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DR BENJAMIN WEI



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Organization: Otolaryngology Eye and Ear Hospital
Position: Honorary (Fellow)
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy in Otolaryngology University of Melbourne 30-Jun-2006
Bachelors of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery University of Melbourne 15-Dec-2000

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Victorian Government Premier's Award for Health & Medical Research 04-Jun-2008
Prize MONASH University Finalist - Sir Edward Hughes Memorial Research prize in surgery 20-Aug-2008
Other (Award) American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation and Association for Research in Otolaryngology Resident Research Award "Pneumococcal Meningitis Post cochlear Implantation" in the Basic Science Category 16-Jun-2006
Scholarship University of Melbourne Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarship 13-Mar-2006
Scholarship The Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation Scholarship in Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery 2004-2006 05-Jan-2004

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Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Unilateral tonsillar enlargement: a challenge to the traditional thinking


    Year: 2007
    Journal: The Internet Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-8
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  • Assessment of the Protective Effect of Pneumococcal Vaccination in Preventing Meningitis After Cochlear Implantation
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Volume: 133
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 987-994
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  • Cochlear implantation: one or two?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 370
    Page numbers: 719-20
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  • Effects of inner ear trauma on the risk of pneumococcal meningitis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Volume: 133
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 250-9
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  • Meningitis after cochlear implantation
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMJ
    Volume: 335
    Page numbers: 1058
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  • Threshold shift: Effects f cochlear implantation on the risk of pneumococcal meningitis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
    Volume: 136
    Page numbers: 589-596
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Determining normal values for intra-abdominal pressure


    Year: 2006
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 76
    Page numbers: 1106-1109
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  • Pneumococcal Meningitis: Development of a New Animal Model
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Otology & Neurotology- An International Forum
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 844-854
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  • Pneumococcal meningitis threshold model: A potential tool to assess infectious risk of new or existing inner ear surgical interventions
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Otology & Neurotology- An International Forum
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1152-1161
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  • Protective effects of local administration of ciprofloxacin on the risk of pneumococcal meningitis after cochlear implantation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Laryngoscope
    Volume: 116
    Page numbers: 2138-2144
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  • Steroids for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    Volume: 1
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Mesenteric castleman's disease in childhood
    Year: 2004
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 74
    Page numbers: 502-504
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Argyria of Nasal Mucosa Secondary to Occupational Silver Exposure
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Otolaryngology
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 24-26
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  • Dystrophic calcification and amyloidosis in old subcutaneous injection sites
    Year: 2003
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 73
    Page numbers: 556-558
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Hydrocele of the canal of nuck
    Year: 2001
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 72
    Page numbers: 603-605
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