Dr Benjamin Wei is an Australian Ear, Nose, Throat & Head & Neck Surgeon who completed his surgical training both in Australia and the United States of America.
Areas of Expertise: General Adult and Pediatric ear, sinonasal & throat, head and neck diseases including hearing disorders, cochlear implantation, hearing restoration surgeries, skull base tumors.
Academic Research: hearing research, biological safety of implantable devices, immunology, microbiology.
Dr Wei is the first and the only Australian to receive the Association for Research in Otolaryngology/American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgical Research Prize. He is also the first and the only Australian surgeon to receive the Premier's Award for Health and Medical Research, a joint initiative of the Victorian Government and Australian Society for Medical Research.
Professional Qualifications:
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Melbourne.
Doctor of Philosophy in Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne.
FRACS - Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Royal Australasia College of Surgeons
Diploma of Advanced Skull Base Surgery and Neurotology. University of North Carolina USA.
Specialties:
Adult and Pediatric Ear, Nose, Sinus, Throat & Head & Neck Surgery
Skull base surgery
Otological surgery
Cochlear implantation
Visiting Lecturer (2006): Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Stanford University, University of Iowa and New York University.
Contact details for medical practitioners and patients:
Melbourne: (Tel)+61 3 9417 1041
Fax: +61 39417 1051
Location: St Vincent Private Hospital East Melbourne - 141 Grey street Suite 23
Website : http://www.surgeons.org/profile/benjamin-wei
Regional Victoria: (Tel) +61 3 5333 4755
Enquiries for clinical research:
Bionics Institute: +61 3 9667 7513
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FEATURED Journal article
Inner ear and retrocochlear pathology on magnetic resonance imaging for sudden and progressive asymmetrical sensorineural hearing loss
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Scholarly Works
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Finalist - Sir Edward Hughes Memorial Research prize in surgery
Premier's Award for Health & Medical Research
Resident Research Award "Pneumococcal Meningitis Post cochlear Implantation" in the Basic Science Category
Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarship
Scholarship in Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery 2004-2006
FRACS - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Credentials
Positions
Honorary
Otolaryngology
Fellow
Royal Australasia College Surgeons
Education
Otology, Neurotology & Lateral Skull Base Surgery
University of North Carolina
Doctor of Philosophy in Otolaryngology
University of Melbourne
Bachelors of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
University of Melbourne