Comprehensive Ear, Nose & Throat Surgery for you & your family

Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeon | MBBS (Hons), BMedSci, MS, FRACS

A qualified surgeon with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Dr North looks forward to meeting you to help you with your ear, nose and throat problems.

Hannah grew up in Sydney and went on to study Medical Science and Medicine at The University of Sydney graduating with honours in 2005. She trained in Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery with the College of Surgeons rotating across Sydney including St Vincents Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Royal North Shore Hospital.

Awarded a Project Grant for her Masters of Surgery project in conjunction with The Ear Institute at University College London and The University of Sydney, Hannah researched the development of inner ear hair cells, specifically the Notch cell signalling pathway. She loves teaching and has previously been a Conjoint Lecturer with The University of New South Wales, she now teaches medical students with The University of Sydney at the Westmead Clinical School and The Children's Hospital at Westmead. She is heavily involved with training registrars in her roles both at Westmead Hospital and Children's Hospital at Westmead.

It was working at Great Ormond St Hospital in London where she loved helping children and their families and was inspired to complete a post training fellowship under the guidance of Shyan Vijayasekaran and the ENT Department at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth from 2014-2015.

Wanting to develop her skills further in more complex ear surgery she completed a second post training fellowship with Simon Freeman and Simon Lloyd in the UK at The Manchester Skull Base Unit from 2015-2016. It was here that she honed her skills in complex revision ear surgery, hearing implants and lateral skull base surgery in one of the largest Otology and Skull Base Centres in the UK.

Furthering her exposure, Hannah has visited the Causse Ear Clinic in Beziers, France to learn up to date hearing reconstruction surgery of the middle ear and Professor Marchioni in Verona, Italy to concentrate on endoscopic ear surgery techniques. She has also completed the Advanced Surgeons Course with the Institute of Cochlear Implant Training in Valencia, USA.

Hannah returned to her home city of Sydney at the end of 2016 to start working at Westmead Hospital and The Children's Hospital at Westmead. She sees patients in the rooms at Norwest Private Hospital in Bella Vista. She operates at Westmead Hospital, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead Private Hospital, Norwest Private Hospital and Lakeview Private Hospital.

Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeon | MBBS(Hons), BSc(Hons), FRCS, FRACS

Dr Rhydian Harris is a dual fellowship, internationally trained surgeon specialising in Ear, Nose and Throat conditions for adults and children.

Dr Harris graduated from the prestigious Guy’s Kings & St.Thomas’ Hospitals medical school in London with honours whilst simultaneously completing an honours degree in Immunology at the University of London. After 3 years of surgical training in London teaching hospitals, Dr Harris completed a further 6 years of higher ENT surgical training in Manchester. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons England in 2017. After completing his ENT training, he gained fellowship experience in Otology and Neuro-otology in the esteemed Manchester Skull Base Unit.

On moving to Sydney, he pursued further sub-specialist training in advanced ear surgery at St. Vincent’s private hospital, Hearing Implants Australia, and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. In his pursuit of excellence, Dr Harris has travelled the world to learn novel techniques from leaders in their field, including clinical observerships at units in France, Italy, Australasia and the USA, where he also received advanced cochlear implant training. He became a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons in 2023.

To complement his immunology background, Dr Harris refined his proficiency in rhinology by working as a research fellow as part of the internationally renowned Sydney Rhinology Fellowship. He subsequently completed further fellowship training in rhinology and anterior skull base surgery at Westmead Hospital, where he also worked as a locum consultant for 12 months.

As a proud father of two young children, Dr Harris has an empathic understanding of the unique challenges of paediatric care. He spent 14 months training at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital – the UK’s largest and busiest children’s hospital – and is particularly passionate about managing childhood ENT conditions.

As a product of his comprehensive and in-depth training, Dr Harris is well-equipped to focus his practice on 3 key areas: Complex otology and neurotology; Complex rhinology and rhinoplasty; and general paediatric ENT.

He consults at The ENT Care Hub, Suite 210 Westmead Private Hospital (of which he is a co-founding director) and Suite 105 Norwest Private Medical Centre. He conducts outreach clinics at Port Macquarie ENT and Head & Neck Surgery. Operative care is provided at Westmead Private Hospital, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Hospital, and Sydney Day Surgery Hospital.

In his leisure time, Dr Harris enjoys adventures around Sydney with his young family, is a keen musician, enjoys fly fishing, sailing, and wine appreciation, and is a classic car devotee.