A. Professor Payal Mukherjee

Qualifications:

MBBS (UNSW), FRACS (ORLHNS), MS (Usyd)

Areas of Expertise:

Adult and Paediatric ENT, General ENT

Special Experience:

Otology, Cochlear Implantation and Lateral Skull Base Surgery

A. Professor Payal Mukherjee is an adult and paediatric Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeon with special skills in advanced ear surgery. Following her ENT training in Sydney, she attained further subspecialty post-fellowship training in otology, Cochlear implantation and lateral skull base surgery in Oxford and London.

A. Professor Mukherjee is a senior lecturer of surgery at The University of Sydney and the ENT lead for research at the RPA Institute of Academic Surgery. She is a member of the NSW regional committee of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons; and is a committee member of a research group called the Meniere’s research fund, of the Sydney Medical School. She has been awarded multiple prestigious research grants for her work.  She has published in many peer reviewed journals and presented in many national and international conferences.

As well as treating general ENT diseases such as glue ears, tonsillitis, snoring and rhinosinusitis, her areas of expertise include hearing and balance disorders such as Meniere’s disease, Otosclerosis, Vestibular Schwannoma, Cochlear implantation and chronic ear diseases. She is also trained in middle ear endoscopy.