Professor Ray Sacks
Macquarie University, NSW
Ray Sacks is a Professor at both Macquarie University in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and at Sydney University. Professor Sacks was the Chief Examiner in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons from 2012-2014 and is now the Chair of the Full Court of Examiners for RACS.He was the President of the Australian and New Zealand Rhinologic Society from 2008-2013 and is the current President of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.
He has been a keynote speaker and invited faculty on courses throughout the world covering 32 countries on 6 continents. He is also on the Editorial Board of multiple journals and has published more than 150 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals as well as co-authored 23 book chapters , a Manual of endoscopic sinus surgery and a Textbook on Endoscopic surgery of the Orbit in both English and Chinese. His current H-Index is 37. Prof Sacks has received multiple special awards and medals including, the RACS Academy of Surgical Educators Award for Educator of the Year 2020, the ASOHNS Medal for Distinguished Service in the Science and Art of Otolaryngology in 2013, the RACS Medal for Outstanding Service to the Court of Examiners in 2014, the NSW RACS medal for Distinguished Service to Surgery in 2017, The Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation medal for 2018, and in 2021 became the first AoNZ ENT surgeon to be awarded Honorary membership of the European Rhinology Society in the 50 years of their history .