Vincent Cousins
Monash University Medical School Graduate; Australian ORL Training; Fellowships with Prof Donald Harrison, London and Prof Dietrich Plester, Tubingen. Main practice in Otology Neurotology from 1986.
Past Federal President Australian Society for OHNS, Past President Neurotology Society of Australia.
Royal Australian College of Surgery: Past Senior OHNS Examiner, Past Councillor, Past Chair of Academy of Surgical Education
IFOS Executive Board member for Oceania 2009 - 2017, Regional Secretary for South East Asia, Western Pacific & Oceania 2017 - 2026.
Outreach experience in China 2001 - 2025, Papua New Guinea 2010 - 2014, Zimbabwe 2015 - 2024
Session
This Round Table session will bring together a group of surgeons who have been actively involved in providing paediatric outreach OHN surgical services across a range of low resource settings in different continents.
We will discuss a range of issues that face both recipient and visiting teams, including how to start a program, the factors that contribute to successful outcomes and those that present greater challenges. These include caseload, local personnel and their training, resource availability, funding and long-term sustainability.
We aim to provide guidance to those involved in establishing outreach partnerships to assist in achieving best outcomes from the beginning and leading to long term self-sufficiency.