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Biography
Professor Peter Friedland is a Fellow of Royal Australian College of Surgeons,the College of Surgeons (Otorhinolaryngology) South Africa, Head of Department Otolrhinolaryngology Head Neck Skullbase Surgery at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. In 2009 he accepted his current appointment as Professor within the School of Surgery at The University of Western Australia.
For many years he has demonstrated a strong commitment to the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate medical students. Two important messages that he gives to students are as follows:
He is known for his positive contribution within the field of social responsibility, especially in South Africa, where his honorary work amongst disadvantaged segments of the population has been sustained over many years. This has included organising community support or personally providing pro-bono medical care for orphans, HIV-infected or -affected children, children with deafness or cleft lip and palate, and for members of the prison population requiring operations.
For many years he has demonstrated a strong commitment to the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate medical students. Two important messages that he gives to students are as follows:
- Each individual patient is a precious human being with emotions, pride and dignity, and as such, should be treated with utmost respect, care, compassion and honesty; irrespective of age, colour or creed.
- Competence, knowledge and awareness of one’s own medical or surgical limitations are essential features of being a doctor; especially since a patient’s life and safety rests in the physician’s hands.
He is known for his positive contribution within the field of social responsibility, especially in South Africa, where his honorary work amongst disadvantaged segments of the population has been sustained over many years. This has included organising community support or personally providing pro-bono medical care for orphans, HIV-infected or -affected children, children with deafness or cleft lip and palate, and for members of the prison population requiring operations.
Roles and responsibilities
MBBCh cum laude MMed DipProjMan Witwatersrand, FCS(SA), DipFinMan Damelin , FRACS
Future research
Telemedicine; developing a telemedicine application for nasal and oropharyngeal diagnosis. This is being developed in collaboration with Swan Districts Hospital and the Wheatbelt.
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL); developing a laboratory, animal-research project to examine cochlear microvascular blood flow to determine etiology and treatment.
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL); developing a laboratory, animal-research project to examine cochlear microvascular blood flow to determine etiology and treatment.
Previous positions
Adjunct Professor and Clinical Head of Department, Ear Nose and Throat, Head and Neck Surgery, Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Teaching overview
Clinical aspects of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery.
Research
Otology, Tinnitus, Sensorineural hearing loss
Head and Neck cancer
Head and Neck cancer
Research expertise keywords
- Neurotology and skull base surgery
- e-Health and telemedicine in otolaryngology
- Head and neck cancer biomarkers
- HPV and Micro RNA in head and neck cancer
- Clinical research in tinnitus and hearing loss
- Voice and swallowing disorders, treatment and outcomes
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Research Output
A comparative study of extracellular vesicle-associated and cell-free DNA and RNA for HPV detection in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
Nguyen, B., Meehan, K., Pereira, M. R., Mirzai, B., Lim, S. H., Leslie, C., Clark, M., Sader, C., Friedland, P., Lindsay, A., Tang, C., Millward, M., Gray, E. S. & Lim, A. M., 1 Dec 2020, In : Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 6083.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Hearing loss and depression in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Lawrence, B. J., Jayakody, D. M. P., Bennett, R. J., Eikelboom, R. H., Gasson, N. & Friedland, P. L., 2 Apr 2020, In : Gerontologist. 60, 3, p. E137-E154Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
14
Citations
(Scopus)
The economic burden of oral squamous cell carcinoma in Australia
Pollaers, K., Massingham, I., Friedland, P. L. & Farah, C. S., 27 Jun 2019, In : Journal Of Oral Pathology and Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
1
Citation
(Scopus)
AJCC 8th Edition oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma staging – Is it an improvement on the AJCC 7th Edition?
Pollaers, K., Hinton-Bayre, A., Friedland, P. L. & Farah, C. S., 1 Jul 2018, In : Oral Oncology. 82, p. 23-28 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
12
Citations
(Scopus)
A novel study on association between untreated hearing loss and cognitive functions of older adults: Baseline non-verbal cognitive assessment results
Jayakody, D. M. P., Friedland, P. L., Eikelboom, R. H., Martins, R. N. & Sohrabi, H. R., 1 Feb 2018, In : Clinical Otolaryngology. 43, 1, p. 182-191 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
15
Citations
(Scopus)