AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Skull base disorders/otology – dizziness, hearing loss, mastoiditis, outer, inner and middle ear inflammation and perforated ear drum, tumours
• Rhinology – sinusitis and allergic rhinitis
• Vestibular disorders Trauma to the face – nasal bone, mandible, orbital and frontal bone fractures, complex lacerations and soft tissue damage
• Advanced Head and neck cancer

SUMMARY

Associate Professor James Bowman has degrees in both dentistry and medicine and completed his surgical training in Queensland in 2009. He has advanced training in managing conditions of the skull base including vestibular schwannomas and pituitary tumours as well as head and neck cancers.

Associate Professor Bowman is the Co-Director of the Queensland Skull Base Unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and cofounded the skull base multidisciplinary unit in 2013. He works closely with neurosurgeons addressing benign and malignant lesions including pituitary tumours and vestibular schwannomas.

Associate Professor Bowman is active in ongoing research and in supervising higher research degree students through the University of Queensland. He has initiated and developed 3D printed temporal bones for training and surgical planning purposes.

Associate Professor Bowman regularly manages all ENT conditions and treats adults and children.

CURRENT AND FORMER POSITIONS

• Consultant Otolaryngologist Head and Neck Surgeon and Founding Member – Brisbane Clinical Neurosciences Centre – Mater Hospital
• Co-Director – Queensland Skull Base Unit – Princess Alexandra Hospital
• Visiting Medical Officer
  –  Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery – Princess Alexandra Hospital
  –  Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery – Mater Adult/Mothers/Private Hospital
  –  Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery – Queensland Children’s Hospital
• Consultant Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon – Brisbane Clinical Neurosciences Centre
• Clinical Teaching of Medical Students within the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at Princess Alexandra Hospital – University of Queensland

Qualifications