Professor Jaydip Ray

Professor Jaydip Ray is an internationally known, leading consultant ENT surgeon based in Sheffield who specialises in balance and hearing disorders, complex hearing loss and sinus and throat treatment, alongside falls, Ménière's disease and tinnitus. He privately practises at Thornbury Hospital - part of Circle Health Group and his NHS base is Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where he is Clinical Director of ENT. Additionally, he serves as the Specialty Lead for ENT (Y&H) at the National Institute for Health Research.

Professor Ray's also has an interest in functional nasal surgery and a variety of other ENT-related conditions such as snoring, allergic rhinitis and swallowing and other throat disorders.

Professor Ray's extensive professional experience is complemented by his significant contributions to public associations. He has been the Vice President of the British Otolaryngology and Allied Research Society and has also served as a council member for both the Otology section of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Specialist Advisory Committee of the Joint Committee of Surgical Training. His dedication to advancing the field is evident in his role as the Chief Investigator on several multicentre research projects and his position as an Associate Editor for Biomed Central, ENT. He has published over 125 peer reviewed papers and delivered over 90 national and international lectures in addition to contributions in the local and national news media.

Professor Ray has professorships at both the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University. He has been actively involved in training the next generation of ENT specialists as the Training Programme Director for Higher Surgical Training in ENT at the Yorkshire & Humber Deanery. His expertise is further recognised through his involvement with the Court of Examiners for Intercollegiate Examinations at the Royal College of Surgeons and as the Academic Representative to the Specialist Advisory Committee of the Joint Committee of Surgical Training.

Professor Ray's academic background is impressive, with a PhD, MS, FRCS (Eng & Edin), DLO, and an MB BS (1989). He completed his higher surgical training in the UK and undertook fellowship and research experience in Cambridge, Sydney, Australia and Stanford, USA. He has recently been made a fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators (FAcadMEd)

His contributions to the field have been recognised with numerous awards, including the Graham Fraser Memorial Fellowship for hearing and balance research at Sydney University (2003), the TWJ Travelling Fellowship to the Causse Clinic in Beziers, France (2008), and the JLO Travelling Fellowship to the House Ear Institute in LA and Stanford University, California (2003). He has also received the Politzer Prize for Best Clinical Work at the 23rd Meeting of the Politzer Society in France (2002) and the Rotha Abraham Trust Scholarship for Ear Surgery Training in Nijmegen, The Netherlands (2001).

Professor Ray is a member of several professional organisations, including ENT UK, the British Society of Otology, the British Medical Association and the British Cochlear Implant Group.