FRACS, MD, Neurotologist / Skull Base Surgeon, Cochlear Implant Surgeon, Paediatric ENT Surgeon, Clinical Director Starship Children's Hospital, Director ENT Associates, Chairperson Northern Cochlear Implant Programme, Director of Otology/Auditory Implant/Skull Base Fellowship Auckland City and Starship Hospitals, Co-Director Paediatric ORL Fellowship
- vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma) surgery
- implant surgery (cochlear and brain stem implants, OSIA, Bonebridge, BAHA)
- oncological surgery involving the posterolateral skull base
- general and advanced microscopic otological surgery (glomus, cholesteatoma, perforation)
- Paediatric ENT conditions
- general ENT surgery
Michel graduated from The University of Auckland, NZ and completed his training in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery with The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2005.
He was awarded a fellowship at the Skull Base and Auditory Implant Unit in Manchester, UK for one year in 2006, where he was involved in skull base procedures including acoustic neuroma surgery, auditory implant surgery [cochlear implants (CI), brain stem implants (ABI), Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA)], oncological surgery involving the posterolateral skull base as well as otological and general ENT surgery.
In 2007 he spent time at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati, USA to further his skills in the management of paediatric ENT disorders and the paediatric airway.
Since his return to Auckland, NZ in 2007 he has had appointments as an ENT consultant at Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland City Hospital, and Green Lane Clinical Centre.
He is involved in the management of paediatric and adult ENT disorders with subspecialty emphasis on neurotology, skull base surgery, cochlear implant surgery, bone conduction devices (OSIA, Bonebridge, BAHA) and complex otological surgery. He is the first surgeon to perform brainstem implants in NZ.
Michel is a past selector of the Training Education and Accreditation Committee (TEAC) which coordinates the surgical training of Otolaryngologists in New Zealand, and a past Secretary of the NZ Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.
He is a Senior Lecturer at the Auckland Medical School, and the current Chairperson and an Implant Surgeon of the Northern Cochlear Implant Programme (NCIP). He is the Clinical Director for Paediatric ENT at Starship Children's Hospital and the Clinical lead for Otology/Neurotology at Auckland City Hospital. He is a founding member and Director at ENT Associates.
Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, is also known as Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery (ENT).
ENT Surgeons (or otolaryngologists) are specialist doctors who deal with medical and surgical treatment of conditions of the ears, nose, throat and structures of the head and neck.
