Mr Kiran Varad

Mr Kiran Varad is a highly respected consultant paediatric and general ENT surgeon who is based in London and Surrey.

He has expertise in paediatric ENT, general adult ENT, rhinology and skin cancer. He provides regional support for complex neonatal and paediatric ENT problems in Surrey. Within paediatric ENT his areas of expertise include: snoring, obstructive sleep apnoea, tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, children’s hearing problems, grommet insertion and allergic rhinitis. He is accomplished at coblation intracapsular tonsillectomy, a newer gentler technique that minimises discomfort in children. He has sub-specialist interests in children’s airway problems, voice issues and neck lumps.

Mr Varad is an expert in all areas of General Adult ENT with particular interests in rhinology, sinus surgery, polypectomy and excision, and reconstruction of skin cancers of the head and neck. He is a core member of the skin cancer multidisciplinary team at Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospital Hospitals. Currently, he is the clinical lead for Children’s ENT services across South London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex (South Thames Paediatric Network). In this role he hopes to improve quality and accessibility of children’s ENT care in the South East of England.

Mr Varad graduated from King’s College London, and went onto complete his surgical training in London and Surrey. He attained a Master of Surgery in ENT with distinction at Anglia Ruskin University in 2015 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2020. He completed an advanced Paediatric ENT Fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in 2021, gaining expertise in the management of all aspects of paediatric ENT. In 2021 he was appointed as a Consultant at Ashford and St.Peter’s Hospital and The Royal Surrey County Hospital. 

Additional to his extensive clinical experience, Mr Varad has a well-established background in research and is an author of more than twenty academic publications. He additionally acts as a reviewer for the Clinical Otolaryngology Journal and has presented his work at key conferences both nationally and internationally. Formerly, Mr Varad served as an honorary clinical lecturer and anatomy demonstrator at the University of London. Throughout his training period, the excellence of his work was recognised with several awards, including the Leslie Michael’s prize awarded for best oral presentation at the 142nd meeting of the Semon Club in 2011. He is a member of the British Association of Paediatric Otolaryngology.