Integrated Prosthetics & Reconstruction

Clinician-led point-of-care manufacturing I Innovative techniques in #prosthetics #jawreconstruction #dentalrehab I Run by #headandneck Department at @COBLH

[Chris O’Brien Lifehouse @COBLH]

𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐩

Congratulations to Associate Professor Dr Joe Dusseldorp on his appointment as Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Sydney.

[Chris O’Brien Lifehouse @COBLH]

Clinical Associate Professor Merran Findlay, COBL Dietetics Clinical Research Fellow and co-chair for the ENHANCE group within the Head and Neck Department, has been recognised as a Fellow of Dietitians Australia (FDA), the highest honour awarded by the organisation.

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Last week, #SXSWSydney lit up the city with bold ideas in tech, health & business.

Dr Emma Charters from Chris O’Brien Lifehouse joined the panel on MedTech breakthroughs, sharing the story behind Restorabite, a device helping head & neck cancer patients with trismus (lockjaw).

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𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲

Today we celebrate the allied health professionals at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse and their role in contributing to research with the aims of improving patient outcomes.

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𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐲𝐤𝐞𝐬

We are pleased to share that A/Prof James Wykes, has been promoted to Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Sydney.

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𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲-𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 – 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞

Groundbreaking results from the DESQUAMATE study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Read Full Post: https://t.co/wQ5QqR0GMh

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Congratulations to Dr Tim Manzie and Dr Emma Charters who represented our Head and Neck team at the 10th World Congress of the International Academy of Oral Oncology (@iaoo2025), held in Liverpool UK from 16–19 Jul
Full Posts:
https://t.co/25WVnc9DhC
https://t.co/qpwK0dot9p

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Congratulations to Ashleigh Sharman and Dr Emma Charters who recently attended The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) / International Society of Oral Oncology (ISOO) 2025 Annual Meeting.
View full post here: https://t.co/HJjCKpqh9T

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𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! In this study led by Masoud Mohseni-Dargah recently published in Head & Neck, the team are exploring new ways to safely address trismus, a common issue after mandible surgery, with Restorabite!

Click here to read in full https://t.co/7yzjtBawbg

[Chris O’Brien Lifehouse @COBLH]

𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 $7.7 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐎𝐁𝐋

As highlighted in Forbes Australia and The Australian Financial Review.

https://t.co/ZzVwLKGSXz

[Chris O’Brien Lifehouse @COBLH]

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 & 𝐍𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡

July is Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Month, with this month’s episode of our social’s series, ‘Ask Our Experts’, focusing on providing further understanding of this cancer. @IntegProsRecon
https://t.co/aHf73TIffV

[Chris O’Brien Lifehouse @COBLH]

9𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝-𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 3𝐃-𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐚𝐰 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭

Chris O’Brien Lifehouse recently featured on 9News nationally, highlighting world-first 3D-printed jaw implant created here at the @IntegProsRecon.

Full post: https://t.co/zKHRVCyc92

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𝐈𝐏𝐑 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐙𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭

This month, the Head and Neck department are delighted to introduce Zachary Gillett, the newest addition to the Integrated Prosthetics & Reconstruction (IPR) team at @COBLH

Welcome Zach!

[Chris O’Brien Lifehouse @COBLH]

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧-𝐋𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

When clinicians lead research, patients and society benefit. That’s why we’re thrilled to share that COBL speech pathologist and emerging clinician-researcher Megan Lai has published her first paper as lead author!

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𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐣𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐬𝐮-𝐇𝐮𝐢 (𝐇𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭) 𝐋𝐨𝐰

Ready Full Post: https://t.co/fNHYBA1tfj

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A/Prof Michael Elliott, @COBLH Head & Neck Surgeon, was an invited speaker at the 2025 @SNISinfo Cerebral Venous and Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Disorders Summit March 19-21 2025, Hawaii USA.
Full post https://t.co/RGdoDb0C8y

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𝐃𝐫 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐖 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 2024

Congratulations to Dr Emma Charters, Senior Speech Pathologist and co-inventor of Restorabite™, who has been awarded a Cancer Institute NSW 2024 Early Career Fellowship.

Full post: https://t.co/pKU1BAAVTD

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We are delighted to share a study led by @RebeccaVenchers has been recognised by Wiley as a top-cited article in the Australian Journal of Rural Health! Huge Congratulations to the team!

Access the publication here: https://t.co/741y4v9w0R
#topcitedarticle @COBLH

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𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: ‘𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’

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Our Integrated Prosthetics and Reconstruction team warmly welcomed a visit from the Stryker additive manufacturing team from Ireland and took them on a tour of our IPR Lab located at @COBLH.

Full Post: https://t.co/bL5M9ZiIst