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Graeme Milbourne Clark
Citation delivered by Professor Gerard Sutton, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wollongong on the occasion of the admission of Graeme Milbourne Clarke to the degree of Doctor of Science (honoris causa) on 2 August 2002.
Graeme Clark, the son of a pharmacist, began his career as a doctor. He graduated in medicine from Sydney University, initially in 1957, and was later awarded a Master of Surgery (1968) and a Doctor of Philosophy (1969). He has held a number of senior hospital appointments and has been Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne since 1970.
In the year 2000, Nelson Mandela reflected that: “Twenty-first century advances in learning and science will certainly be even more breathtaking in scope and impact on human possibilities. Shall this century provide champions of human dignity and equality to match in their success that of the great innovators in the field of science and technology?” (“What makes a Champion” Sydney 2000). Graeme Clark’s story shows that both kinds of champion, not only can, but do exist and
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MB BS 1958 MSurgery 1969 Ph D Med 1970 MD 1989 FRCS (Edinburgh) FRCS (England) FRACS Hon MD (Hanover) Hon MD (Sydney) Hon DSc (Wollongong) Hon DEng (CYC Taiwan) Hon LLD (Monash) Hon FAudSA Hon FRCS (England)
One of our most distinguished alumni in the field of Otolaryngology is Professor Graeme Milbourne Clark, foundation Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne and pioneer of the multiple-channel cochlear implant, the ‘bionic ear’.
Professor Graeme Clark pioneered the multiple-channel cochlear implant which has brought hearing and speech understanding to tens of thousands of people with severe-to-profound hearing loss in more than 80 countries.
Graeme Clarke graduated from Medicine at the University of Sydney in 1958 and became Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Sydney. In 1960, he also became Lecturer in Anatomy in the Faculty of Medicine
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Graeme Clark (doctor)
Australian professor of otolaryngology
Graeme Milbourne ClarkAC FRS FAA FRACS (born 16 August 1935)[1] is an Australian Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne.[2] He has worked in ENT surgery, electronics and speech science, and contributed towards the development of the multiple-channel cochlear implant.[3][4][5] His invention was later marketed by Cochlear Limited.[6]
Early life and education
Clark was born in Camden, New South Wales, to parents Colin and Dorothy Clark. He has one younger sister. Clark was educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School, where he was later honoured with the ‘Carey Medal’ in 1997.[7] Clark was educated at The Scots College and studied medicine at Sydney University.[8]
He specialized in ear, nose and throat surgery at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and obtained a fellowship in 1964 from the Royal College of Surgeons, London. Clark returned to Australia where he became a Fellow of the
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