Mr Michael Armstrong

Practising at

Spire Edinburgh Hospitals Murrayfield and Shawfair Park

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Michael Armstrong at Spire include:

Ear Nose and Throat (ENT)

• Allergy testing
• Dizziness
• Earwax removal
• Grommets insertion (glue ear treatment)
• Hearing loss
• Laryngoscopy investigation
• Mole, cyst, wart and skin tag removal
• Neck lumps
• Nose job or nose reshaping (rhinoplasty)
• Septoplasty surgery
• Sinus surgery (functional endoscopic sinus surgery or FESS)
• Snoring
• Swallowing difficulties (Dysphagia)
• Tinnitus
• Tonsillectomy for adults

Professional profile

I graduated from Edinburgh University Medical School in 1986. My pre-registration year was completed in general surgery under the Queen's Surgeon in Edinburgh and in respiratory medicine. Thereafter I qualified in general surgery before resuming my training in ENT Surgery at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital in London.

I returned to Edinburgh to complete my training. As a Registrar I developed a service for the diagnosis and treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea. I also trained in New York under Professor Blitzer to set up a national clinic in the treatment of head and neck movement disorders with botox, which was the first of its kind in Scotland and second in the UK.

I was subsequently appointed as a Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist in 2000 and practice in the Borders and Edinburgh.

I have provided an ENT private practice for adults and children at Spire Murrayfield Hospital since 2001.

Qualification and professional memberships

Professional memberships

Scottish Otolaryngological Society
British Medical Association
Royal College of Surgeons
Association of Otorhinolaryngologists Head & Neck Surgeons (ENT-UK)
Royal Society of Medicine

Current NHS posts

Consultant ENT Surgeon, Borders General Hospital, Melrose
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
Consultant ENT Surgeon, St John's Hospital, Livingston

Personal Profile

I enjoy people. I enjoy meeting patients and providing them with the information that they need to allow them to make the right decisions about the most appropriate treatment for them. I have a wife and four young children, which occupy my free time and are a source of joy.

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