Dr Tim Cooney MBBS(Hon) FRACS grew up in Queensland and graduated from the University of Queensland with honours.

Tim won several prizes in his undergraduate years including the William Nathaniel Robertson Medal, the HJ Windsor prize and the Memorial prize of the Australian Medical Association.

Tim trained in otolaryngology, head and neck surgery in Queensland and completed a fellowship in nose and sinus surgery with Professor Nick Jones at the University Hospital Nottingham, UK. Tim works at Princess Margaret Hospital for children and several other institutions in Perth.

His special interests include paediatric otolaryngology, sinus disorders and surgery of the anterior skull base.

He runs an annual nose and sinus surgery course in Perth, which attracts both Australian and International ENT surgeons.

Tim married a Perth girl with whom he has five children. He is an avid cyclist who regularly competes in triathlons and ironman events.