Professor Stuart MacKayHonorary Clinical Professor, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Illawarra ENT Head & Neck Clinic, Wollongong NSW, Australia
Stuart MacKay is an Honorary Clinical Professor (University of Wollongong) and Honorary Fellow (University of Western Australia), who provides Ear, Nose, Throat, Head & Neck, Thyroid and Sleep Surgery services via Illawarra ENT Head and Neck Clinic and The Woolcock Institute of Sleep in Glebe. Professor MacKay is a fellowship trained contemporary airway surgeon, and is recognized as a leading surgeon in this discipline in Australasia. Professor MacKay has published over 70 peer reviewed publications related to sleep apnoea surgery, including textbook chapters and dissection manuals, and has been an invited speaker at a multitude of national and international meetings as far afield as India, China and the USA.
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He was a chief investigator in the NH&MRC funded SAMS trial published in JAMA and the primary author on the manuscript. He is also a recipient of the Garnett-Passe Rodney Williams Grant for a research evaluating upper airway modelling in sleep apnoea. He is member of ASOHNS, ASA and the current Vice President of the International Surgical Sleep Society.
Effect of Upper AIrway Surgery vs Medical Mangement on Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Honorary Clinical Professor Stuart MacKay will present a summation of the findings of the recently published SAMS trial (JAMA) on Multilevel Airway Surgery in Adult OSA. Also, the preliminary steps and publications in the lead up to SAMS trial will be discussed.
These findings challenge the notion that there is “not enough” to support a role for contemporary multi-level surgery in OSA, and provide a solid discussion about how to design, execute and publish a rigorous randomized trial in ENT surgery.
For those interested, a JAMA podcast is available at https://.edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/audio-player/.10.1001/.jama.2020.15373.
Honorary Clinical Professor Stuart MacKay will present a summation of the findings of the recently published SAMS trial (JAMA) on Multilevel Airway Surgery in Adult OSA. Also, the preliminary steps and publications in the lead up to SAMS trial will be discussed.
These findings challenge the notion that there is “not enough” to support a role for contemporary multi-level surgery in OSA, and provide a solid discussion about how to design, execute and publish a rigorous randomized trial in ENT surgery.
For those interested, a JAMA podcast is available at https://.edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/audio-player/.10.1001/.jama.2020.15373.
