Michael Paul Hase was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Melbourne, Victoria. He was born on 16 May 1946 and studied dentistry at the University of Melbourne, gaining an LDS and MDSc. He became a fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1976 and was also a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. He was appointed to the staff of the Western General and Prince Henry’s hospitals in Melbourne and had a special interest in the surgical management of TMJ degenerative joint disease. Hase died on 15 July 2018 in Melbourne at the age of 72. He was survived by his wife Tania and children Dylan, Kyle, Tim, Chris and Melinda.