Edinburgh ENT is a private ear, nose, and throat clinic based in Edinburgh, Scotland. We consist of a team of consultant ear, nose, and throat surgeons dedicated to providing you with high quality, personalised care.
Have a look at our surgeon directory to see their qualifications and specialist surgical interests to find one who suits you.
We offer a variety of specialist ear, nose and throat services.
Hearing loss, tinnitus, ear wax, dizziness, ear shape, infections, and glue ear
Sinusitis, the shape of your nose, nose septum issues, and nose bleeds.
Thyroid issues, swollen lymph nodes, tonsilitis, and head and neck cancer.
Have a look at our list of consultant ear, nose and throat surgeons.
Mr Adamson is an ENT and Head and Neck Surgeon in Edinburgh with special interests in thyroid disease, salivary gland disorders, and voice and swallowing problems. He runs a specialist multidisciplinary voice clinic and is an intergral part of the neck lump assessment service. He is also part of the South-East Scotland Endocrine Multidisciplinary group specialising in thyroid surgery for advanced and metastatic thyroid cancers.
Mr Adamson is a Consultant ENT Surgeon working in Edinburgh. His interests are thyroid disease, salivary gland disease, voice and swallowing problems. He is an expert in the assessment and management of neck lumps.
Mr Adamson is a member of the Thyroid Cancer team based at the Royal Infirmary and is also a member of the British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons. He frequently undertakes surgeries for benign and malignant thyroid disorders.
Mr Adamson has a strong research background in swallowing and voice problems including a Masters Degree in advanced swallowing and voice research awarded by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He holds an honorary senior lecturership with the University of Edinburgh and is actively involved with training both medical students and postgraduate doctors. Until recently he was the Training Programme Director for ENT training in the East of Scotland Training Scheme.
Mr Adamson's main research interest is in the management of pre-malignant diseases of the voice box and he runs the only specialist clinic for this problem in Scotland.
MB.BS, FRCSEd(ORL-HNS), MSc, DMI
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Consultant ENT Surgeon, University Department of ENT Surgery, Edinburgh
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Edinburgh University
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Spire Hospitals, Edinburgh
Swallowing and voice disorders
Salivary gland problems
Thyroid problems/cancers
Neck lumps
Premalignant disease (dyplasia) of the voice box
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
ENT UK
British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons
British Laryngological Society
ENT Scotland
South-East Scotland Cancer Network
Edinburgh Endocrinology Centre, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Medical Defense Union
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
MSc in advanced Speech and Swallowing Research, Newcastle University
Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Informatics (RCSEd)
Newcastle, Edinburgh and Dundee
University Department of ENT, Christchurch New Zealand
Observational Fellowship - Department of ENT, Iowa University Hospital, Iowa, USA
Member of the South East Scotland Thyroid multidisciplinary team
Member of the ENTUK expert panel
External advisor and advisor mentor - Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland
Thursday mornings and alternate Friday mornings at the Spire Shawfair Hospital
Mr Iain Nixon is an academic ENT, Head and Neck and Thyroid Surgeon in Edinburgh. He is part of the South East Scotland multidisciplinary group for Endocrine and Head and Neck Cancer as well as the Edinburgh neck lump assessment service.
Mr Iain Nixon is an academic ENT, Head and Neck and Thyroid Surgeon in Edinburgh. He is part of the South East Scotland multidisciplinary group for Endocrine and Head and Neck Cancer as well as the Edinburgh neck lump assessment service.
I am an Ear Nose and Throat surgeon in NHS Lothian and an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Edinburgh University.
My background is in ENT surgery, however I chose to specialize in head and neck surgery, for both benign and malignant conditions. Following standard UK higher surgical training, I completed advanced fellowship training in Guys and St Thomas' Hospital, London and then further super specialised training in one of the world's most highly regarded head and neck cancer hospitals: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
During this time I developed an interest in the management of thyroid disease, and completed a PhD in 2013.
As well as achieving the highest possible clinical training, I have always been passionate about research. I am current head and neck cancer lead for NHS Lothian. I am involved in multi centre studies in head and neck / thyroid surgery.
In contrast to most UK doctors I am very active in research both in the UK and on an international front. I am a recognised world expert in the management of thyroid cancer, having written a PhD on the subject. I regularly teach and present work on this subject at national and international meetings. My major interest is in the conservative management of well differentiated thyroid cancer.
I have spoken across the UK, Europe and North America on the subject and national and international levels, with special recognition from the Royal Society for Medicine, the British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists, the New York Head and Neck Society, the American Head and Neck Society and the American Thyroid Association.
Having completed my training I worked for 2 years in East Kent as an ENT consultant before taking up my current academic position in Edinburgh.
My current scope of practice includes not only general adult ENT surgery but thyroid surgery and head and neck surgery.
PhD, MB.ChB, MRCS(Ed), FRCS(ORL-HNS)
4614412
Consultant ENT Surgeon, University Department of ENT Surgery, Edinburgh
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer Edinburgh University
NHS Research Scotland Fellow
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Spire Hospitals, Edinburgh
Swallowing and voice disorders
Salivary gland problems
Thyroid problems/cancers
Neck lumps
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
ENT UK
British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons
British Association of Head and Neck Oncology
American Head and Neck Society
ENT Scotland
South-East Scotland Cancer Network
Edinburgh Endocrinology Centre, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Medical Protection Society
University of Glasgow
PhD Thyroid Cancer Outcomes
Higher Surgical Training - West of Scotland
Research Fellowship – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Clinical Fellowship - Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital, London
Advanced Clinical Fellowship – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Current lead of the South East Scotland Head and Neck Cancer multidisciplinary team
Member of the South East Scotland Thyroid multidisciplinary team
Editorial Board European Archives of Otolaryngology
Editorial Board Journal of the ENT Masterclass
Member of International Head and Neck Scientific Group
Alternating Thursday evenings at the Spire Shawfair Hospital
Mr Gohil is a Consultant ENT Surgeon based in Edinburgh – he specialises in conditions of the nose and sinuses alongside general ENT. His expertise lies in endoscopic sinus surgery including its extended applications; nasal airway corrective surgery; septorhinoplasty and nasal plastic surgery. His current interests lie in functional septorhinoplasty, nasal septal perforations and novel transorbital endoscopic approaches to the skull base.
BMedSci (Hons.) BM BS FRCS(ORL-HNS) FRCSEd
7082953
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Consultant Rhinologist and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgeon, University Department of ENT Surgery, Edinburgh.
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, The University of Edinburgh
Consultant ENT Surgeon, St. Ellen’s Hospital, Livingston
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Spire Edinburgh Hospitals, Murrayfield and Shawfair Park, Edinburgh
Rhinology – complaints of the nose and sinuses
Nasal airway corrective surgery
Balloon Sinuplasty
Endoscopic and open sinus surgery – including extended approaches
Septorhinoplasty and Rhinoplasty Surgery
Cosmetic Nasal Surgery
Nasal Plastic Surgery
General ENT
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
ENT UK
ENT Scotland
British Society of Facial Plastic Surgeons
European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgeons
British Rhinological Society
European Rhinological Society
British Medical Association
University of Nottingham (Intercalation with first class honours)
Nottingham (East Midlands – Basic Surgical Training)
Dundee and Edinburgh (East of Scotland Deanery – Higher Surgical Training)
Post-CCT Fellowship in Advanced Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery – Wessex Deanery, UK
Post-CCT Fellowship in Anterior Skull Base Surgery – University Hospital Southampton, UK
Pre-CCT Skull Base Fellow, 1 year – Edinburgh
Member of the South East Scotland Skull Base Multidisciplinary team
Previous Trainee Representative, East of Scotland ENT Training Scheme
Clinical Supervisor to ENT Surgical Trainees, Edinburgh
Tutor, Surgical Sciences MSc, University of Edinburgh
Faculty on Surgical Courses (ENT, Rhinology, Facial Plastics, Neurosurgery)
Wednesday evening - Spire Edinburgh Hospitals
Friday morning – St. Ellen’s Hospital, Livingston
Mr Baring is an Edinburgh Teaching Hospital ENT Consultant Surgeon specialising in ear disease and paediatric ENT. He runs specialist clinics in ear disease, balance problems, tinnitus and paediatrics. He is the only ENT surgeon in Edinburgh encompassing care of both paediatric and adult patients allowing continuity of care as maturity develops which is of particular importance in ear disease.
Mr Baring is a Consultant ENT Surgeon working in Edinburgh. His particular interests are ear disease, including balance problems, and paediatric ENT as well as general ENT. He runs regular specialist clinics in vertigo, paediatrics, tinnitus and otology.
Mr Baring is the only ENT surgeon in Edinburgh seeing paediatric patients and continuing their care into adulthood. This is of particular relevance in ear disease where the approaches to disease alter with maturity. In addition he is developing an Adolescent service for ENT in the NHS to aid the transition from Paediatric to Adult care in all areas of ENT.
Mr Baring has an particular interest in Medial Education with additional postgraduate qualifications. This involves developing teaching modules for Medical students, Junior Doctors and other Medical specialties.
MBBS, FRCSEd(ORL-HNS), Dip Med Ed
4619730
Consultant ENT Surgeon, University Department of ENT Surgery, Edinburgh
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Edinburgh University
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Spire Hospitals, Edinburgh
Otology – Ear disease including balance and tinnitus
Paediatric ENT
General ENT
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
ENT UK
British Rhinology Society
British Society of Otology
British Tinnitus Association
Scottish Otolaryngology Society
Medical Protection Society
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education (University of Edinburgh)
Glasgow (West of Scotland training rotation)
Royal Hospital of Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow
Clinical Effectiveness & Audit Committee – Scottish Otolaryngology Society
Educational and Clinical Supervisor for ENT trainees in Edinburgh
External Advisor – Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland
Thursday afternoons, Thursday mornings, and Friday mornings at The Spire Shawfair Hospital, Edinburgh
Mr Ashley Hay is a consultant surgeon in ENT, Head and Neck and Thyroid surgery. He is a Consultant in Edinburgh and NHS Lothian. He is fully trained to see patients with all types of ENT (Ears Nose and Throat) conditions. He spends a majority of his clinical practice treating patients with neck lumps (including thyroid and salivary gland lumps) and problems with the throat, voice and swallowing.
Mr Ashley Hay is a consultant surgeon in ENT, Head and Neck and Thyroid surgery. He is a Consultant in Edinburgh and NHS Lothian. He is a member of the South East Scotland multidisciplinary groups for Head and Neck Cancer, Endocrine and Thyroid Cancer as well part of the Edinburgh neck lump assessment service.
He holds a Honorary Clinical Senior Lectureship at the Edinburgh University and regularly teaches students and lectures at national courses.
In addition to his clinical training he has achieved a MSc with Merit from University College London in Evidence Based Healthcare. This has fostered an interest in research and the application of how the science from studies and trials in collated, interpreted and used to further clinical practice. He also won competitive funding to complete a research fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, USA. During his research year he completed projects on TORS (Transoral Robotic Surgery), salivary gland cancers and nomograms. He has presented his work internationally and continues to be an active contributor to research and publications.
MBChB, MRCS, DOHNS, MSc, FRCS(ORL-HNS)
6147221
Consultant ENT Surgeon, University Department of ENT Surgery, Edinburgh
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer Edinburgh University
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Spire Hospitals, Edinburgh
Swallowing and voice disorders
Salivary gland problems
Thyroid problems/cancers
Neck lumps
General Medical Council
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
British Medical Association
ENT UK
British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons
British Association of Head and Neck Oncology
British Laryngological Society
ENT Scotland
South-East Scotland Cancer Network
Medical Defence Union
University of Manchester
MSc in Evidence Based Healthcare from UCL
South Thames Deanery
Research Fellowship – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Clinical Fellowship (TIG) - Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital, London
Advanced Clinical Fellowship in H&N Oncology– Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
South East Scotland Head and Neck Cancer multidisciplinary team
Tumour Site Lead and Clinical Governance lead
Clinical and Education supervisor
South East Scotland Thyroid multidisciplinary team
Teaching and training faculty
Wednesday mornings and alternate Saturday mornings at The Spire Shawfair Hospital, Edinburgh
Mr Evans is a Head and Neck Surgeon in Edinburgh with special interest in Head and Neck and throat cancers. He is the only ENT surgeon in the Scotland with subspeciality fellowship experience in surgery for snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea.
Mr Evans In a University teaching hospital Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon. His main interests are assessment and treatment of benign and malignant (cancerous) disorders of the head, neck and throat. These include disorders of voice, swallowing, lump in the throat sensation and salivary gland disease. He is an expert in the assessment and management of neck lumps being one of the founder members of the Lothian multidisciplinary head and neck lump clinic.
Mr Evans is the only surgeon in Scotland with subspecialty fellowship training in the assessment and surgical treatment of patients with sleep disordered breathing, including simple snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea. This includes detailed anatomical assessment using transnasal endoscopy. Surgical treatments include nasal correction, tonsil surgery and palatal and tongue base surgery using coblation. He is a recommended ENT specialist for assessment of patients considering a Somnowell 4th generation mandibular advancement device.
MB ChB, FRCS(ORL-HNS) (Edin.) DLO
4442831
Consultant Head & Neck Surgeon, Department of Otolaryngology, Edinburgh
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Spire Hospitals, Edinburgh
Assessment and surgery for snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea
Throat, swallowing and voice disorders
Assessment of neck lumps
Salivary gland disorders
Coblation surgery for upper airway disorders
Head and Neck cancers
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
ENT UK (British Association of Otolaryngologists, Head & Neck Surgeons)
Scottish Otolaryngological Society
South of Scotland Cancer Network (SCAN)
Medical Defence Union
British Medical Association
The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen (East of Scotland training rotation)
Fellow in Head and Neck surgery - Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
Fellow in upper airways reconstructive surgery for snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea - Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
Honorary senior lecturer, University Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Edinburgh
Member of the South East Scotland Head and Neck Cancer multidisciplinary team
Clinical Supervisor for ENT trainees in Edinburgh
University Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery audit lead
Tuesday evenings and Wednesday mornings at The Spire Shawfair Hospital, Edinburgh
Mr Williams is a teaching hospital subspecialist nose and sinus surgeon working in the private sector in Edinburgh. He is the only ENT surgeon in private practice in Edinburgh fully trained in the routine and advanced use of balloon sinuplasty techniques.
Mr Williams is a Consultant ENT Surgeon working in Edinburgh. Following extensive training in general ENT, Mr Williams gained advanced training in rhinology (nasal and sinus surgery) in Edinburgh and New Zealand. Over the past fifteen years he has developed a practice in the Edinburgh University Teaching Hospitals covering the advanced aspects of nasal and sinus disease.
He has particular interest in the extended applications of endoscopic sinus techniques including complex frontal sinus surgery, lacrimal and orbital surgery and management of nasal and sinus tumours. Mr Williams is the only ENT surgeon in private practice in Edinburgh fully trained in the routine and advanced use of balloon sinuplasty techniques. Mr Williams also has advanced training and experience in nasal reconstructive and plastic operations (rhinoplasty and septorhinoplasty). Mr Williams is a member of the British Rhinological Society and Rhinology liaison to the Edinburgh Head and Neck Cancer team.
Mr Williams has had a leading role in ENT undergraduate and postgraduate training. He was the lead for undergraduate ENT training for the University of Edinburgh for six years and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer with the University of Edinburgh. He is the lead trainer for postgraduate specialty ENT training in Edinburgh and sits on the National Training Committee. He is also a member of the UK national higher training selection team for ENT. Mr Williams is a member of the Specialty Advisory Committee in Ent to the Joint Committee on Surgical Training.
BSc, MB.BS, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(ORL-HNS)
3339545
Consultant ENT Surgeon, University Department of ENT Surgery, Edinburgh
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Spire Hospitals, Edinburgh
Nasal and sinus disease
Balloon sinuplasty
Rhinoplasty
Extended applications of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (Lacrimal, Orbital)
Nasal and sinus malignancy
Royal College of Surgeons of England
ENT UK
British Rhinological Society
European Rhinological Society
Scottish Otolaryngological Society
British Medical Association
St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School London
London and Edinburgh
University of Otago Department of ENT Surgery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Undergraduate Coordinator, ENT Training, University of Edinburgh
Lead Trainer for Postgraduate Specialist ENT Training Edinburgh
Monday and Tuesday mornings at The Spire Shawfair Hospital, Edinburgh
Mr Hathorn is an Edinburgh Teaching Hospital ENT Consultant Surgeon specialising in conditions of the nose and sinuses and in particular endoscopic sinus surgery and its extended applications, as well as general ENT. He established the Edinburgh endoscopic skull base service and provides endoscopic surgical support to the skull base, head and neck cancer, and thyroid eye multidisciplinary teams.
Mr Hathorn is a Consultant ENT Surgeon working in Edinburgh since 2013. His interests include nasal and sinus disease and their medical and surgical management, as well as general ENT. Along with a neurosurgical colleague he founded the Edinburgh Endoscopic Anterior Skull Base service which attracts referrals from Lothian, Fife, Forth Valley, Borders, and Dumfries and Galloway.
Mr Hathorn is a member of the Skull Base team at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and provides endoscopic support to the Head and Neck Cancer team and Thyroid Eye Disease team. He is a member of the British Rhinological Society, for which he has been the Scottish representative on council for the last 6 years (2015 - 2021). He has helped produce national subspecialty guidelines for the medical and surgical management of sinus disease and loss of smell related to COVID. He frequently undertakes surgery for benign and malignant sinus and nasal disease, with a specific interest in endoscopic sinus surgery and its extended applications, such as frontal, lacrimal, orbital and skull base surgery.
Mr. Hathorn has a strong research background, particularly in chronic rhinosinusitis and has completed a subspecialist Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery Fellowship at the renowned St. Paul’s Sinus Centre, Vancouver. He leads the Edinburgh site for a multicentre UK wide study looking into the best management for patients with sinusitis. He is an invited speaker and faculty for many National and International meetings and surgical training courses. He is an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer with the University of Edinburgh and is actively involved with training both medical students and postgraduate doctors. He has been the Associate Director of Medical Education, and Undergraduate Lead for NHS Lothian.
BSc, MBChB, DOHNS, FRCSEd (ORL-HNS), PGCMEd
6025696
Consultant ENT Surgeon, University Department of ENT Surgery, Edinburgh
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Spire Hospitals, Edinburgh
Nasal and Sinus disease – benign and malignant
Balloon sinuplasty
Endoscopic sinus surgery and extended applications (frontal, lacrimal, orbital, skull base surgery)
Septorhinoplasty surgery
General ENT
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
ENT UK
ENT Scotland (Chair of Rhinology Subgroup 2016-2018)
British Rhinological Society (Council member and Scottish representative 2015 – 2021)
European Rhinological Society
Medical Defence Union
British Medical Association
The University of Bristol
Higher Surgical Training - East of Scotland (Edinburgh, Dundee, Inverness)
Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery Fellowship, St. Paul’s Sinus Centre, Vancouver
Advanced Rhinology Training, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Associate Director of Medical Education, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh (2019 – 2021)
Undergraduate Lead, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh (2014 – 2021)
Clinical Supervisor ENT and GP trainees, Edinburgh
Examiner for MRCS (ENT)
Examiner Finals Examination, MBChB, University of Edinburgh
Monday 2-5pm/5-8pm alternating weeks at The Spire Shawfair Hospital, Edinburgh
We keep our payment process as simple as possible.
If insured, we will invoice your insurance company directly. There will be no excess payable except in exceptional circumstances. If your policy has an excess, you will be invoiced by Medserv on our behalf. If self-funding, Medserv will contact you directly with an invoice. Please note that, for many outpatient procedures, there is a second charge made by the hospital for equipment and consumables that will be billed separately.
If insured, the payment process will be the same as for outpatient consultations. At your consultation your consultant should have provided you with a treatment code for your surgery. You should get an all-inclusive guide price from the Spire Murrayfield which can be done directly or via their website here. This includes all aspects of your surgery, stay and a follow up appointment. The hospital will organise payment directly.
All consultations and procedures take place at the Spire Shawfair Park Hospital, Edinburgh.
If you have any queries, then please feel free to contact us.
