Teaching & Speaking
Training the next generation of surgeons
Fellowship direction, college examining, course faculty and an international speaking record across rhinology, orbital and skull base surgery.
Teaching & Training Roles
Fellowship Director
Base of Skull Service (BOSS), Sydney Children's Hospital
Directing subspecialty fellowship training in paediatric skull base surgery.
Examiner
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons — Court of Examiners, ASOHNS
Examining at the specialty fellowship level; SET interview selection panel 2021–2025.
Course Director
NSW 3D Head and Neck Anatomy Workshop (2025); International Endoscopic Orbital & Skull Base Workshop, pre-ASOHNS (2025)
Also Co-Director, International Sydney Endoscopic Orbital and Skull Base Course (2025).
Clinical Teaching
UNSW Medicine & ENT training network
Weekly NSW ASOHNS trainee tutorials since 2019; supervisor for medical students and ENT trainees with seven active research projects; UNSW Women in Surgery mentor.
Selected Speaking & Faculty Engagements
2026
Faculty
COSM — Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings, Phoenix, Arizona, USA (panel discussion)
2026
Faculty
EndoAthens — 10th World Congress for Endoscopic Surgery of Sinuses, Skull Base, Brain, Orbit and Spine, Athens, Greece (round table)
2026
Faculty
Singapore Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and TONES (Transorbital Neuro-Endoscopic Surgery) Dissection Workshop, Singapore
2026
Convenor — Rhinology
ASOHNS 76th Annual Scientific Meeting, Hobart, Tasmania
2025
Moderator & Sub-Specialty Convenor (Rhinology)
ASOHNS 75th Annual Scientific Meeting, ICC Sydney
2025
Invited Speaker
ANZSPO Annual Scientific Meeting, Uluru, Northern Territory
2025
Faculty
European Rhinological Society — ISIAN Congress, Budapest, Hungary; North American Skull Base Society / World Federation of Skull Base Societies, New Orleans, USA
2024
Invited Speaker
ASOHNS 74th Annual Scientific Meeting, Crown Perth; Sydney Endoscopic Orbital Course, Sydney Eye Hospital
2023
Invited Speaker & Panellist
15th Asia Oceania ORL-HNS Congress, Brisbane — endoscopic orbital surgery, paediatric cystic fibrosis and the sinuses
2023
Invited Speaker & Moderator
5th South Pacific ORL Forum, Fiji — invasive fungal sinusitis, frontal sinus panel, paediatric rhinology
2022
Invited Speaker
ASOHNS, Adelaide — the role of the rhinologist in cystic fibrosis management; 8th Biennial Seminar in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
2021
Moderator
International Endoscopic Surgery of the Sinuses and Ear, Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, USA
2020
Invited Speaker
American Rhinologic Society Summer Sinus Symposium, Miami, USA — difficult cases in rhinology and anterior skull base surgery
2019
Instructor
Endoscopic sinus and skull base courses, Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, USA
A selection — Dr Banks has spoken and taught at national and international meetings since 2009.