Prof Ben Dixon is the Garnett Passe & Rodney Williams Professor of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Melbourne.
He is an ENT Surgeon specialising in Head and Neck Oncology and Skull Base Surgery and is Director/ Head of Unit of the ENT Head & Neck department at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne.
He completed his FRACS 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.
Prof Dixon has a PhD in surgeon-computer interface design (University of Melbourne) and continues research into the integration of technology into the operating theatre and novel operative techniques.
Areas of clinical research include TORS, particularly for salvage surgery, Endoscopic & Open Skull Base Surgery and Reconstruction including Extended Orbital Exenteration.
Prof Dixon is currently developing assessment tools to better measure intra-operative workload to help guide and refine surgical technology development.
