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Born
August 16, 1935, Camden, NSW, Australia
Education
1957：Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Surgery (BS), (first place in final year) University of Sydney
1961-1962：Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons, FRCS (Edin & Eng)
1966：Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in Otolaryngology
1968：Master of Surgery (MS), University of Sydney, Australia
1969：Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney, Australia
Employment History
1964-2004：Honorary ENT Surgeon, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne
1969-2004：Foundation and Laureate Professor of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne
1985-2005：Founder and Director, The Bionic Ear Institute
2008-2010：Inaugural Distinguished Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne
2012-2014：Distinguished Researcher, National Institute Communication, Technology Australia
2014-：Honorary Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Melbourne
2016-：Member, Graeme Clark Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Melbourne
Prizes and Honors
2004：Prime Minister Prize for Science, Australia
2006：Academy of Science Ian Wark Medal and Lecture
2007：Gertrude Reemtsma Foundation (Max Planck Society), Zülch Prize
2009：International Federation Medical & Biological Engineering, Otto Schmitt Award
2010：Royal Colleges of Surgeons, Royal Society & Edinburgh University, Lister Medal
2011：Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, Zotterman Medal
2013：Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, Lasker Foundation
2015：US National Academy of Engineering, Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize
2018：CORLAS (Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum), Shambaugh Prize
2024：IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
2025：QE Prize Foundation, Queen Elizabeth Prize in Engineering
2026：The Richard N Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology, Broad Institute, MIT & Harvard
Publications
- Books 6
- Monographs 1
- Book Chapters 50
- Selected Refereed Invited Reviews 4
- Refereed Scientific Papers 423
- Scientific Conference Papers 104
- Relevant Conference Abstracts 362
- Scientific Reports to US National Institutes of Health 67
- Patents 20
1969：Clark, GM. Middle ear and neural mechanisms in hearing and in the management of deafness: PhD, University of Sydney; 1969
1973：Clark GM, Kranz HG, Minas HJ. Behavioral thresholds in the cat to frequency-modulated sound and electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve. Exp Neurol. 1973;41:190-200
1977：Clark GM, Black RC, Dewhurst DJ, Forster IC, Patrick JF & Tong YC. An Electrode Hearing Prosthesis for Cochlear Implantation in Deaf Patients. Med Prog Technol. 1977;5:127-40
1980：Tong YC, Clark GM, Seligman PM, Patrick JF. Speech processing for a multiple-electrode cochlear implant hearing prosthesis. Technical notes and research briefs. J Acoust Soc Am 1980;68:1897
1981：Clark GM, Tong YC, Martin LF. A multiple-channel cochlear implant. An evaluation using open-set CID sentences. Laryngoscope. 1981;91:628-34
1983：Tong, Y. C., Dowell, R. C., Blamey, P. J., & Clark, G. M. (1983). Two-component hearing sensations produced by two-electrode stimulation in the cochlea of a deaf patient. Science, 219(4587), 993–994
1984：Rickards FW, Clark GM. (1984), Steady-state evoked potentials to amplitude-modulated tones. In: Nodar RH, Barber C, eds. Evoked potentials II. Boston : Butterworths :163- 68.1984: Butterworths
1985/1987：Clinical Trial of a Multi-Channel Cochlear Prosthesis: Results on 10 Postlingually Deaf Patients (Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 1985 / 1987) — Landmark study proving open-set speech perception via multi-electrode arrays
1987：The University of Melbourne-Nucleus Multi-Electrode Cochlear Implant (Karger, Basel, 1987) — First comprehensive monograph detailing bio-compatible design, surgical methods, and speech processing strategies for multi-channel cochlear implants
2003：GM, Clark. Cochlear Implants: Fundamentals and Applications: New York: Springer; 2003
2006：Cochlear Implants—Current and Future: A Perspective (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2006) — Authoritative overview of progress and future directions in auditory brainstem and inner-ear neurostimulation
2013：Clark GM, Clark JC, Furness JB. The evolving science of cochlear implants. JAMA. 2013;310:1225–6
2026：Clark GM. The role of a surgeon in restoring the senses & in biomedical engineering. ANZ Journal of Surgery. Accepted
August 16, 1935, Camden, NSW, Australia
Education
1957：Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Surgery (BS), (first place in final year) University of Sydney
1961-1962：Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons, FRCS (Edin & Eng)
1966：Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in Otolaryngology
1968：Master of Surgery (MS), University of Sydney, Australia
1969：Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney, Australia
Employment History
1964-2004：Honorary ENT Surgeon, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne
1969-2004：Foundation and Laureate Professor of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne
1985-2005：Founder and Director, The Bionic Ear Institute
2008-2010：Inaugural Distinguished Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne
2012-2014：Distinguished Researcher, National Institute Communication, Technology Australia
2014-：Honorary Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Melbourne
2016-：Member, Graeme Clark Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Melbourne
Prizes and Honors
2004：Prime Minister Prize for Science, Australia
2006：Academy of Science Ian Wark Medal and Lecture
2007：Gertrude Reemtsma Foundation (Max Planck Society), Zülch Prize
2009：International Federation Medical & Biological Engineering, Otto Schmitt Award
2010：Royal Colleges of Surgeons, Royal Society & Edinburgh University, Lister Medal
2011：Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, Zotterman Medal
2013：Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, Lasker Foundation
2015：US National Academy of Engineering, Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize
2018：CORLAS (Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum), Shambaugh Prize
2024：IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
2025：QE Prize Foundation, Queen Elizabeth Prize in Engineering
2026：The Richard N Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology, Broad Institute, MIT & Harvard
Publications
- Books 6
- Monographs 1
- Book Chapters 50
- Selected Refereed Invited Reviews 4
- Refereed Scientific Papers 423
- Scientific Conference Papers 104
- Relevant Conference Abstracts 362
- Scientific Reports to US National Institutes of Health 67
- Patents 20
1969：Clark, GM. Middle ear and neural mechanisms in hearing and in the management of deafness: PhD, University of Sydney; 1969
1973：Clark GM, Kranz HG, Minas HJ. Behavioral thresholds in the cat to frequency-modulated sound and electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve. Exp Neurol. 1973;41:190-200
1977：Clark GM, Black RC, Dewhurst DJ, Forster IC, Patrick JF & Tong YC. An Electrode Hearing Prosthesis for Cochlear Implantation in Deaf Patients. Med Prog Technol. 1977;5:127-40
1980：Tong YC, Clark GM, Seligman PM, Patrick JF. Speech processing for a multiple-electrode cochlear implant hearing prosthesis. Technical notes and research briefs. J Acoust Soc Am 1980;68:1897
1981：Clark GM, Tong YC, Martin LF. A multiple-channel cochlear implant. An evaluation using open-set CID sentences. Laryngoscope. 1981;91:628-34
1983：Tong, Y. C., Dowell, R. C., Blamey, P. J., & Clark, G. M. (1983). Two-component hearing sensations produced by two-electrode stimulation in the cochlea of a deaf patient. Science, 219(4587), 993–994
1984：Rickards FW, Clark GM. (1984), Steady-state evoked potentials to amplitude-modulated tones. In: Nodar RH, Barber C, eds. Evoked potentials II. Boston : Butterworths :163- 68.1984: Butterworths
1985/1987：Clinical Trial of a Multi-Channel Cochlear Prosthesis: Results on 10 Postlingually Deaf Patients (Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 1985 / 1987) — Landmark study proving open-set speech perception via multi-electrode arrays
1987：The University of Melbourne-Nucleus Multi-Electrode Cochlear Implant (Karger, Basel, 1987) — First comprehensive monograph detailing bio-compatible design, surgical methods, and speech processing strategies for multi-channel cochlear implants
2003：GM, Clark. Cochlear Implants: Fundamentals and Applications: New York: Springer; 2003
2006：Cochlear Implants—Current and Future: A Perspective (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2006) — Authoritative overview of progress and future directions in auditory brainstem and inner-ear neurostimulation
2013：Clark GM, Clark JC, Furness JB. The evolving science of cochlear implants. JAMA. 2013;310:1225–6
2026：Clark GM. The role of a surgeon in restoring the senses & in biomedical engineering. ANZ Journal of Surgery. Accepted
