Rate My Professor Mike Bergin

Mike Bergin is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Department of Surgery and Critical Care at the University of Otago, Christchurch, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences. A Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), he works as a Consultant Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgeon at Christchurch Hospital, Te Whatu Ora | Waitaha Canterbury. He holds the degrees MBChB and MMedSc. Bergin previously held affiliations with the University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Department of Physiology, and Sensory & Motor Systems, as well as the Department of Otolaryngology, Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Otago. He serves as Younger Fellows' Representative for Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery on the RACS Aotearoa New Zealand National Committee, contributing to publications and events in surgical training and advocacy.

Bergin's research specializations include otology, middle ear surgery techniques, animal models for surgical research, hearing loss post-surgery, external auditory canal procedures, Meniere's disease, and perspectives in hearing and vestibular research. Key publications are "Measuring the Forces of Middle Ear Surgery: Evaluating a Novel Force-Detection Instrument" (Otology & Neurotology, 2014, with Michael Sheedy, Peter Ross, Grant Wylie, Philip Bird); "Systematic review of animal models of middle ear surgery" (World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, 2015, with Srdjan Vlajkovic, Philip Bird, Peter Thorne); "An unusual case of cotton wool use to improve hearing" (Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 2010); "Patterns of Extended High-frequency Hearing Loss Following Stapes Surgery" (Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2017); "Long-Term Outcomes from Blind Sac Closure of the External Auditory Canal: Our Institutional Experience in Different Pathologies" (The Laryngoscope, 2020); "In Reference to Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency and Meniere's Disease: Interventional Versus Medical Therapy" (The Laryngoscope, 2020); and "Perspectives of early career hearing and vestibular researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand" (Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2024, with H. Suzuki-Kerr, Lisa Burton-Harris, Genevieve Choi, Ruth McLaren, and others). He provided expert review for bpacnz tinnitus management resources (2023) and collaborates on projects with the Eisdell Moore Centre.