PublishedNewsouth Publishing, March 2017 |
ISBN9781742235301 |
FormatSoftcover, 320 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.3cm |
'Professor Bill Gibson is an outstanding
man, a great humanitarian and deserving of this well-researched biography about
his exceptional contribution to medicine.' - Professor Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO
During his distinguished career as an ear,
nose and throat surgeon, Emeritus Professor Bill Gibson AO gained a
reputation as a world-expert in Meniere's disease and cochlear implant surgery.
In 1984, he restored the hearing of two young women who were some of the first
to receive the commercialised bionic ear, pioneered by Professor Graeme Clark
and his team in Melbourne in 1978.
Three years later Gibson operated on
four-year-old Holly McDonell, the youngest child in the world to receive the
bionic ear. Over the following decades, he performed more than 2000 cochlear
implant operations, making him one of the most prolific surgeons in his field.
This fascinating biography tells the story
of how Bill Gibson transformed the lives of thousands with the bionic ear.
Listen to the radio interview with Prof Bill Gibson: Pioneer Cochlear Implant surgeon talking about his achievements which is being celebrated with the publication of his biography, Bill Gibson: pioneering bionic ear surgeon.
