A.Prof Mukherjee is an Otologist, Cochlear Implant and Lateral Skull based surgeon in Sydney. Awarded the prestigious RACS Michael Donellan medal for outstanding contribution to the art and science of surgery and a Eureka prize finalist for interdisciplinary research in 2022, she has a passion for translational research specialising in ear bionics. She is the immediate past chair of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons NSW state committee, a committee member of the Advisory Committee of Therapeutic Goods Administration and an expert panelist of the Medical Devices fund, NSW health. She is an executive member of the Section of Academic Surgery, Chair of the Research and Evaluation for ASERNIPS (Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures in Surgery) and the innovation lead at the RPA Institute of Academic Surgery.