Course Organiser

Nimesh N Patel MBChB, FRCS, FRCS(ORL-HNS), MSc(Oxon), MSt (Cantab), DIU

I am a consultant Otorhinolaryngologist/Head, Neck and Thyroid surgeon. I trained in Manchester, London and Adelaide. I have completed Masters degrees in Voice and Swallowing (University of Newcastle), Evidence Based Medicine (Oxford University), Genomics (Cambridge University) and a Diploma in Robotic Surgery (University of Lorraine). I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Since August 2004 I have been a consultant surgeon at University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust. I lead the multidisciplinary voice, airway and swallowing services. I am a senior member of the Head, Neck and Thyroid Cancer Multidisciplinary Team. I am a Visiting Professor at the University of Southampton. I am an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton Medical School.

I am past-President of the British Voice Association and past-Treasurer of the Laryngology and Rhinology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. I was Associate Medical Director for Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and Chairman of the Wessex Head and Neck Cancer Team. I served as Chairman of the Head & Neck and Thyroid Cancer Network Groups for the Central South Coast. Until 2009 I was an Honorary Lecturer in Ear Nose and Throat Surgery at University College London. I have served as a trustee of three healthcare charities.

Faculty

Fabian Sipaul FRCS

Mr Sipaul is a widely experienced Consultant Ear, Nose & Throat (E.N.T.) Surgeon. He has been a consultant at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust since 2014. He is also a visiting consultant at Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester. He has full registration with General Medical Council (GMC) (registration number: 5195961) and is a member of the British Medical Association. He is up-to-date with his 5-year cycle revalidation with GMC. Apart from general E.N.T. problems and surgeries, his other interest is in the diagnosis and management of head & neck cancer. He is also part of a handful of surgeons in the region who perform sialendoscopy to relieve/reduce obstruction of salivary gland ducts either from stone/s or narrowing. This can help to avoid excision of the salivary gland itself. More often than not, he is able to reassure patients with vague throat symptoms that there is no concerning pathology in a single clinic visit by performing flexible naso-pharyngo-laryngoscopy. He was the first surgeon in the world to devise, develop and describe a particular type of skin flap in front of the ear to reconstruct cutaneous defect in and around the opening of the ear canal. Together with his Specialist Registrar at that time, he published the paper entitled 'A one-stage method for external auditory canal reconstruction: the Wessex pre-auricular flap' in the European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck diseases journal (Aug 2022).
Mr Sipaul has been described by patients and colleagues as a caring, compassionate and consummate clinician.

Edgardo Alberado BSc (Chem) MBBS MD (Bristol) MRCS DOHNS

Surgeon-Scientist, ENT Surgeon Salisbury Distric Hospital, Wiltshire, UK

Kwamena Amonoo-Kuofi FRCS

Mr. Kwamena Amonoo-Kuofi is a highly qualified consultant ENT surgeon based in Hampshire and specializes in a range of general pediatric and adult ENT problems. These include obstructive sleep apnoea, tonsillitis, and adenoid problems, as well as sinus disease and treatments, glue ear, perforation of eardrums, vertigo, and pinnaplasty.

Mr. Amonoo-Kuofi trained and qualified from St George’s Hospital Medical School (University of London), graduating with a distinction in Endocrinology and Medical Neurosciences. He completed his ENT specialist training in the Eastern and London Deaneries. He has extensive training in ENT having worked at a number of leading hospitals including Royal National Throat, Nose & Ear Hospital (RNTNE), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Cambridge University Teaching Hospital, and Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, London.

He completed an advanced specialist pediatric fellowship at the Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, and was subsequently appointed as Consultant ENT Surgeon at University Hospital Southampton.
Other areas of interest include medical education and simulation training.

He is keen to support the medical profession and speaks and presents at various regional and national events.

Mr Chadwan Al Yaghchi is a consultant laryngologist at the National Centre for Airway Reconstruction, Imperial College Healthcare, London. He manages the full spectrum of laryngeal disorders with specialist interest in airway stenosis and complex dysphagia. He completed his higher surgical training in Ear Nose and Throat in the London North Thames regional rotation and laryngology training at Charing Cross Hospital.

Mr Al Yaghchi holds a PhD in Molecular Oncology from Queen Mary’s University of London studying oncolytic viruses in head and neck cancers. In addition, he has an active clinical research program in voice, airway and swallowing disorders. He published multiple book chapters, 30 peer-reviewed articles and is currently the Laryngology Section editor of Scott-Brown's Otolaryngology textbook.

Chadwan Al Yaghchi PhD FRCS

Chaitanya Gadepalli MD FRCS(ORL-HNS)

Consultant ENT Surgeon and Laryngologist, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.

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