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Professor Martin Birchall is a world-leading academic, renowned surgeon, and pioneer in the field of laryngology. He is a specialist in voice, swallowing and breathing problems as well as coughs and neck lumps. He co-led the first team that used stem cell-based organ transplants and continues to dedicate himself to pioneering life-altering techniques via his active research and presence in the field. He is currently the principal investigator on four clinical trials, including one which is exploring a new way to restore voice functions using the drive from unaffected nerves. He treats vocal cord weakness (palsy) using the latest technology such as laryngeal reinnervation and transcutaneous vocal cord injections and is an expert in managing pharyngeal pouches (Zenker's diverticula) using techniques including lasers and transnasal oesophagoscopy. He is a supporter and medical advisor to a number of charities including the National Association of Laryngectomee Clubs, Shout Against Cancer and Youth Against Crime.  

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Mr Santdeep Paun is a leading ENT surgeon specialising in nasal and facial plastic surgery. He operates from various prominent London clinics including St Bartholomew's Hospital. Mr Santdeep Paun was the first UK-based surgeon certified by the new globally recognised International Board of Facial Plastic Surgical Societies and is President of the European Board for Certification in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Mr Santdeep Paun has a strong interest in education and training lecturing nationally and internationally on various aspects of his work and he also runs a course teaching other doctors about surgical techniques. He has written extensively on field-related topics co-authoring nine separate book chapters.

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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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Miss Lydia Badia is one of London's leading rhinoplasty and facial surgeons. After qualifying at the Barcelona Medical School, she received her surgical training at some of London's most prestigious hospitals, including Charing Cross Hospital, St Mary's Hospital, and the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital. Having been appointed as consultant surgeon in 2001 at the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, she continued to hone her skills as a specialist nose surgeon, taking a particular interest in rhinoplasty. As well as being Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College Hospitals, she also gives lectures at both international and national conferences. She has also published in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to books based on her vast expertise. Her specialties include rhinoplasty, septorhinoplasty, and non-surgical facial rejuvenation. Patient care is of the utmost importance to her, as she aims to help people feel better about themselves and their health, always striving to achieve the best results. Her main interest is in natural-looking and regenerative beauty. She uses innovative solutions for beauty treatment such as colagen stimulator.

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Mr Charles East is one of London's top consultant otolarynogologists and facial plastic surgeons. His specialties include aesthetic and functional plastic surgery of the nose (such as rhinoplasty and nose jobs), and the treatment of nasal and sinus diseases. After graduating in 1980 from Univeristy College London, Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, he was awarded the Hallett Prize by the Royal College of Surgeons of England before continuing his ENT training at Oxford, London and Seattle.  As well as being lead clinician for the rhinoplasty service at the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, he also forms part of the craniofacial surgery team at University College Hospital Foundation Trust. He is a member of BAAPS, a board member of both the Rhinoplasty Society of Europe, and the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery, he is a highly resepected practitioner of his field, with many years of experience developing his expertise. His reputation earned him the title 'Best for Noses' for six years running in the Tatler Beauty and Cosmetic Surgery Guide.

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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 Paul Spraggs is a consultant ENT/ head & neck and thyroid surgeon at the Basingstoke and North Hampshire hospital. He has a special interest in the surgical treatment of skin cancers, thyroid diseases, disorders of the salivary glands, rhinoplasty, facial aesthetic surgery and reconstructive surgery of the head & neck after cancer treatment. His undergraduate and postgraduate surgical training was in London and Mr Spraggs also trained in head & neck surgery in Miami, Florida.  He was awarded: the Astor Fellowship; the TWJ Fellowship; the EAFPS Fellowship in facial plastics surgery in Helsinki; and the Simpson Smith Fellowship. From 1997 to 1998, Mr Spraggs was Fellow in Head & Neck Surgery at the Royal Marsden Hospital. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1992. Mr Spraggs is the Clinical Director and Lead for head & neck services at the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He is a member of both the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital’s Skin Cancer and Thyroid multi-disciplinary team and the regional Head and Neck Cancer team based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford. Mr Spraggs teaches the next generation of consultants. He has been the Training Programme Director for surgical registrars in the south Thames region. Mr Spraggs sits on the Royal College of Surgeons of England’s Board of Examiners, the Intercollegiate Board of Examiners and the Special Advisory Committee (SAC). 

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Mr Anthony Owa is a well-regarded Consultant ENT Surgeon and specialist in neuro-otology based in London and Essex. He specialises in ear surgery (including endoscopic ear surgery), rhinology, and paediatric ENT. He is known as the designer of the "Owa grommet" - a tiny ventilation tube for the treatment of glue ear (middle ear disease). Mr Owa is an expert in his field, having presented on several ENT topics at many national and international conferences and has taught on sinus and ear surgery courses both in the UK and overseas. After qualifying in medicine at the University of Benin, Nigeria, he trained in both London and Cambridge, before joining the the North Thames Oto-laryngology specialist training programme in 1997. He later completed a fellowship in Utah, USA, for which he was awarded the American Neuro-otology Society Fellows Award for 2002. He subsequently joined Barking, Havering and Redbridge University NHS trust in 2003 as an ENT surgeon and neuro-otologist offering a wide range of surgery, including specialised otology and lateral skull base surgery. He was made a fellow of the West Africa College of Surgeons for his work training ENT surgeons and charity surgical missions. He took a year-long career break helping to develop ENT services in Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria, particularly with setting up the cochlear implant programme. He return to complete a Masters of Science in medical otology and audiology at University College, London in 2017. He is currently involved in developing the medical students curriculum in the Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex.

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Professor Lloyd is a leading consultant Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeon based in Manchester. From his private clinics at the Alexandra Hospital, Cheadle and at Wilmslow Hospital, Wilmslow, Professor Lloyd treats both adults and children with all types of ear, nose and throat conditions with a special interest in diseases of the ear and skull base. Some of his specialities include ear drum perforations, hearing rehabilitation including stapedectomy, hearing bone reconstruction, treatment of tinnitus and problems with balance. He is particularly renowned for cochlear implantation and treatment of skull base disease, especially acoustic neuromas. After initially graduating in medicine from the Royal Free Hospital in London in 1996, Professor Lloyd became a fully accredited Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon in 2006, after which he completed specialist training in skull base surgery and international fellowships in the United States and Denmark. In addition to his private practice, Professor Lloyd is also lead surgeon at the Manchester Auditory Implant Centre and is a key member of the Manchester Skull Base Team. These are the largest units of their kind in the UK. A prolific writer, Professor Lloyd has 2 books and 12 book chapters to his name and he has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers. He recently received a prize from the Royal Society of Medicine for the best researcher in ear surgery over the past 5 years. He is currently the leading ENT professor at the University of Manchester and his advanced ear surgery course and skull base surgery course has attracted students the world over. He has a number of affiliations with renowned medical societies, including the Royal College of Surgeons (England) and the European Academy of Otology and Neurotology. At present Professor Lloyd is a council member to the British Society of Otology and the British Skull Base Society and a trustee to the British Acoustic Neuroma Association, a charity supporting patients with acoustic neuromas. Professor Lloyd is recognised as one of the most experienced ear surgeons in the UK and is also a renowned expert in the area of noise-induced hearing loss.

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Mr John Watkinson is a celebrated general ENT surgeon with over 35 years of experience. Practising at The BMI Priory Hospital in Birmingham and The Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London, Mr Watkinson provides treatment for a wide range of ear, nose and throat conditions, and has a special interest in head and neck and endocrine surgery to include thyroid and parathyroid. Mr Watkinson received his surgical training at Guys Hospital and The Royal Marsden, and has Fellowships in General Surgery and Otolaryngology. Widely regarded as a leading authority in his field, Mr Watkinson is Chief Editor of Stell and Maran and Scott Brown, two of the most trusted and widely-read textbooks on head and neck surgery. He was awarded the Jobson Horne Prize (2015) by the BMA for his lifetime contribution to medicine in ENT, and has been intimately involved in the development of national guidelines including NICE, BTA, and ENT-UK.

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Mr Abbad Toma is a leading consultant ear, nose and throat (ENT) and facial plastic surgeon based in London, who specialises in all conditions causing nasal obstruction and sinus disease with a particular interest in endoscopic sinus surgery He is Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) at Kingston Hospital and Lead clinician for Rhinology and facial plastic surgery Mr Toma gained his specialist training in rhinology and endoscopic sinus surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, USA and Switzerland. After training with facial plastic surgeons in the UK, he went on to gain further experience in Switzerland and France as Fellow of the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery. Mr Toma received full accreditation from the Specialist Advisory Committee in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and was awarded his certificate of completed surgical training.  Mr Toma served as South Thames regional representative on the ENTUK Council and the professional advisory board of the Royal College of Surgeons from 2010 until 2016.  He is heavily involved in education, teaching undergraduate medical students, training junior doctors and holding general practitioner educational sessions. Mr Toma conducts research into diseases of the nose and sinuses, and minimally invasive surgery and is co-director of the London endoscopic sinus surgery course.

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Mr Prince Modayil is one of London's leading ENT specialists, treating both children and adults, and with a special interest in children's ear, nose and throat disorders.  He has vast experience in treating a wide range of ENT problems in adults and has a special interest in nose and sinus disorders. He treats glue ear, tongue tie, sleep apnoea, sore throat, tonsillitis, tonsilloliths, nasal deviation, nasal polyps, sinusitis, deafness, ear problems, voice problems. Mr Modayil completed his specialist training at various tertiary hospitals in London and Manchester. He underwent fellowship training in children's ENT surgery at Evelina London Children's Hospital & Rhinology fellowship at St George's University Hospital.  Mr Modayil is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at St George's Medical School and conducts paediatric clinical governance meetings at St George's University Hospital. As a regular speaker at national and international speakers, Mr Modayil is recognised among peers for his commitment to spreading best practice in ENT surgery and promoting the latest effective techniques. Among patients Mr Modayil is highly rated for his caring and considerate manner, and the reassurance he provides to parents at all stages of their child's treatment.

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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 Sharan Jayaram is a consultant ENT head and neck surgeon in Salford, Greater Manchester who specialises in ENT head and neck, thyroid surgery and voice disorders. His areas of research are in oropharyngeal and thyroid cancers. Mr Jayaram completed his post-graduate ENT training followed by a senior residency at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India in 2007. He completed his head and neck fellowship at Southampton General Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham between 2011 and 2013. He received further international exposure at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Sciences as an international visiting scholar in 2009.

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Practising at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital, Professor Manohar Bance is one of the UK’s leading otologists. He has been a subspecialist in diseases and surgery of the ear for 23 years, during which time he has performed thousands of major ear surgeries. Professor Bance’s practice covers the management of all diseases of the ear including otosclerosis, chronic ear disease, eardrum perforation, genetic hearing loss, cholesteatoma, tumours of the middle and inner ear, vertigo, and Eustachian tube disorders. Professor Bance is an expert in the selection and the fitting of cochlear implants, and collaborates closely with engineers to produce the next generation of machine-neural interfaces. Professor Bance originally qualified from the University of Manchester before pursuing training in Canada. His residency was at the University of Toronto, and he practised as a consultant there for six years before he moveed to Dalhousie University, where he became Professor and Head of the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Dalhousie University in Canada, and Director of the EAR Lab. After a 21-year career, Professor Bance moved back to the UK where he became the inaugural Professor of Otology and Skull Base Surgery at the University of Cambridge and was Fellowship trained in Otology and Neurotology. He has over 145 peer reviewed publications and 9 book chapters as well as being a co-editor of a book, is a board member of the Politzer Society, a member of the American Otology Society, the American Neurotology Society, the Triological Society and the Collegium Otorhinolaryngologica Amicitiae Sacrum and a Council member of the RSM Otology section. Professor Bance is also a council member of the British Society of Otology and is Academic lead in Otology and Neurotology at Cambridge University Hospitals Trust. 

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