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Mr Anthony Aymat is a highly-regarded ENT specialist based in London who treats adults and children. Although he treats the full range of ear, nose and throat conditions he has a special interest in ear and hearing problems, such as chronic ear disease, dizziness, and voice disorders, for which he has treated professional singers and actors. Outside of his clinic, he is committed to education and training serving as part of the faculty in the surgical skills course at the Royal College of Surgeons and other prominent educational establishments.

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Mr Eynon-Lewis is a highly esteemed and mightily experienced consultant ENT surgeon at the well-established London-based St. Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospitals respectively. He specialises in medical conditions that primarily affect the nose, throat, eyes and ears, with his main areas of expertise being blocked nose, vertigo, voice disorders, sinusitis, tinnitus, as well as the nasal septum-correcting surgical procedure, septorhinoplasty. He also specialises in the treatment of snoring and performs laser surgery.  Impressively, Mr Eynon-Lewis is the only UK-based surgeon who is currently on the editorial board of the highly well-regarded, globally renowned online ENT otolaryngology journal. He is in charge of undergraduate teaching at Barts and the London Medical School, University of London. He is involved in organising and lecturing courses at the University of London, City University and The Royal College of Surgeons of England. He has a substantial amount of experience in relation to treating professional voice users, most notably various members of the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company.   He is the current director of The London Nose Clinic and teaches on various courses. He runs a specialist voice clinic with a voice therapist at the Royal London Hospital and also works with an experienced therapist in the private sector. Mr Eynon-Lewis has also, to-date, carried out an extensive amount of medical-related research, specifically relating to his field of expertise and has published various publications on a range of surgical topics relating to ENT surgery. 

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Mr Churunal Kumaran Hari is a highly regarded consultant ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon based in Shrewsbury who has extensive experience managing ENT conditions. He treats a vast range of ear conditions as well as voice disorders, thyroid and parathyroid disease, nose and sinus disease, neck disease, throat, and salivary gland disease. He sees patients privately at the Nuffield Health Shrewsbury Hospital. Mr Hari sees NHS patients at the Princess Royal Hospital and Royal Shrewsbury hospital. Mr Churunal Kumaran Hari's professional interests include general ENT and the education and training of junior doctors. He completed his ENT training in the South West of England and Australia. During his training, Mr Hari spent two years pursuing research in olfactory biosciences at Cardiff University, leading to a Master of Public Health. Mr Hari completed a head and neck surgery fellowship at the Royal Adelaide Hospital before taking up the consultant job. He's an honorary senior lecturer at the Keele University Medical School and is an active researcher who has published original scientific papers and written review articles for various medical journals. He is the recipient of the  International Rhinology Research Award which was awarded to him by the American Rhinologic Society in 2002.

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Mr Mriganka De is a consultant ENT surgeon with special interest in head and neck and thyroid surgery. This includes thyroid surgery, parathyroid surgery, head & neck surgery, transoral robotic surgery , transoral laser surgery, TNO, sinus surgery and routine ENT surgery. Mr De was trained in South Wales, followed by higher surgical specialist training in ENT and head and neck surgery in the West Midlands Rotation. He then continued to undergo fellowship training in head and neck surgery (Glasgow and Amsterdam). He is one of the few head and neck surgeons with expertise in transoral robotic surgery and transoral laser microsurgery in the country. He specialises in complex swallowing disorders and runs a tertiary transnasal esophagoscopy clinic in the NHS. Currently, Mr De practices at BMI The Priory Hospital in Birmingham, BMI The Edgbaston Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Solihull Hospital). He has participated in peer-reviewed journals and is a member of the British Association of Head & Neck Oncologists and the British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers, 9 book chapters and participated in multiple international, national and regional conferences as faculty member. He is an organiser and faculty member of Midlands Laryngeal Surgery Course and Transnasal Esophagoscopy Course. The courses have been run on a yearly basis from Royal Derby Hospital.

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Mrs Jaswinder Panesar is a leading ENT consultant surgeon with a vast amount of experience in diagnosing head and neck cancer, treating vertigo, sleep apnea, voice disorders, rhinosinusitis, allergic rhinitis, glue ear and has a comprehensive understanding in all areas of paediatric ENT in particular children with tonsillar disease, hearing loss and sleep obstructrive sleep apnea. Mrs Panesar has trained in centres of excellence both in the UK and North America. She first studied medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago and then subsequently underwent specialist training in otolaryngology at various renowned hospitals, including Great Ormond Street, The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Charing Cross, Northwick Park and St Bartholomew's Hospitals. She also carried out a two-year paediatric research fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada and completed her specialist training at Specialist Training Authority of the Medical Royal Colleges. Being an expert in her area and a successful woman in a male-oriented and highly demanding specialty, the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Herald and Post decided to cover this achievement, highlighting her friendly and engaging personality and attentive care towards her patients. An extract reads: "Hospital consultants, and particularly surgeons, can sometimes appear aloof and even arrogant, but it's certainly not the case with Jaan Panesar, whose friendly and engaging personality seems sure to put her patients at ease. Providing those patients with the best care and treatment she possibly can is her priority." Mrs Panesar currently practices privately in central London at 78 Harley Street, the Spire Harpenden Hospital, Thames Valley Hospital and the BMI Bishops Wood Hospital in Northwood.

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Mr Joe Marais is a consultant rhinologist, nasal plastic & ENT surgeon based in London,  who treats a wide range of conditions and holds a special interest in rhinoplasty, septoplasty, nasal deformity and sinus surgery. Mr Marais trained as a junior doctor in London and Edinburgh before gaining experience under some of the world’s leading ENT surgeons in Texas, USA and later in Toronto, Canada. Highly respected in his field, Mr Marais has published a number of academic papers and has lectured nationally and internationally. Patient care is central to Mr Marais and he aims to provide the best and most straightforward solution for his patients.

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Mr Tony McGilligan is an experienced consultant ENT surgeon, based in Brighton and Sussex. From his private clinics he provides all apects of ENT treatment for adults and paediatric patients, with a special interest in sinus and nasal surgery.  Mr Tony McGilligan initially trained in London, before completing a research fellowship at Boston MIT and at New England Medical Centre. During his career in London, he has worked at a number of prestigious hospitals such as The Royal Marsden Hospital, and North Thames Teaching Hospitals including St Mary's Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital, Barts, The Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital, before being appointed at Royal Sussex County Hospital in 2000.  Alongside his clinical practice, Mr McGilligan devotes time to teaching and training, and has roles as lecturer and examiner for a number of academic organisations. He has also been involved in numerous research projects, and has been published multiple times in peer-reviewed medical journals. 

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Mr Vikas Malik is a leading Ear, Nose and Throat surgeon in Bolton, Blackpool, Newton-le-Willows and Greater Manchester. He treats both adults and children. His special interests include balloon dilatation of eustachian tubes, chronic ear discharge & ear infection, eardrum perforation, mastoid infection, hearing loss, balance problems, Meniere's disease, balloon sinus surgery, endoscopic sinus surgery, management of blocked nose, hoarseness. Mr Malik graduated from Lucknow University in India which is an outstanding University of Medical Excellence in education, research and patient care. He then completed a three year Master (MS) in ENT and Head & Neck Surgery and was awarded the best candidate award. Mr Malik undertook a further three years training as a Senior Resident in Otology and skull base surgery at SGPGIMS which is a prestigious super-speciality tertiary care hospital. He was also awarded the title of Diplomate of National Board (DNB) by an autonomous academic body under the Indian Ministry of Health & Family Welfare as well as Membership of National Academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS) by Indian National Academy which fosters academic medical excellence. He then moved to the UK and completed the UK ENT training in North West England and Cambridge. He was awarded his Completion Certificate of Training by the UK Joint Committee on Higher Surgical Training and is on the GMC Specialist Register with Licence to Practice. He has also been recognised by the GMC as ENT Surgical Trainer and Supervisor. Mr Malik has been a visiting fellow at Toronto University Hospitals in Canada and Causse Ear Clinic in France, which are world-renowned centres of excellence.  He is the Clinical Governance Lead for ENT department at Royal Bolton Hospital.

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Mr Anil Joshi is a leading consultant ENT and facial plastic surgeon working across London, and forms part of the London ENT Surgeons group. He specialises in procedures such as rhinoplasty, otoplasty, endoscopic sinus surgery, and facial plastic surgery to correct defects resulting from skin cancer, alongside many ENT and cosmetic non-surgical and surgical procedures.  Mr Anil Joshi underwent higher surgical training in prestigious London hospitals such as Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital and King's College London. He was then awarded fellowship training in facial plastic surgery in the Utrecht and Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, in Seoul, South Korea, and in London, UK. He is both International and European Board certified in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (EBCFPRS and IBCFPRS).  Mr Joshi dedicates time to providing training and instruction in his areas of expertise and has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in medical journals. He is the National Delegate for UK at the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS) and is a committee member of the Board. 

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Professor Chris Raine is a leading paediatric and adult ENT surgeon based in Bingley. He manages both children and adults for all ear, nose and throat conditions, medically and surgically. His areas of expertise lie in otology, cochlear and bone conduction implants, dizziness, sinusitis, nasal polyps and tinnitus. Professor Raine has gained notable experience over the years. In 1989, he established the supra-regional Yorkshire Cochlear Implant Service to treat profoundly deaf children and adults. Since then, the service has expanded significantly and now offers all other available bone conduction hearing and middle ear implantable devices. The service was later renamed the Yorkshire Auditory Implant Service (YAIS). Furthermore, Professor Raine was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2015 for his commitment to working with deaf patients and The Ear Trust Charity. Recently, he has also been actively working with NHS England to commission specialised hearing implants. In addition to his areas of expertise, he has vast experience in reconstructive surgery, ossiculoplasty and stapes surgery. He is also a specialist in treating chronic ear infections and otitis externa. Professor Raine attends adult patients at the Yorkshire Clinic in Bingley (see clinic 1) and children and adolescents at the West Wing in Cottingley Manor Consulting Rooms (see clinic 2).

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Mr Miran Pankhania is a highly-experienced consultant ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon based in Sheffield. His areas of expertise lie in endoscopic sinus surgery, septorhinoplasty and both general and paediatric ENT, treating conditions related to the tonsils, adenoids and grommets. Mr Pankhania graduated from the University of Leicester in 2008. He then entered onto the academic foundation programme as an anatomy demonstrator at the University of Leicester. Following this, he underwent training in plastic surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery in the Oxford and West Midlands deaneries. He subsequently finished his higher ENT training in Yorkshire. Recently, Mr Pankhania completed the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham anterior skull base and rhinology fellowship with Mr Shahzada Ahmed. In addition to his areas of expertise, Mr Pankhania has a special interest in nasal surgery, which includes minimal access sinus and tear duct surgery, local anaesthetic (awake) sinus surgery and rhinoplasty. He entered the specialist register in 2019, having published 20 peer-reviewed papers. He has also presented and spoken at various national and international conferences in his field.

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Mr Ram Moorthy is a highly qualified consultant otolaryngologist and ENT head and neck surgeon with private clinics at The London ENT and Balance Centre, The Bridge Clinic in Maidenhead, Spire Thames Valley Hospital, Wexham and The Princess Margaret Hospital in Windsor. He offers a full general adult and paediatric ENT service with specialist training in head and neck surgery, including thyroid and parathyroid surgery. He is the only surgeon to locally offer a coblator intracapsular tonsillectomy and transnasal oesophagoscopy. After earning his BSc in clinical anatomy from Guy’s and St Thomas Hospitals, he trained in ENT, oral and maxillofacial surgery and neurosurgery before enhancing his ENT skills at Charing Cross Hospital. Mr Moorthy spent time as a senior trainee at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children and completed a national interface fellowship in head and neck surgical oncology at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. Outside his private clinics, Mr Moorthy is a consultant ENT surgeon at Wexham Park Hospital, part of   Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and an honorary consultant head and neck surgeon at The Royal Berkshire Hospital, trains ENT surgeons at Wexham Park and is the ENT training programme director for Thames Valley. He is an Executive Committee member of the British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons.  In the past, he was an honorary clinical lecturer at the University of Birmingham and an MSc supervisor at the University of Edinburgh. Mr Moorthy has held a number of esteemed positions at the British Medical Association, including Chairman of the UK Junior Doctors Committee and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Science. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, a member of ENT-UK,  and Royal Society of Medicine. He has a produced a number of ENT textbook chapters, for prestigious textbooks such as Stell and Maran’s head and neck surgery and oncology.

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Mr Angus Waddell is a highly experienced consultant ENT surgeon in Swindon who treats both adults and children. His subspecialty interest is in otology and middle ear surgery. His areas of expertise include vertigo, dizziness, tinnitus and hearing loss. Mr Waddell graduated from London University in 1990. He trained in London, the South West and in Toronto. He obtained his fellowship in general surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in 1994 and his fellowship in otolaryngology in 2001. Mr Waddell is an honorary senior clinical lecturer at the University of Bristol. He has been a medical school examiner for over 15 years, covering seven undergraduate academies in Taunton, Weston, Bristol, Bath, Gloucester and Swindon. Mr Waddell is an FRCS examiner for the Intercollegiate Diploma of Head and Neck Surgery (DOHNS). He is a consultant surgeon volunteer and camp leader for the Britain Nepal Otology Service (BRINOS), where he organises and runs "ear camps" in Nepal to treat local patients and educate Nepali surgeons and community ear assistants. It is for this work that Mr Waddell and his colleagues won the BMJ Medical Team of the Year Award in 2013. Mr Waddell’s research is published in peer-reviewed journals, including Emergency Nurse, The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, The Cochrane Library and International Journal of Surgery.

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Mr Florian Bast is a consultant ENT surgeon based at the Harley Street Nose Clinic and at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals in London. Prior to this Mr Bast was appointed as an ENT consultant at the University of Berlin, Germany. Mr Bast completed his higher surgical training at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Berlin, Germany and became a specialist in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery in 2011. In 2014, Mr Bast completed the prestigious craniofacial and facial-plastic fellowship at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. Mr Bast specialises in aspects of rhinology and facial plastic surgery, including the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis, functional and aesthetic septo-rhinoplasties, and treating patients with snoring problems and obstructive sleep apnoea. He is also extensively trained in the use of Neuromodulators and Dermal Fillers. Mr Bast is a frequent lecturer at national and international conferences and is also widely published in his areas of expertise.

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Mr Deepak Gupta is a consultant ENT surgeon in Swindon with more than 20 years of professional expertise. He provides private and NHS ENT (ear, nose and throat) services to both adult and paediatric patients at the BMI The Ridgeway Hospital. Mr Gupta is a general adult and paediatric ENT specialist with sub-specialisation in rhinology (nasal and sinus problems). This includes the diagnosis and treatment of nasal allergies, blocked nose, nasal catarrh, smell issues, watery eye and facial pain, along with snoring and sleep apnoea. Among the wide range of ENT procedures he performes are functional endoscopic sinus surgery, balloon sinuplasty and frontal sinus surgery. Additionally, he provides sleep studies. Mr Deepak Gupta completed his medical degree in India in 1982 and subsequently had ENT surgical training and fellowships in India, the US and the UK. He has practised as a consultant in the UK since 2000 and has been a consultant ENT surgeon at The Great Western Hospital, Swindon and the Ridgeway Hospital, Swindon since 2003. Apart from his clinical interests, he is involved in training, the introduction of patient-friendly initiatives and clinical research. In fact, in 2011 he was awarded Best Article of the Year by the Journal of Laryngology & Otology (JLO). In addition, Mr Gupta has been in senior leadership positions, having served on the South West Senate and as the director of medical education for many years. He is also the founder-director of the Higher Education Leadership and Management programme (HELM). Since 2018, he has been a deputy lord lieutenant of Wiltshire. Mr Gupta makes every effort to provide comprehensive, responsive and friendly services throughout the entire patient journey, keeping patients fully informed and involved in their individual treatment plan.

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Mr Irfan is a leading London ENT and facial plastic surgeon. He treats a wide range of general and paediatric ENT conditions and has a special interest in rhinology (nose and sinuses) and performing facial plastic surgery (nasal reconstruction and management of skin lesions). He gained fellowship sub-specialty training in rhinology and facial plastic surgery at St George's Hospital London and the Sino-Nasal Institute of Florida. He was awarded the British Rhinological Society Bursary Award for training at the Sinus and Nasal Institute of Florida and the European Rhinological Society Award for training at the Amsterdam Medical Centre. His international training has also taken him to Paris and Vancouver. In addition to his clinical work, Mr Syed is well recognised for his role in post graduate surgical teaching and is course director for the London Endoscopic Sinus Surgery course, the London Facial Plastic Surgery course, the London ST3 course and the London FRCS (ORL-HNS) Viva course. He has been invited to teach on a number of national and international courses including the Step by Step Rhinoplasty Dissection Course in London and the London Facial Aesthetic Cosmetic Training Course. He is the author of a number of textbooks in medicine and surgery. He has published extensively in peer reviewed literature and presented his work internationally. He is currently a specialist advisor to the Care Quality Commission and an active committee member for ENT-UK, working to improve the training of future ENT surgeons.

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Mr. Nizar Hamadeh is a highly experienced facial plastic surgeon with private practices in both Birmingham and London. He has performed thousands of facial surgeries after his graduation and has fourteen years of experience practicing internationally in Brussels, Paris, Los Angeles, Spain, Ireland, and the UK. His areas of expertise are face and neck aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, brow lifts, lip surgery, and facial implants. Mr. Hamadeh completed his medical degree in 1997, after which he trained in otolaryngology and head and neck in different hospitals in Paris and Brussels. He attained an ENT degree from the University Libre of Brussels in 2004 and was awarded several sub-specialty degrees and certificates thereafter from Belgium, France, the UK, and Spain. After his ENT degree, Mr. Hamadeh became a consultant at Villeneuve St Georges Hospital in Paris and went on to establish his own practice in 2008 in Paris. Mr. Hamadeh has four years’ experience in public hospitals and four years in private sector in France and the UK as a full-time facial plastic consultant performing cosmetic and reconstructive surgery and has worked for the NHS as a consultant in Leeds and Leicester. He has also established an independent practice in Beirut, Lebanon. He has attended numerous seminars and taught junior doctors and nurses to strengthen his work and is a valued member of numerous organisations from the British Association of Otorhinolaryngology to the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery.

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Mr Ravinder Natt is a distinguished consultant ENT (ear, nose & throat) surgeon with considerable experience in treating a full range of general adult and paediatric ENT conditions through procedures and operations. Mr Natt has a specialist interest in rhinology (the nose and sinuses), and facial aesthetic surgery, but sees both children and adults for all kinds of ear, nose and throat conditions. After qualifying from Guy's & St Thomas' School of Medicine, he completed two prestigious fellowships in reconstructive facial aesthetic surgery and advanced rhinology and skull base surgery. Mr Natt has a strong background in education and currently serves as the Undergraduate Programme Lead for ENT/head and neck surgery at University College Medical School. He regularly attends and delivers lectures at both conferences and courses, and often demonstrates surgical procedures to students and patients, staying up-to-date with the latest technology and treatments in his field.  

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Mr William E. Grant is a highly qualified and experienced consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon, specialising in endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery, septal and rhinoplasty surgery, benign head and neck surgery and paediatric ENT surgery. He has a Master’s Degree in Surgery from University College Dublin, and has attained fellowships of various institutions, including the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He has a wealth of experience in the field of Otolaryngology, working in both the NHS and in private practice at different sites in London, including Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust at Charing Cross Hospital, and paediatric ENT at Chelsea and Westminster.  He is also part of the  'Facing the World' team of surgeons - a charity group which works to provide children across the world with life-changing head and neck operations, to which they would not otherwise have access. He is a dedicated surgical trainer and teaches on several courses. Mr Grant is currently in private practice at the Cromwell Hospital, the Lister Hospital, and at Charing Cross Hospital in London.

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Professor Owen Judd is a highly-trained consultant ENT surgeon with a special interest in laryngology (voice disorders) and neurotology (disorders of the brain and ear, especially balance, dizziness and facial paralysis). Practising across clinics in Derby and Nottingham, Professor Judd provides the full range of ENT surgical procedures as well as a comprehensive paediatric service. He has particular expertise in complex ear surgery.  He has particular expertise in migraine, balance disorders, and complex ear surgery, and was one of the first surgeons in the country to offer total endoscopic ear surgery - a minimally invasive ear surgery technique. He now teaches this technique nationally. He has also introduced minimally invasive laryngeal surgery under local anaesthetic for voice problems, to the Midlands region. Originally qualifying from the University of Nottingham, Professor Judd completed his higher surgical training in London, Plymouth, Southampton and the East Midlands. He undertook a specialist Fellowship in Neurotology and Otological implantation at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham and was appointed Consultant Neurotologist and Laryngologist ENT Surgeon at the Royal Derby Hospital in 2014. He has a prestigious BMJ Visiting Professorship in Balance Medicine, being a regular international speaker on vertigo and dizziness. He is also Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham and Associate Clinical Sub-Dean for the University Medical School. He is actively involved in all areas of ENT research and has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 6 book chapters, and 2 textbooks to date. Professor Judd is also highly experienced in facial rejuvenation without the use of surgery. He has successfully treated over 3,000 patients with a range of injectable treatments and is a pioneer of the TimeNet procedure, which is designed to stimulate collagen production over a longer period of time. Professor Judd can also provide minimally-invasive earlobe surgery and treat patients experiencing hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating).

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