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An initial consultation with Professor Bhik Kotecha is from £220.
Professor Bhik Kotecha
Consultant ENT Surgeon
MBBCh, MPhil, FRCS (Ed, ENG & ORL), DLO
Specialises in
- General adult ENT
- Snoring / obstructive sleep disorders
- Voice and swallowing disorders
- Hearing disorders
- Tonsillitis
I have been an ENT Consultant for more than 20 years. I treat both adults and children and deal with most ENT disorders but my main passion is evaluating and treating patients with sleep related breathing disorders especially snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea. I have been invited on various national television channels to heighten the awareness of this sub-specialty.
I deal with most ENT disorders affecting children and adults. My main sub-special interest is in managing patients both adults and children suffering from sleep related breathing disorders such as snoring and upper airway obstruction as well as obstructive sleep apnoea. I have a special interest in dealing with patients with voice and swallowing disorders.
My main NHS base is at the Royal National Throat, Nose & Ear Hospital, UCLH in London and at Queens Hospital in Romford, Essex. I am Clinical Lead in ENT at BHRUT, and Clinical Lead for the Sleep Unit at Royal National, Throat, Nose & Ear Hospital, London. I am Honorary Senior Lecturer at UCL, Associate Professor at AUC Medical School.
I am Assistant Editor for Journal of Laryngology and Otology, and President of the Sleep Medicine Section at the Royal Society of Medicine (2009-2011). I have published extensively (more than 100) including two text books, eight chapters in various text books and numerous articles in peer reviewed journals. I have written numerous articles on treatment for snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea in the "Daily Mail" and been interviewed on LBC Radio and radio Phoenix FM.
General Medical Council Number: 2987181
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Professor Bhik Kotecha at Spire include:
Ear Nose and Throat (ENT)
- Sinus surgery (functional endoscopic sinus surgery or FESS)
- Ear pinning (pinnaplasty)
- Septoplasty surgery
- Tonsillectomy for adults
- Laryngoscopy investigation
- Nose reshaping (rhinoplasty)
- Snoring treatment
Paediatrics - ENT
Other treatments
- Allergic rhinitis
- Middle ear surgery
- Peadiatrics
- Sleep apnoea
- Sleep disorders
- Voice disorders
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Clinical interests
Balance disorders
ENT
Hearing loss
Head and neck surgery
Head and neck pathology
Laryngology
Otology
Paediatric otolaryngology
Rhinology
Sinus surgery
Sleep disorders
Sleep therapy
Snoring
Voice disorders
Special Clinical Interests: Sleep apnoea, paediatric ENT surgery, middle ear surgery, allergic rhinitis, functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
Qualification and professional memberships
MBBCh / Cardiff / 1984
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
Medical degree
Professional memberships
Examiner for The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Fellow of British Association of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of England
President of Sleep Medicine Section at The Royal Society of Medicine
Winner of Hospital Doctor Team of the Year Award 2004 for Sleep Medicine Section
British Medical Association
Royal Society of Medicine
ENTUK
Member of Court of Examiners, Royal College of Surgeons of England
Research and publications
Published in various journals such as Sleep Medicine Reviews, Sleep and Breathing, Sleep, European Archive of Otorhinolaryngology, Clinical Otolaryngology, Journal of Laryngology and Otology, Laryngoscope and Rhinology. Assistant Editor of Journal of Laryngology and Otology.
Articles
Role of Surgery in Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Sleep Medicine Reviews
Radiofrequency ablation in snoring surgery in European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
The nose, snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea in Rhinology
Laser assisted uvulopalatoplasty in Clinical Otolaryngology
The Kotecha technique for laser palatoplasty
Current NHS posts
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and Queens Hospital, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Clinical Director for Specialist Surgery, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Personal profile
I live in Loughton, Essex with my wife and two daughters. I enjoy playing all sports especially cricket and squash. I was a regular member of the Medical School 1st XI cricket team and also represented the school senior chess team. My more sedentary interests include music and philately.
I also enjoy charity work and have recently held an ENT diagnostic camp in India.