Salford Royal Hospital ENT Skull Base Fellowship

Based at: Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester

Surgical Specialty Association approving: None

Fellowship period:  September to September

Supervisor/Lead Consultant: Simon Lloyd/Simon Freeman

Fellowship duration: 12 months

Stated learning outcomes:

  • To become competent in the clinical and surgical management of lateral skull base disease
  • To become experienced in the management of complex otology both medically and surgically
  • To become experienced in the management of patients with profound hearing loss through cochlear and auditory brainstem implantation
  • To become experienced in the management of patients with NF2 related schwannomatosis

Clinical competencies to be achieved:

  • Develop the surgical repertoire to deal with the full range of lateral skull base pathology
  • Become experienced in the management of lateral skull base disease
  • Become able to deal with all aspects of temporal bone disease including surgical management and management of neurotological conditions
  • Become competent in managing patients with profound sensorineural hearing loss through cochlear and auditory brainstem implantation

The number of main operations the fellow could expect to be involved in:

  • Approximately 50 translabyrinthine vestibular schwannoma removals
  • Approximately 30 other lateral skull base procedures
  • Approximately 200 middle ear surgeries including cochlear implantation

Fellows awarded Fellowship Certificate (dates of Fellowship):

Fellow

Year

Current post

Peter Kuller

24/25

Current fellow

Nejc Steiner

23/24

Consultant, Manchester, UK

Fiona McLenaghan

22/23

Locum Consultant, Guys and St Thomas Hospital, UK

Eadaoin O’Cathain

21/22

Consultant, Cork, Ireland

Matthew Smith

20/21

Consultant, Cambridge, UK

Mathieu Trudel

19/20

Consultant, Quebec, Canada

Dan Moualed

18/19

Consultant, Swindon, UK

Emma Stapleton

17/18

Consultant, Manchester, UK

Hannah North

16/17

Consultant, Sydney, Australia

Jay Doshi

15/16

Consultant, Birmingham, UK

Monica Rodriguez

14/15

Consultant, Mexico City, Mexico

Priya Achar

13/14

Consultant, Nottingham, UK

Georgios Kontorinis

12/13

Consultant, Glasgow, UK

Fergal Glynn

11/12

Consultant, Dublin, Ireland

Jaya Nichani

10/11

Consultant, Manchester, UK

Timetable

 

am

pm

Mon

Skull base list/Paediatric CI

Skull base list/Paediatric CI

Tues

Skull base list/Otology list

Skull base list/Otology list

Wed

Otology list/CI MDT

Otology list/ NF2 MDT

Thurs

Otology list/Otology clinic

Otology list/Skull base clinic

Fri

Skull base MDT/Research

Research