Miss Nashreen Oozeer
ENT Consultant
FRCSEd(ORL-HNS)
Specialises in
I am a Consultant Surgeon in Ear Nose and Throat (Otolaryngology) and specialise in Head and Neck (H&N) cancer assessment and treatment within a multidisciplinary team in my NHS practice. Head and Neck (H&N) cancer includes cancers of the tonsils, throat and voicebox.
I run a weekly rapid access neck lump clinic and I specialise in the investigation and treatment of neck lumps including thyroid nodules and enlarged lymph nodes. I see patients with hoarse voice, difficulty swallowing at the level of the throat, and painful throats. I perform in office flexible nasolaryngoscopy, which is a camera inserted in the nose to examine the nose, throat and voicebox.
I also see general ENT referrals including blocked nose, nasal polyps and sinus symptoms, hearing loss and patients suffering from vertigo. I run a vocal cord medialisation clinic to help with rehabilitation of patients with paralysed voicebox.
I am an active member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) ENT Surgical Specialty Board.Â
I am the ENTUK Patient Information Lead providing up to date information about ENT conditions and surgeries. This project aims to provide this information in an accessible format with high quality ethnically diverse illustrations, with an excellent readability score, and sustainable for the enviroment by providing digital e-leaflets with QR codes instead of printed leaflets/booklets.
I am a member of the British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists (BAHNO) International Collaboration Committee with the aim of providing opportunities to ENT doctors from developing countries with an interest in H&N cancer to attend UK H&N cancer conferences and spending time in a specialist H&N cancer unit.
I teach on national courses including the ENT masterclass on Airway Emergency, the Transnasal Endoscopy course for Gastroenterologists, RCSEd Essentials in Robotics course and H&N dissection courses.
Leadership and innovation: In my NHS practice, have set up the Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) programme and am the TORS lead for South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust from January 2016. I am past H&N cancer lead at South Tyneside and Sunderland Foundation NHS Trust and the past chair of the Head & Neck multidisciplinary team (MDT) 2017-2021. I have set up and have run the Tracheostomy and Laryngectomy emergency airway management workshop for the Trust with my ICCU colleague.
I am an active member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) ENT Surgical Specialty Board. I am the H&N representative on the RCSEd Robotic Taskforce and am a contributing author for the RCSEd guidelines 'Development of new robotic surgical services: A guide to good practice'. I am organising and chairing a webinar series on Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery. I teach on the RCSEd Essentials in Robotics course.
I am the ENTUK Patient Information Lead providing up to date information about ENT conditions and surgeries. This project aims to provide this information in an accessible format with high quality ethnically diverse illustrations, with an excellent readability score, and sustainable for the enviroment by providing digital e-leaflets with QR codes instead of printed leaflets/booklets.
I am a member of the British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists (BAHNO) International Collaboration Committee with the aim of providing opportunities to ENT doctors from developing countries with an interest in H&N cancer to attend UK H&N cancer conferences and spending time in a specialist H&N cancer unit.
I teach on national courses including the ENT masterclass on Airway Emergency, the Transnasal Endoscopy course for Gastroenterologists, RCSEd Essentials in Robotics course and H&N dissection courses.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Miss Nashreen Oozeer at Spire include:
Ear Nose and Throat (ENT)
- Allergy testing
- Cancer tests
- Ear pinning (pinnaplasty)
- Grommets insertion (glue ear treatment)
- Laryngoscopy investigation
- Neck lumps
- Scar revision
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy and lymph node removal
- Septoplasty surgery
- Sinus surgery (functional endoscopic sinus surgery or FESS)
- Thyroid test
- Thyroidectomy surgery
- Tonsillectomy for adults
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Audiological medicine
Balance disorders
Ear, nose and throat
ENT
Head and neck pathology
Head and neck surgery
Hearing loss
Laryngology
Neurotology
Otology
Paediatric otolaryngology
Parathyroid disease
Rhinology
Sinus surgery
Sleep disorders
Snoring
Thyroid surgery
Voice disorders
Qualification and professional memberships
MBBS / University of Newcastle Upon Tyne / 2002
Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery
MRCS / Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh / 2006
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
DOHNS / Royal College of Surgeons of England / 2007
Diploma in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
FRCSEd (ORL-HNS) / Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh / 2012
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Professional memberships
ENT UK
ENT Scotland
British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists (BAHNO)
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh fellow (RCSEd)
British Medical Association (BMA)
Medical Protection Society (MPS)
Professional leadership
I have set up the Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) programme and am the TORS lead for South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust from January 2016. I am expanding the service by training a Head and Neck (H&N) cancer colleague and a H&N fellow. I am the H&N representative on the RCSEd Robotic Taskforce and am a contributing author for the RCSEd guidelines 'Development of new robotic surgical services: A guide to good practice'.
I am the H&N representative on the RCSEd Robotic Taskforce and am a contributing author for the RCSEd guidelines 'Development of new robotic surgical services: A guide to good practice'. I am past lead of the South Tyneside and Sunderland Head & Neck MDT.
Research and publications
I have an active interest in enrolling patients in national H&N clinical trials and I am the Primary Investigator (PI) for the MOSES clinical trial, the co-PI for the PATHOS clinical trial and am currently launching the PETNECK2 clinical trial in my NHS Trust.
Current NHS posts
Sunderland Royal Hospital (South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust)
Contact information
| Private secretary | Susan Paul |
| Private secretary telephone | 07494391989 |
| Private secretary email | susan.paul4@nhs.net |