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Mr Philip Robinson
Consultant Otolaryngologist
MB, Ch.B, FRCS, FRCS (Oto)
Specialises in
- Cochlear implants
- Ear diseases and surgery
- Nose and sinus problems
- Tonsillectomy
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I am a consultant adult and paediatric ear, nose and throat surgeon at Spire Bristol Hospital. I am President of the British Society of Otology and President Elect of the section of Otology, Royal Society of Medicine. I specialise in allergy, laryngology, cochlear implants, medicolegal reports, neurotology, otology (ear disease, deafness, tinnitus, vertigo), paediatric otolaryngology, rhinology, voice disorders and tonsillectomy.
I have developed very close links with a group of other professionals, such as a hearing therapist, voice therapists, dedicated theatre nurse and very experienced adult and paediatric anaesthetists, as well as other consultants, to provide a multi-disciplinary team approach to my patients’ care. I am the director and founder of the West of England Cochlear Implant Programme, and also established the Tinnitus Clinic at Southmead Hospital. I have worked with Fiona Watts, the Hearing Therapist since 1994 and she provides specialist therapy for my patients with hearing problems, tinnitus and balance disorders. All my clinics have audiological support for hearing tests.
I come from a medical family and qualified in medicine from the University of Bristol in 1981. After house jobs in Bristol, I spent a year teaching anatomy at the University of Bristol. I completed my basic surgical training at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and the Bristol Children’s Hospital.
My specialist surgical training in ENT was carried out at University College Hospital and the Middlesex Hospitals, London, as well as Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. I had additional sub-specialist training with a fellowship in paediatric ENT at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, a fellowship in otology and cochlear research at the University of Michigan in the USA, and a fellowship in rhinoplasty, facial plastic surgery and sinus surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
I was appointed as a consultant in 1994, and I have developed a specialist practice in complex ear disease and deafness, receiving many tertiary referrals from other consultants. I have also developed a specialist practice in nose and sinus surgery and all aspects of paediatric ENT. I continue to carry out general ear, nose and throat clinics and surgery as well.
I have been very involved in the training of ENT surgeons, and was a member of the Specialist Advisory Committee at the Royal College of Surgeons (2012-2017) and previously the chairman of the South West Regional Specialist Training Committee (2011-2016). I continue to be active in clinical research, particularly related to cochlear implants and regularly lecture, both nationally, and internationally.
In my personal life, I am a family man and an enthusiastic skier, sailor and mountain walker.
General Medical Council Number: 2703460
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Philip Robinson at Spire include:
Ear Nose and Throat (ENT)
- Balloon sinuplasty for chronic sinusitis
- Dizziness
- Earwax removal
- Grommets insertion (glue ear treatment)
- Hearing loss
- Laryngoscopy investigation
- Nose job or nose reshaping (rhinoplasty)
- Septoplasty surgery
- Sinus surgery (functional endoscopic sinus surgery or FESS)
- Snoring treatment
- Tinnitus
- Tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy for children
- Tonsillectomy for adults
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Additional information
Qualification and professional memberships
MB ChB / University of Bristol, UK / 1981
Medicine Degree (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery)
Professional memberships
President British Society of Otology
President Elect Section of Otology, Royal Society of Medicine
Current NHS posts
Consultant otolaryngologist, St Michael's Hospital Bristol
Consultant paediatric otolaryngologist, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Director of the West of England Cochlear Implant Programme
Honorary senior lecturer in Otolaryngology, University of Bristol
Contact information
| Telephone | 0117 980 4070 |
| Website | http://www.philiprobinsonbristolent.co.uk/ |
| Private secretary | Lorraine Goulder |
| Private secretary telephone | 01179 804050 |
| Private secretary email | lorraine.goulder2@spirehealthcare.com |