Robert Banks, MD, BEng
Dr. Robert (Bob) Banks received his Doctor of Medicine (MD) and completed internship at University of Toronto in 1987. After four years as a military pilot, flight surgeon and ER physician, he completed the US Navy Residency of Aerospace Medicine. During the residency he conducted human-subject research on a NASA centrifuge that identified a previously unknown cause of loss of consciousness of pilots in flight. His professional activities over many years were focused on medical and engineering forensic investigations of severe traumatic events that included the historic loss the Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003. His publications are found in the journal of the Aerospace Medical Association, textbooks on aviation and space medicine, and the NASA website. He is also the author of a historic narrative entitled Warriors and Warships, scheduled for release in January 2023.