e-Consultation with specialists in Tonsillitis

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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 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 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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