Dr Jon Banks is a Specialist in Respiratory, Sleep and General Medicine. His respiratory areas of interest include asthma, COPD, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, chronic cough and breathlessness, respiratory and non-respiratory sleep disorders, pleural diseases and pulmonary vascular disease.

Jon completed his Bachelor of Pharmacy and post-graduate Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at University of Queensland. He obtained Fellowship to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2022 in Respiratory Medicine, Sleep Medicine and Adult Acute and General Medicine. Jon has completed an additional Clinical Diploma in Palliative Care Medicine.

His procedural expertise includes intercostal catheter and indwelling pleural catheter insertion, non-invasive ventilation, and flexible bronchoscopy. Jon performs convex and radial EBUS for diagnosis of lung cancer in addition to cryotherapy, APC, electrocautery and standard diagnostic bronchoscopy procedures.

Jon holds appointments as Staff Specialist in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at the Gold Coast University Hospital and Senior Lecturer at Griffith University. He is a member of Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, European Respiratory Society and Australasian Sleep Association, and is a Justice of the Peace.

Jon is a caring, compassionate and astute clinician. He prioritises patient comfort, dignity and communication. He provides up-to-date, evidence-based medicine individualised to each patient. Jon welcomes referrals for consultation at John Flynn Medical Centre, Gold Coast Private Hospital and Pimpama Health Precinct.