydney

2006                Principal speaker, 37th Mini-Symposium - Frontiers in Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

2005                Plenary address, Interspeech 2005 – Eurospeech conference, Lisbon

2005                Keynote speaker, Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Graeme M Clark’s honour at the XVIII World International Federation of Otolaryngological Societies, Rome

2004                Keynote speaker International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, Melbourne

2004                Plenary lecture and Keynote speaker, 7th World Biomaterials Congress, Sydney

2003                Guest of Honour and Keynote speaker 4th Congress of Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implant and Related Sciences, Taiwan

2002                Guest of Honour, the 7th International Cochlear Implant Conference, Manchester

2002                Guest lecture 8th International Congress of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Oxford

2002                Keynote speaker, International Society of Audiology, Melbourne

2002                Keynote speaker International Workshop on Advanced Materials for Sensors and Actuators, Wollongong University

1999                Keynote speaker of the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technical Societies (FASTS) Lecture at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Society, Hobart, February, 1999

1998                Keynote speaker at the 5th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, Sydney, November/December, 1998

1998                Guest of honour at the 4th European Symposium of Paediatric Cochlear Implantation, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, June, 1998

1996                Keynote speaker at the Auditory Basis of Speech Perception Workshop, University of Keele, July 1996

 

Major Scientific Conferences Organized

1997                Director, Cochlear Implant Program for the XVI World Congress in Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Sydney, March 1-7.

1997                Chairman, World Congress Satellite Symposium on Cochlear Implants for Infants & Children, Melbourne, March 10-12

1994                Chairman, International Cochlear Implant, Speech & Hearing Symposium, Melbourne, October 22-28.

1985                Chairman, International Cochlear Implant Symposium and Workshop, Melbourne, August 27-31.

1984                Chairman, National Cochlear Implant Conference, October 4-6.

 

Research & Academic Leadership

2008-               Inaugural Director, the Graeme Clark Centre for Bionic Ear and Neurosensory Research, La Trobe University

2008-2009       Emeritus Otolaryngologist, Eye and Ear Hospital

2005-               Director Emeritus, The Bionic Ear Institute

2005-               Bionics Program Leader, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science

2004-               Laureate Professor Emeritus, The University of Melbourne

2003-               Professor, The University of Wollongong, Australia

1984-2005       Founder and Director, The Bionic Ear Institute, East Melbourne, Australia

1999-2004       Laureate Professor, The University of Melbourne

1970-2004       Foundation Professor of Otolaryngology and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne, Australia

1970-2004       Head and Founder, Cochlear Implant Program, The University of Melbourne, Australia

1985-2004       Head and Founder of the Cochlear Implant Clinic, Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, Australia

1971-2003       Chief Investigator on 19 National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia projects

1992-1998       Director, Co-operative Research Centre for Cochlear Implant, Speech and Hearing Research, East Melbourne, Australia

1988-1996       Director, The Australian Research Council’s Special Research Centre the Human Communication Research Centre, East Melbourne, Australia

1984-1994       Chief Investigator of two US National Institutes of Health Grants

1984-1993       Chief Investigator of National Health & Medical Research Council Program Grant: “Studies to Develop Sensory Prostheses for Deaf Children and Adults”

1985-1992       Chief Investigator of two US National Institutes of Health Contracts

1979-1981       Director of two Commonwealth Government Public Interest Grants

 

General Contributions to Medicine & Science

2004-2005       Member of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council

1982-               Member of the Advisory Council for Children with Impaired Hearing

1973-2004       Assessor, National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia

2001-2002       Member of the Australian Research Council’s Expert Advisory Committee in Biology and Biotechnology

1973-1991       Executive Member, Deafness Foundation of Victoria

1980-1982       Vice-Chairman, Advisory Council for Children with Impaired Hearing

1973-1982       Chairman, Medical Sub-Committee, Deafness Foundation of Victoria

1976-1981       Member of Committee on Care of Hearing Impaired Children, International Federation of Otorhinolaryngological Society

1979-1980       Chairman, Victorian Branch, Otolaryngological Society of Australia

1975-1980       Chairman, Consultative Council on Maternal and Child Health, Minister of Health, Victorian Government

1973-1980       Assistant Editor, Journal of Otolaryngological Society of Australia

1971-1976       Chairman, Victorian Committee, Postgraduate Training in Otolaryngology

1975-1975       Honorary Secretary, Australasian Deafness Council

1971-1973       Chairman, Steering Committee to Establish Deafness Foundation of Victoria

 

Clinical Positions

1985-2004       Surgeon-in-Charge, Cochlear Implant Clinic, The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

1966-2004       Senior Honorary ENT Surgeon, The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

1971-1975       Consultant Otolaryngologist to Royal Melbourne and Royal Women’s Hospitals, Melbourne

1968-1973       Consultant Otolaryngologist, Commonwealth Acoustic Laboratories of Australia

1966-1971       Senior Visiting ENT Surgeon, Repatriation General Hospital, Melbourne

1967-1968       Lecturer, Department of Physiology, University of Sydney

1964-1966       First Assistant ENT Surgeon, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne

1963-1966       Senior Assistant ENT Surgeon, The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne

1963                Senior Registrar, Otolaryngology, Bristol General Hospital, Bristol, UK
Tutor in Otolaryngology, Bristol University, Bristol, UK

1962                Senior House Surgeon, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, UK

1961                Registrar, Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1960                Part-time Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, University of Sydney

1959                Senior Resident Medical Officer, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney

1958                Junior Resident Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

 

Qualifications

1969                Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney, Australia. Thesis: “Middle ear and neural mechanisms in hearing and in the management of deafness”.

1968                Master of Surgery (MS), University of Sydney, Australia. Thesis: “The principals of the structural support of the nose and their application to nasal and septal surgery”

1966                Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in Otolaryngology

1962                Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, England (FRCS) in Otolaryngology

1961                Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (FRCS) in General Surgery and Pathology

1957                Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Sydney, Australia (Graduated with Honours and First Place in Final Year Examination)