Professor Bance was the inaugural Professor of Otology and Skull Base Surgery at the University of Cambridge, starting in 2017. Prior to that he was Professor and Chair of the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Dalhousie University in Canada. He completed his residency in Toronto and UCLA in 1995, followed by a skull base fellowship in Manchester with Professor Ramsden. Professor Bance is a clinician-scientist, and currently runs the SENSE lab at the University of Cambridge, as well as being very clinically active in all aspects of tertiary care otology. He has supervised numerous clinical Fellows in Toronto, Halifax and in Cambridge UK, as well has many PhD students and Postdocs. His current research interests focus on cochlear implants, inner ear therapies and genetic hearing loss, and ear level wearables for health monitoring. Prior to this he ran a large middle ear mechanics and bone conduction hearing mechanics lab in Canada, as well as developing middle ear imaging tools using optical coherence tomography. Professor Bance has published 236 peer reviewed papers currently, and several book chapters. He is immediate past President of the section of Otology of the Royal Society of Medicine in the UK, is current Chair of the British Cochlear Implant Group (BCIG), and has received a life-time achievement award from the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.