Surgical Qualifications and Experience

MB BS Sydney University 1986.
FRACS Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons 1995.

Head and Neck Oncological Fellowship, Cincinnati 1995-1996. Recognised by The American College of Head and Neck Surgeons.

Head and Neck Oncological Fellowship, Oklahoma City 1996 – 1997.

Visiting Ear Nose Throat (ENT) Head and Neck Surgeon, St George and Sutherland Hospitals 1997 to present.

Visiting ENT Head and Neck Surgeon, Liverpool Hospital 1997 -2005.
Head of Department and Surgical Supervisor of advanced training for ENT Head and Neck Surgery. Established Head and Neck Cancer Clinic, Liverpool Hospital.

Surgical Supervisor of advanced training for ENT Head and Neck Surgery, St George and Sutherland Hospitals 2003-2015.

Head of Department of ENT Head and Neck Surgery, St George and Sutherland Hospital 2014 to present.

Master of Surgery, Sydney University 2018.

Professional Visitations for Continued Medical Education

As a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons, continuing medical education is essential to stay up to date with advances in ENT Head and Neck Surgery to provide the highest quality evidenced based surgical care for patients.

Dr Farrell travels internationally to spend dedicated time with international leaders in the field to ensure that he continues to learn.

Head and Neck Cancer Surgery.
Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital, New York, USA. Professor Jatin Shah. February 1999

Head and Neck Cancer Surgery.
MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, USA. Professor Helmuth Goepfert. September 2001

Advanced CO2 Laser Surgery.
Gottingen, Germany. Professor Wolfgang Steiner. May 2003

Head and Neck Cancer Surgery, Maxillary Swing Techniques.
Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. Professor William Wei. October 2003

Head and Neck Cancer Surgery.
Princess Margaret Hospital,Toronto, Canada. Professor Patrick Gullane. September 2006

Sialendoscopy Surgery.
University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
Director of the European Sialendoscopy Training Centre, Geneva, Switzerland. Professor Francis Marchal. September 2007

Video Assisted Minimally Invasive Thyroid Surgery.
Pisa, Italy. Prof Paolo Miccoli. July 2008

Transoral Laser Surgery for Oropharyngeal and Laryngeal Cancer.
Mayo Clinic, Arizona USA. Prof Michael Hinni. January 2013

Transoral Robotic Surgical Course Achieving Transoral Robotic Surgical Accreditation. Celebration, Florida USA. Professor Scott Magnuson. July 2017

Professional Memberships

• Australian Medical Association
• Fellow of The Royal Australian College of Surgeons
• Fellow of the Australian Society Of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
• Founding Member of The Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Society
• Fellow of The American Head and Neck Society
• International Fellow Of The American Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery