Dr Ben Dixon
ENT Surgeon
TOPIC : TORs can we justify the cost
Dr Ben Dixonis an ENT Surgeon specialising in Head and Neck Oncology and Skull Base Surgery. He completed his training in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery in Victoria. Following this Ben spent two years at the University of Toronto undertaking a fellowship in Head & Neck Oncology, Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Microvascular Reconstruction and Thyroid Surgery. After further training in Transoral Robotic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania he established the TORS program at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
Ben now works at St Vincent’s Hospital and Epworth Hospital in Melbourne. He has a PhD in surgeon-computer interface design and continues research into the integration of technology into the operating theatre and novel operative techniques.