Dr Jafri Kuthubutheen (ENT Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Jafri Kuthubutheen
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Western Australia Australia 2002
- FRACS Australia 2011
- Occupation
- Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Dr. Kuthubutheen graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery with Honours in 2002. He then undertook specialist ENT training in Perth, Western Australia and obtained his Fellowship in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery in 2010. He then worked as a Consultant ENT surgeon at two of Western Australia’s teaching hospitals – Royal Perth Hospital and Fremantle Hospital for one and a half years. During this time he was also a visiting ENT surgeon to rural and remote Western Australia, with a special interest in indigenous ear health. In 2012 he left for Canada to pursue further specialist training as a Fellow in Otology and Skull Base Surgery at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. Under the guidance of Dr. Joseph Chen, Dr. Julian Nedzelski and Dr. Vincent Lin, he worked in one of the busiest tertiary adult ear surgery centres in Canada for 2 and 1/2 years. Sunnybrook runs the largest Cochlear Implant program and Acoustic Neuroma service in the country. During his time there, he became the inaugural J Pearson Fellow in Otology and Skull Base Surgery and helped to establish several new research projects. Prior to leaving for Canada, he was awarded the Warren Jones Postgraduate Research Scholarship from the Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation and the University of Western Australia. He is currently pursuing a D octor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in the field of Cochlear Implantation.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Fiona Stanley Hospital
- South Perth Hospital
- St John of God Murdoch Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Western ENT - South Perth
- Western ENT - Murdoch
- Affiliated Organisations
- Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (ASOHNS)
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
- Topics
- Cochlear Implantation
- Ossicular Chain Reconstruction and Laser Stapes Surgery
- Bonebridge Implants
- Acoustic Neuromas
- Middle ear and Mastoid Disease
- Ear drum perforation closure (Myringoplasty)
- Exostoses
- Medial Canal Fibrosis
- Grommets
Practice Locations
WA
- Western ENT - South Perth
- Address
- South Perth Hospital Inc
Level 1
76 South Terrace
South Perth WA 6151
Australia
- Phone
- 08 9367 8377
- Fax
- 08 9367 7494
- Western ENT - Murdoch
- Address
- St John of God Murdoch Medical Centre
Suite 51, 100 Murdoch Drive
Murdoch WA 6150
Australia
- Phone
- 08 9367 8377
- Fax
- 08 9367 7494
