Brent is an Otolaryngologist Head and Neck Surgeon from Melbourne, Australia. He completed two years of post-graduate fellowship training, the first in Head and Neck Surgery with Prof. David Howard in London, and the second in Rhinology and Anterior Skull Base Surgery with Prof PJ Wormald in Adelaide. Brent divides his professional work evenly between the public and private sectors. He is currently a member of RACS Court of Examiners in OHNS.