Patrick Gullane

PATRICK J. GULLANE, MD, FRCSC, FACS, HON. FRACS

Professor Patrick Gullane is Otolaryngologist-in-Chief and Wharton Chair in Head and Neck Surgery at Princess Margaret Hospital, and Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto.

He has received numerous honours and awards during his career, including the Harris P. Mosher Award from the Triological Society, the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, and The Millennium Society Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery. He served as President of the American Head and Neck Society and The North American Skull Base Society.

Prof. Gullane has been invited as a Visiting Professor to more than 42 countries, lecturing on all aspects of head and neck oncology, including the Sir William Wilde Lecture (2001) and The Eugene N. Myers International Lecture (2006). He has delivered more than 500 presentations nationally and internationally, and serves on the editorial board of 10 journals. He has published 210 papers in peerreviewed journals, 56 chapters in textbooks and 8 books on various aspects of head and neck surgery. He received the George Davey Howells Memorial Prize in Otolaryngology - University of London for the best publsihed book in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery in the preceding five years for co-authoring the textbook, Principles and Practice of Head and Neck Oncology. Professor Gullane was the recipient of an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. The Princess Margaret Hospital recognized Professor Gullane with a Tribute Event and Gala Evening for his contributions and leadership in head and neck oncology (2006). In recognition of this evening and his contributions, an endowed Fellowship Chair will be established. Professor Gullane was selected as recipient of Galway University’s prestigious Alumni Award - the Medtronic Award for Health Care and Medical Science, acknowledging his contributions to the development of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Research, Ireland (2007).