Mr Ricard Simo

 Professional experience

• More than 30 years of experience
• Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist, London ENT Surgeons (present)
• Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist Head and Neck Surgeon, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Trust (present)
• Consultant, Lewisham University Hospital
• Member of the Guy’s and St Thomas' multidisciplinary head, neck and thyroid oncology teams
• Travelling fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow training in head and neck oncology and thyroid surgery in Philadelphia, USA

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 Sub-specialties

• Head and neck oncologic surgery
• Complex and revision head and neck surgery
• Pharyngeal pouch surgery

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 Positions in public associations

• President of the European Laryngological Society
• Head and Neck Section Lead and Council Member of the European Board Exam in Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

 Teaching posts

• Honorary Senior Lecturer and Clinical Advisor at Guy’s, Kings and St Thomas’ Medical School
• Head and Neck Editor of the ENT Masterclass
• Head and Neck Section Lead and Council Member of the European Board Exam in Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
• Actively involved in training and teaching undergraduate students and postgraduate doctors

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 Education

• Gratuated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona, Spain (1988)
• Trained in Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery in Shrewsbury, Nottingham and Manchester
• Travelling fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow to undertake further training in head and neck oncology and thyroid surgery in Philadelphia, USA
• Certificate of Teaching - South Thames Department of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education, University of London (2000)

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 Publications and conferences

• Has published over 100 original articles in peer reviewed medical journals
• Reviewer for several otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery journals
• Invited speaker in major national and international meetings and conferences

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 Prizes and awards

• Microbiology and antibiotic treatment of head and neck abscesses in children - Prize for the best oral presentation at the annual meeting of the British Association of Paediatric Otolaryngologists, Bristol (1996)
• Diagrammatic recording of head and neck tumours - Prize for the poster presentation at the 33rd annual meeting of the British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists, London (2000)
• Surgical management of occult primary carcinoma of the head and neck - Prize for the best oral presentation, Royal Society of Medicine (2012)

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