Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) and Head and Neck (H&N) Unit

Our ear, nose and throat (ENT) department is one of the largest in the UK.  Our service covers:

• Symptoms affecting the ear, nose or throat
• Otology and neuro-otology
• Skull base surgery
• Head and neck cancer
• Thyroid and parathyroid gland surgery
• Facial plastics
• Salivary gland surgery
• Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
• Paediatric Ear, Nose and Throat
• Paediatric laryngotracheal reconstruction
• Cochlear implantation
• Emergency clinics
• Treatment as an inpatient or day case
• Full range of audiological investigations and rehabilitation including digital hearing aids, balance testing and hearing/tinnitus therapy
• Allergy
• Voice

Staff details

• Lead clinician – Professor Michael Gleeson
• Service manager – Mrs Lorraine Love

Consultants

All the consultants see patients with general ear nose and throat conditions. Each consultant's special interests and expertise are detailed below.

• Mr Sean Blaney BSc PhD FRCS (ORL-HNS)
  Consultant otolaryngologist
  Specialty: Paediatric ear, nose and throat
  Secretary: Katie Farrant – 020 7188 2194 (St Thomas')
• Miss Elfy Chevretton MS FRCS
  Consultant otolaryngologist
  Specialty: voice
  Secretary: Gillian Rennie – 020 7188 2217 (Guy's ) and Veronica Callender – 020 7188 2195 (St Thomas')
• Professor Michael Gleeson MS FRCS
  Professor of otolaryngology
  Specialty: skull base surgery, complex salivary gland surgery
  Secretary: Ruth Underhay – 020 7188 2215 (Guy’s)
• Mr Ian Hore FRCS
  Consultant otolaryngologist
  Specialty: paediatric ear, nose and throat surgery
  Secretary: Veronica Callender – 020 7188 2295 (St Thomas')
• Mr Jean-Pierre Jeannon FRCS FRCS(ORL)
  Consultant otolaryngologist
  Specialty: head and neck cancer surgery
  Secretary: Omesa Gooding – 020 7188 2213 (Guy's)
• Mr Dan Jiang PhD FRCS
  Consultant otolaryngologist
  Specialty: cochlear implantation
  Secretary: Katherine Tack – 020 7188 0716 (St Thomas')
• Mr Gavin Morrison MA FRCS
  Consultant otolaryngologist
  Specialty: paediatric ear, nose and throat surgery
  Secretary: Katie Farrant – 020 7188 2194 (St Thomas')
• Mr Alec Fitzgerald O'Connor FRCS
  Consultant otolaryngologist
  Specialty: cochlear implantation
  Secretary: Katherine Tack – 020 7 188 0716 (St Thomas')
• Mr David Roberts FRCS FRCS (ORL)
  Consultant otolaryngologist
  Specialty: rhinology & facial plastic surgery
  Secretary: Ruth Underhay – 020 7188 2215 (Guy's)
• Mr Ricard Simo FRCS FRCS (ORL-HNS)
  Consultant otolaryngologist – head and neck surgeon
  Specialty: head and neck cancer surgery
  Secretary: Jacqueline Phillips – 020 7188 2216 (Guy's)

Other Staff

• Mr. George Senthil MS FRCS (Edin) FRCS (Glas)
  Associate specialist in ear, nose and throat
  Specialty: rhinology and general ear, nose and throat
  Secretary: Helen Wright – 020 7188 2217 (Guy’s)
   

Sub-specialty clinics

Cochlear implantation

This service provides a regional specialist service for the management or profoundly deaf children and adults.

Paediatric ear, nose and throat

This service, based at the Evelina Children's Hospital, acts as a referral centre for local paediatric ear nose and throat conditions and also as a regional tertiary referral centre for paediatric airway problems.

Head and neck cancer

The head and neck cancer centre is situated at Guy's Hospital and acts as the regional referral centre for head and neck oncology.  All head and neck cancer patients are managed by a multidisciplinary team to ensure that all aspects of these patients' care is optimal.  Thyroid disease and all patients with thyroid cancer are managed in a multidisciplinary clinic.

Rhinology and facial plastics

This service, based at Guy's Hospital, provides specialist services in the management of nasal and sinus disease and acts as a regional and supra-regional centre for complex nasal and sinus disorders.  With the advancement of endoscopic techniques, this service also treats patients with problems related to the anterior skull base and pituitary fossa.

Skull base

This service, based at Guy's, Kings College and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, provides a national and international tertiary referral service for the management of tumours and other disorders that affect the anterior, lateral and central skull base.

Other clinics

Emergency clinic

The ENT Department runs an emergency referral clinic four days a week.  Appointments to this clinic can be made either by faxing urgent referrals to 020 7188 2206 or bleeping the on-call ENT SHO on bleep 1508.

Allergy clinic

There are combined allergy/ENT clinics that provide a combined multidisciplinary approach for both adults and children who suffer with nasal allergy (hayfever, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis) and asthma.

Voice clinic

This specialist clinic accepts direct referrals from primary care and also interdisciplinary specialist referrals.  Criteria for direct GP referrals addressed to Miss E Chevretton at St Thomas' are:

• Adults (16 years +)
• Intractable hoarseness lasting more than three weeks
• Low risk for malignancy
• Professional voice users, ie when voice use is part of the job - eg teachers, lecturers, call centre workers, barristers, solicitors, singers and actors.

If the GP has any concerns regarding malignancy then the patient should be referred through to a General ENT/Head and Neck Clinic.

Referrals from other hospitals must include a completed Inter-Provider Minimum Data Set or ensure that one is sent within 48 hours of referring a patient.