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Name Peter Banks.
Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
Consulting Rooms McIndoe Surgical Centre
Queen Victoria Hospital
East Grinstead 
West Sussex  RH19 3EB

 
BMI Fitzroy Hospital
14 Fitzroy Square
London W1T 6AH

 
McIndoe Surgical Centre
Consulting Rooms
6 Mount Ephraim
Tunbridge Wells TN4 8AG

 
 
Surgical Expert Witness Service    
Date of Birth:      23 July 1936
CONTACT DETAILS
Office Address
Amberley, Florance Lane, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9SH

CONTACT NUMBERS
OFFICE:  Tel: 01892 864344  Fax 01892 861532
Mobile 07836 280344
E-Mail: peter.ban@btinternet.com 
Secretary Tel 01892 864344

SPECIAL EXPERTISE in all aspects of MEDICOLEGAL REPORTING and EXPERT WITNESS WORK.


QUALIFICATIONS

MB BS BDS (U.Lond) FDSRCS (Eng) FFDRCSI FRCS (Ed)

 

PRESENT POSITION

Hon. Consultant Oral/Maxillofacial Surgeon, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust, East Grinstead, West Sussex. Appointed 1971
Hon. Senior Lecturer and Consultant, UCL and Eastman Dental Hospital, London.
Hon. Civil Consultant in Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery to the Royal Air Force.
Private Specialist Practice
 

MEDICO-LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

I provide weekly expert reports particularly related to facial and dental trauma for adults and children.
I can offer new appointments within two weeks - reports normally completed within one week of examination.
Domiciliary visits by arrangement on an individual basis.
Terms and conditions available on request.
 

DEFENDANT/CLAIMANT RATIO

20 per cent defendant 80 per cent claimant based on original instruction over past three years
Considerable experience in giving evidence in Court. 4 to 5 times per year.
 

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES

British Dental Association (Past President S.Counties Branch)
British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (Past President)
International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (Past President)
European Association of Cranio Maxillofacial Surgeons
Craniofacial Society of Great Britain (Past President)
Medical Director QVH Trust, Member of Trust Board 1995 to 1998.
 

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Member of Council RCS England and Faculty of Dental Surgery
Vice Dean Faculty of Dental Surgery 1987
Webb Johnson Lecturer RCS England 1995
Down Prize British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Examiner FRCS Edinburgh. Examiner Intercollegiate FRCS Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery
Lecturer MSc and FDS courses Eastman Dental Hospital and RCS England
Clinical Tutor UMDS Guy's and St.Thomas's Hospitals
Trustee Blond McIndoe Research Unit, East Grinstead
 

PUBLICATIONS


Books: Fractures of the Facial Skeleton (with Brown AE) Butterworth-Heinemann Oxford 2001
Killeys Fractures of the Middle Third of the Facial Skeleton (1987)
Killeys Fractures of the Mandible (1991)
3 book chapters related to facial trauma and TMJ disorders
48 scientific papers in refereed journals