Mr Ronald J. GoodeyCNZM, BMedSc, MB, ChB, FRACS; Retired Otolaryngologist, Life-Member of NZSOHNS
Ron Goodey is an Australian-born New Zealander and a graduate of Otago Medical School. Because of family involvement Ron became committed while still a medical student to working with ear and hearing problems. He trained under the Australasian College of Surgeons and in the United Kingdom and USA. He was involved in development of surgical techniques to treat and repair middle ear disease for 40 years. He was an invited speaker at the world’s first international tinnitus conference in1981 and until recently continued to be involved in tinnitus research in New Zealand & overseas. He was a surgeon at New Zealand's first cochlear implant operation in 1986 and continues this involvement through various cochlear implant trusts and support for auditory verbal therapy at the Hearing House. He was president of New Zealand’s Deafness Research Foundation for 19 years, was active on its board for 40 years and is now joint patron. Ron has been in charge of otolaryngology teaching at Auckland Medical School, training of otolaryngologists in New Zealand and he has been an examiner for the Royal Australasian College of surgeons. He has been president of the New Zealand Society of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and of the New Zealand Medical Association. He has been involved in both public and private practice. He recently retired fully from clinical practice and also from the Harold Thomas Trust on which he represented Auckland Rotary for almost 30 years. He was awarded CNZM in 2009. He & Lesley have 4 children (of whom two are doctors) and 8 grandchildren.
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My Career in ORL. Reusable to Disposable to Recyclable
In the past, I have had the privilege of recounting to you the evolution of our specialty and the birth of our society. On a separate occasion I had the privilege to give the first James Hardie Neil lecture in which I described the colourful and controversial life of our Society's innovative but irascible founder.
Now I have been offered the indulgence to tell about my own experiences as a proud lover of our specialty and of our society.
In the 1960s I followed John Avery to become the second New Zealander to train as an ENT surgeon in New Zealand and obtain the FRACS as my first and only specialty qualification. I hope some of my reminiscences will be amusing. I know some will appear appalling. It is possible that some may be interesting and even constructive. I am grateful for this opportunity to share them.
In the past, I have had the privilege of recounting to you the evolution of our specialty and the birth of our society. On a separate occasion I had the privilege to give the first James Hardie Neil lecture in which I described the colourful and controversial life of our Society's innovative but irascible founder.
Now I have been offered the indulgence to tell about my own experiences as a proud lover of our specialty and of our society.
In the 1960s I followed John Avery to become the second New Zealander to train as an ENT surgeon in New Zealand and obtain the FRACS as my first and only specialty qualification. I hope some of my reminiscences will be amusing. I know some will appear appalling. It is possible that some may be interesting and even constructive. I am grateful for this opportunity to share them.
