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Mr Richard Hewitt is a leading consultant children's ENT specialist. He is based in London and currently sees outpatients at 9 Harley Street, Great Ormond Street Hospital and One Welbeck, operating at Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Portland Hospital for Women and Children. He treats all types of ear, nose and throat problems in children using non-surgical and surgical treatment options. He specialises in common children's ENT conditions such as adenoid and tonsil problems, obstructive sleep apnoea, recurrent tonsillitis, blocked nose and snoring issues, hearing problems, glue ear and recurrent ear infections. His other areas of sub-specialist experience and interest include laryngeal and airway problems. This includes the execution of laryngotracheal reconstructive surgery, tracheal resection , cricotracheal resection and slide tracheoplasty surgery. He also treats neck lumps, children's voice disorders, branchial cysts, thyroglossal cysts, cystic hygromasm haemangiomas and vascular malformations. He also carries out middle ear and mastoid surgery , including cochlear implantation. Mr Hewitt completed his basic surgical training in London and entered specialty training in ENT, completing the six-year program in the North Thames Region.Mr Hewitt gained his qualifications fromGuys 'and St. Thomas' Medical School , London and Harvard Medical School , Boston, USA. I have undertook a BSc in Clinical Anatomy, during which I have undertook clinical research in conjunction with Harvard Medical School. He developed his interest in paediatric ENT and head and neck surgery with time spent at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Ohio. There, he was under the instruction of Dr Robin Cotton (one of the most eminent experts in the field of paediatric ENT). He also furthered his interest at the Memorial Sloane Kettering Hospital, New York under the instruction of Professor Jatin Shah. Having undertaken the Internationally renowned Fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital in paediatric otolaryngology after his higher surgical training, Mr Hewitt was appointed to the Consultant Staff of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London in 2012 where to this day he conducts his NHS practice. In 2016 he was the recipient of Consultant of the year and in 2017, Surgical Consultant of the Year Awards at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In 2019, Mr Hewitt was shortlisted for Best Doctor of the Year in the Sun Newspaper national awards for NHS Health Heroes. Mr Hewitt has published over 65 peer-reviewed articles and multiple chapters in textbooks. He directs the nationwide airway service, 'The Tracheal Team' at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He is also extensively involved with undergraduate and postgraduate training in the field and is an Associate Professor/ Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London (UCL) & The Institute of Child Health (ICH). He is a Council Member of the Section of Laryngology & Rhinology of the Royal Society of Medicine. 

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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 Jonathan Hughes is a leading consultant ear, nose and throat / head and neck / thyroid surgeon practising in a number of locations in and around London. He has considerable experience in treating a full range of general adult and paediatric ENT conditions. Mr Hughes has a specialist interest in treating voice, swallowing and breathing problems, and as well as benign and malignant tumours of the head and neck region, including the thyroid gland. Mr Hughes has a wealth of experience and training, including the Royal College of Surgeons of England research fellowship into viral gene therapy for the treatment of cancer, which earned him a PhD. He also completed two further fellowships with the RCS, as well as a travelling fellowship in the US, working in two internationally esteemed institutions - the Memorial Sloan Kettering (New York) and the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia). He is well-known for delivering top-quality patient care, and consistently receives great patient feedback, always striving to offer his patients the best possible treatment, along with the support they need.

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Professor Carl Philpott is a leading ear, nose and throat specialist in Norwich and Great Yarmouth whose areas of expertise in rhinology includes sinusitis, smell and taste disorders, allergic fungal rhinosinusitis and endoscopic sinus surgery. Professor Philpott is a graduate of Leicester University Medical School. He completed his basic surgical training in the University Hospitals of Leicester before undertaking a period of research (2003-4) into developing apparatus for testing the sense of smell, which culminated into his MD thesis. Professor Philpott’s specialist training was completed in East Anglia and during this time he spent a year at the St Paul’s Sinus Centre in Vancouver, Canada. Here he learnt advanced skills in endoscopic sinus surgery for inflammatory disease of the nose and sinuses as well as tumours of the sinuses and anterior skull base. He also spent time at the Dresden University Smell and Taste Clinic learning techniques for assessing and researching the sense of smell. Professor Philpott is the Director of the first British Smell and Taste Clinic, established in 2010, where he receives referrals from around the UK. Professor Philpott is an academic surgeon at the University of East Anglia where he leads the Rhinology & ENT Research Group with a number of research projects, including a major national trial for patients with chronic sinusitis. He is President of the British Otorhinolaryngology & Allied Sciences Research Society and the Eastern Clinical Research Network Lead for ENT. He is a regular reviewer for various specialty journals as well as being Associate Editor for Clinical Otolaryngology and an Editorial Board member for Rhinology Journal. He has published over 140 journal articles in his field of practice as well as authoring various book chapters and is co-editor of Bullet Points in ENT. He is involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate education at the University of East Anglia and beyond. At Norwich Medical School he is the Professionalism Lead and a member of the module team that covers the teaching of Otorhinolaryngology. He teaches on a number of external courses including ones in London, Guildford, Newcastle, Dresden and Vancouver.

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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 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 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 Neil Bateman is a highly regarded consultant paediatric ENT surgeon based in Manchester who sees patients at BMI The Alexandra Hospital and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. He specialises in treating hearing loss, ear infections, glue ear, tonsilitis, obstructive sleep apnoea, and snoring. In addition, Mr Neil Bateman has a specialist interest in pinnaplasty/correction of prominent ears and ear reconstruction, as well as complex airway reconstruction. He devotes his entire clinical practice to the management of ENT problems in children.  Mr Bateman has a particular interest in intracapsular tonsillectomy, which carries lower risks and quicker recovery than other techniques. Mr Bateman has been instrumental in the uptake of this method both within the UK and internationally.  Mr Bateman graduated from Nottingham University Medical School and completed his ENT training in Nottingham and Sheffield. He decided to specialise in paediatric ENT and received extra training in Sheffield. He also undertook training during a sabbatical in Lyon, France. Mr Bateman was previously the honorary secretary of the British Association for Paediatric Otolaryngology and was the co-director of the paediatric emergency skills course for consultants for ENT-UK. In addition, Mr Bateman chairs Smith and Nephew’s ENT Coblation training courses.

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Miss Victoria Ward is a leading consultant otorhinolaryngologist based in West Yorkshire. She currently sees patients at Spire Leeds Hospital and Spire Methley Park Hospital. She specialises in ear, nose and throat surgery. She has a subspecialty interest in rhinology (nasal & sinus disease) and paediatric ear, nose and throat surgery. She has excellent communication skills and has a well recognised national and international profile. Miss Ward is the former Editor-in-Chief for ENTUK’s e-learning for ENT project e-lefENT. She is passionate about education and training and represents e-learning on the ENTUK Education & Training Committee. Miss Ward was awarded the Emerging Leaders Fellowship at the RCSEng 2017, and is an Intercollegiate Specialty FRCORL HNS Examiner. Miss Ward is the General Secretary of the European Board of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery & Examiner for the EBE ORL HNS. Her research interests include clinical management of rhinosinusitis and the role of new technologies in delivering training and access to specialist ENT Services.

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Mr Jonathan Joseph is a leading consultant ENT surgeon based in London with a specialist interest in rhinology. He treats conditions such as chronic sinusitis and nasal deformity that causes both functional and cosmetic problems.  In 2004, Mr Joseph graduated in medicine from the Royal Free and University College Medical School. Prior to this he also gained an intercalated bachelor of science degree in human genetics in 2001. His surgical training was in London and he then started his higher surgical training in ENT at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. After further training at Northampton General Hospital, Mr Joseph moved back to London where he was trained by some of the most highly respected surgeons in the country. He trained at various centres of excellence, including the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital. Mr Joseph gained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2014 after which he completed his ENT training in 2015. He completed two fellowships in rhinology, skull base surgery and facial plastic surgery. The first was at the Klinik Hirslanden in Zurich and the second at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital. Mr Joseph teaches on the faculty of a number of internationally recognised training courses and regularly lectures at academic conferences. His philosophy is that if someone has been referred to him for a specialist opinion, then he must provide the best possible care and management of their condition.

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