Dr. Benjamin John Dixon is an ENT surgeon specializing in head and neck oncology and skull base surgery. He is the director of ENT, Head & Neck Surgery at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne. He spent two years at the University of Toronto undertaking a fellowship in head and 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 the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He has a PhD in surgeon–computer interface design (University of Melbourne) and continues to research the integration of technology into the operating theatre and novel operative techniques. He is currently developing assessment tools to better measure intra-operative workloads to help guide and refine surgical technology development.
Dr. Benjamin John Dixon is an ENT surgeon specializing in head and neck oncology and skull base surgery. He is the director of ENT, Head & Neck Surgery at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne. He spent two years at the University of Toronto undertaking a fellowship in head and 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 the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He has a PhD in surgeon–computer interface design (University of Melbourne) and continues to research the integration of technology into the operating theatre and novel operative techniques. He is currently developing assessment tools to better measure intra-operative workloads to help guide and refine surgical technology development.