Invited faculty

Dr Chris DHEPNORRARAT (MBBS, FRACS)

Consultant Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon 
Department of Otolaryngology, Skull Base surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Senior Clinical Lecturer
School of Medicine, University of Western Australia

Consultant Surgeon
Perth ENT Clinic
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​Perth, Australia

Dr Dhepnorrarat studied Medicine at the University of Western Australia and completed his specialist training in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery in Australia in 2009. He is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Surgeons and has served as the Head of Department at the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Western Australia from 2016 to 2023. He also holds the position of Senior clinical lecturer at the University of Western Australia, and has a subspecialty practice in rhinology and sinus disorders, and anterior skull base/pituitary disease. He also has a special interest in endo-orbital and trans-orbital approaches. Dr Dhepnorrarat is a partner at the Perth ENT Centre, a private ENT clinic based in Perth, with 7 other ENT specialists.
 
Dr Dhepnorrarat completed two Fellowships in Rhinology, Sinus Surgery and Anterior Skull Base Surgery- the first year at the Singapore General Hospital and a second year at the University of Toronto where he worked at the Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto Western hospital, and the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children. He is actively involved in teaching at all levels and engaged in clinical research. Dr Dhepnorrarat is the ENT clinical lead for the Transitional Undiagnosed Diseases Program, a multidisciplinary team based at the Harry Perkins Institute, that aims to diagnose the most challenging clinical cases confounding the medical profession.
 
Dr Dhepnorrarat has presented and published on the treatment of nasal, sinus and ear disease as well as skull base surgery. He is on the review board of the “American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy”, the “Journal of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery”, and is on the editorial board of the “Australian Journal of Otolaryngology” Dr Dhepnorrarat has been on the faculty of several ENT conferences as well as over a dozen National and International Sinus Courses.