Expertise
Areas of practice
Plain-language summaries of the conditions Dr Banks treats. This information is general in nature and is not a substitute for individual medical advice.
Paediatric ENT
Ear, nose and throat care for children
Dr Banks holds a public appointment at Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, where she treats the full range of childhood ear, nose and throat conditions alongside complex subspecialty work. She is a founding member of the hospital's Base of Skull Service and sits on its cystic fibrosis multidisciplinary team.
- Tonsil and adenoid conditions, including sleep-disordered breathing
- Middle ear disease and glue ear
- Paediatric sinus disease and nasal obstruction
- Sinus disease in children with cystic fibrosis
- Paediatric skull base conditions (Base of Skull Service, SCH)
- Complex paediatric airway and nasal conditions
Rhinology & Sinus Surgery
Medical and surgical care of the nose and sinuses
Fellowship-trained in rhinology at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Dr Banks manages inflammatory and structural disease of the nose and sinuses in adults and children, including revision surgery and complex frontal sinus disease.
- Chronic rhinosinusitis, with and without nasal polyps
- Endoscopic sinus surgery, including revision and frontal sinus surgery
- Nasal obstruction and septal deviation
- Severe or recurrent nosebleeds (epistaxis)
- Complications of sinus disease and invasive fungal sinusitis
- Sinus disease in cystic fibrosis and the unified airway
Endoscopic Skull Base & Orbital Surgery
Minimally invasive surgery at the interface of nose, brain and eye
Dr Banks completed subspecialty fellowship training in endoscopic skull base surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and has published extensively on endoscopic orbital and lacrimal techniques. She operates within multidisciplinary teams at Prince of Wales Hospital and Sydney Children's Hospital, working alongside neurosurgery and ophthalmology.
- Endoscopic pituitary and anterior skull base surgery (with neurosurgery)
- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak repair
- Endoscopic orbital surgery, including intraconal tumours (with ophthalmology)
- Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) for blocked tear ducts
- Sinonasal tumours and fibro-osseous lesions
- Frontal sinus fractures and skull base trauma
General & Head and Neck ENT
Adult ENT assessment and surgical care
Alongside her subspecialty practice, Dr Banks provides general adult ENT care and contributes to the head and neck and vasculitis multidisciplinary teams at Prince of Wales Hospital.
- General adult ENT assessment
- ENT manifestations of systemic disease, including vasculitis
- Head and neck conditions managed within the POWH multidisciplinary team