Professional experience
• More than 35 years of experience• Consultant, The Platinum Clinic, London
• Consultant, The Chesterfield Clinic, Bristol• Consultant in Otorhinolaryngology, Royal National Throat, Head and Neck Surgery, Nose and Ear Hospital, London• Consultant ENT Surgeon, University College London Hospital• Consultant ENT Surgeon, Royal Free London Hospital• Professor of Head and Neck Surgery, University of Liverpool• Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Liverpool• Reader in Head and Neck Surgery, University of Bristol• Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol
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Sub-specialties
• Laryngology• Voice
• Vocal cord paralysis• Pharyngeal pouch and dysphagia• Airway stenosis• Hoarseness
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Positions in public associations
• Honorary Consultant ENT Surgeon, UCLH• Honorary Consultant ENT Surgeon, Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital
• NIHR Senior Investigator
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Teaching posts
• Professor of Laryngology, University College London• Professor of Laryngology, Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital
• Professor of Head and Neck Surgery, University of Liverpool, 2004-5• Professor of Head and Neck Surgery, John Farndon Professor of Surgery, University of Bristol, 2006-2009
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Education
• Addenbrooke's Hospital School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge• University of Cambridge, Jesus College (1979-1985)
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (General Surgery, ENT and ORL), 1988, 1989, 1994• Doctor of Medicine, University of Cambridge, 1994• Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 2011
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Publications and conferences
• 1. Elliott MJ, Butler CR, Varanou-Jenkins A, et al Tracheal Replacement Therapy with a Stem Cell-Seeded Graft: Lessons from Compassionate Use Application of a GMP-Compliant Tissue-Engineered Medicine. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2017 Jun;6(6):1458-1464• 2. Butler CR, Hynds RE, Gowers KH, et al Rapid Expansion of Human Epithelial Stem Cells Suitable for Airway Tissue Engineering. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Jul 15;194(2):156-68.
• 3. Hamilton N, Kanani M, Roebuck D, et al. Tissue-engineered tracheal replacement in a child: a 4-year follow-up study. American J Transplantation, 2015: Jun 2. doi: 10.1111/ajt.13318• 4. Fishman JM, Lowdell MW, Urbani L, Ansari T, Burns AJ, Turmaine M, North J, Sibbons P, Seifalian AM, Wood KJ, Birchall MA, De Coppi P. Immunomodulatory effect of a decellularized skeletal muscle scaffold in a discordant xenotransplantation model. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Aug 27;110(35):14360-5• 5. Mehrban N, Abelardo E, Wasmuth A, Hudson KL, Mullen LM, Thomson AR, Birchall MA, Woolfson DN. Assessing Cellular Response to Functionalized α-Helical Peptide Hydrogels. Adv Healthc Mater. 2014 Mar• 6. Lowdell MW, Birchall M, Thrasher AJ. Use of one-off, compassionate use, advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMP) as a safe and valid alternative to animal models for pre-clinical data for clinical trial submissions? Lancet, 2012 Jun 23;379(9834):2341.• 7. Banwell EF, Abelardo ES, Adams DJ, Birchall MA, Corrigan A, Donald AM, Kirkland M, Serpell LC, Butler MF, Woolfson DN. Rational design and application of responsive alpha-helical peptide hydrogels. Nature Materials
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Prizes and awards
• Morgan Stanley Briton of the Year (Science and Technology, 2008)• One of only four ENT surgeons listed in the Sunday Times "Top 100 Surgeons" list (2011)
• BMA Jobson-Horne Prize for contributions to Otolaryngology (2009)• Morgan Stanley/Daily Telegraph Great Briton award 2008 (Science & Technology)• Wellcome Clinical Leave Fellowship (2001)
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Professional membership
• Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences• President, British Laryngological Association
• American Broncho-Esophagological Association• European Laryngology Society (past committee member)• Otorhinolaryngological Research Society (past president)• Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of England
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Patient reviews
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18/03/2024
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Excellent results from SIBO course of treatment, many thanks!
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14/03/2024
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Professor Birchall was amazing, he was so compassionate and understanding and caring. Took his time and wasn’t rushed. Clearly knows all he is sharing. There should be many more doctors like him, who care about the suffering EDS can cause to patients. Cant recommend enough. .
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28/02/2024
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Professor Birchall made me feel comfortable. He allowed me time to speak and gave me a clear plan of the next steps he would advise. I am grateful for his help and for the first time in a long while I feel a bit more hopeful.
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12/01/2024
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