Prof Catherine Birman

MB BS, FRACS, PhD

Specialties

ENT Surgery (Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery)

Interests

Otology
Ears, Nose and Throat

Practices

MQ ENT, Suite 402, Level 4

Macquarie University Clinics, 2 Technology Place

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY

Phone: (02) 9812 3966

Fax: (02) 9475 4565
Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre

Old Gladesville Hospital, Building 39, Punt Road

GLADESVILLE

Phone: (02) 9844 6801

Fax: (02) 9844 6811
Children's Hospital at Westmead

Hawkesbury Road

WESTMEAD

Phone: (02) 9845 2078

Fax: (02) 9845 3253

Profile

Associate Professor Birman is an ENT Surgeon with subspecialisation in paediatric ENT, and paediatric and adult otology and hearing loss. She completed a Fellowship in 1997 in both paediatric ENT and cochlear implantation. Associate Professor Birman is the Medical Director of the Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre, past Chair of the NSW branch of ASOHNS and a Board Member of RIDBC. She works at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Hornsby Hospital, Sydney Adventist Hospital and Macquarie University Hospital.

Research

Associate Professor Birman has specific interest and expertise in Cochlear implants. She is also interested in Paediatric ENT, including obstructive sleep apnoea, glue ear and auditory problems. She has a great deal of experience in adult ENT including sinusitis, hearing and ear problems and voice problems. Her current research involves outcomes of cochlear implants, and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD).