Professor Bhik Kotecha

 Professional experience

• More than 40 years of experience
• Consultant ENT surgeon, Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital (1995 to present)
• Consultant ENT surgeon, Spire Hartswood Hospital (present)
• Consultant ENT surgeon, UME Health (2015 to present)
• Consultant ENT surgeon, Westland Medical Centre (present)
• Consultant ENT surgeon, Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital (1995 to 2019)
• Consultant ENT surgeon, Queens University Hospital (1995 to 2021)
• ​Consultant ENT surgeon, BHR Hospital NHS Trust (1995 to 2019)

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 Sub-specialties

• Adenoidectomy (child and adult)
• Adult audiology hearing aid provision
• Allergic rhinitis (hayfever)
• Ambulatory home sleep study assessment
• Antral washout
• Balloon sinuplasty
• Broken nose
• Clearing of the sinuses
• Complex congenital disorders
• Deafness
• Deviated septum
• Diagnostic endoscopy
• Drug induced sleep endoscopy
• Ear draining
• Ear infections
• Ear pinning (pinnaplasty)
• Ear syringing
• Ear wax removal (mircosuction)
• Eardrum perforations
• Eardrum repair
• Endoscopic sinus surgery
• Epistaxis (nose bleeding)
• Excision of skin lesion
• Facial palsy
• Frenotomy
• Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS)
• Functional nasal surgery
• GORD (gastroesophageal reflux disease)
• Grommet insertion
• Hearing and balance problems
• Hearing loss
• Hoarseness
• Labyrinthitis
• Laryngitis
• Laryngoscopy
• Larynx diagnostic endoscopy
• Mastoid surgery
• Meniere’s Disease
• Microscopic laryngeal surgery
• Middle ear surgery
• Nasal blockage and congestion
• Nasal polyps
• Noisy breathing 
• Nose swelling removal
• Otitis externa
• Otitis media (glue ear)
• Paediatric ENT problems
• Palatoplasty with laser or radiofrequency technique
• Parotid gland removal
• Polypectomy
• Rhinitis
• Rhinoplasty (or nose reshaping)
• Septoplasty
• Sinusitis
• Sleep related breathing disorders
• Sleep study and investigations
• Smell disorders and treatment
• Snoring problems
• Stopping nose bleeds (nasal cautery)
• Submandibular gland removal
• Swallowing disorder (dysphagia)
• Thyroid problems
• Thyroidectomy
• Thyroglossal duct surgery
• Tinnitus
• Tongue tie
• Tonsillitis
• Tonsillitis vertigo
• Tonsillectomy
• Tympanoplasty
• Vertigo
• Vocal cord disorders
• Voice problems
• Voicebox and vocal chords examination by camera

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 Positions in public associations

• Assistant Editor, Journal of Laryngology and Otology (present)
• ​President of the Sleep Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine (2009 to 2011)
• Steering Group member of the National Comparative Audit for ENT (1994 to 2003)

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 Teaching posts

• Honorary clinical professor,  Barts and the London School of Medicine (2016 to present)
• Speaker, OSA Academy (present)
• Examiner, Court of Examiners, The Royal College of Surgeons of England (2006 to 2017)
• Honorary senior lecturer, University College London (1995 to 2019)
• Clinical examiner, British Association of Audiological Technicians (previous)
• Professor Kotecha is a recognised trainer with the General Medical Council.

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 Education

• MB BCh, University of Wales, School of Medicine (1984)
• Diploma in Otolaryngology (DLO), The Royal College of Surgeons of England (1988)
• Fellowship, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1989)
• Fellowship, The Royal College of Surgeons of England (1990)
• Masters in Philosophy, University of Sussex (1994)
• Fellowship in Otolaryngology, The Royal College of Surgeons of England (1994)

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 Publications and conferences

• Professor Kotecha's research can be found on ResearchGate.
• Published textbook: Himender Makker, Matthew Walker, Hugh Selsick, Bhik Kotecha & Ama Johal – Oxford University Press, 2015
• Published textbook: Jagdeep Virk & Bhik Kotecha – Lambert Publication
• Professor Kotecha has published chapters in multiple text books.
• Cammaroto G, Bianchi G, Zhang H, Veer V, Kotecha B, Jacobowitz O, Llatas MC, de Apodaca PMR, Lugo R, Meccariello G, Iannella G, Gobbi R, Toh ST, Hsu YS, Baghat AY, Lechien JR, Calvo-Henriquez C, Chiesa-Estomba C, Barillari MR, Ibrahim B, Ayad T, Fakhry N, Hoff P, Thuler ER, Chan L, Kastoer C, Ravesloot M, De Vito A, Montevecchi F, Vicini C. Sleep medicine in otolaryngology units: an international survey. Sleep Breath. 2021 Dec;25(4):2141-2152. doi: 10.1007/s11325-020-02243-6. Epub 2020 Nov 20. Erratum in: Sleep Breath. 2021 Sep 14;: PMID: 33216312.
• Kotecha B, Wong PY, Zhang H, Hassaan A. A novel intraoral neuromuscular stimulation device for treating sleep-disordered breathing. Sleep Breath. 2021 Dec;25(4):2083-2090. doi: 10.1007/s11325-021-02355-7. Epub 2021 Mar 26. PMID: 33772397; PMCID: PMC8590646.
• Baptista PM, Martínez Ruiz de Apodaca P, Carrasco M, Fernandez S, Wong PY, Zhang H, Hassaan A, Kotecha B. Daytime Neuromuscular Electrical Therapy of Tongue Muscles in Improving Snoring in Individuals with Primary Snoring and Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea. J Clin Med. 2021 Apr 27;10(9):1883. doi: 10.3390/jcm10091883. PMID: 33925376; PMCID: PMC8123870.

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 Prizes and awards

• GG2 Professional of the Year Award (2014)
• Winner of Hospital Doctor Team of the Year Award, Sleep Medicine section (2004)
• First Prize Barking Havering and Redbridge Trust Innovation Award Scheme funded by NHS Modernisation Agency (2003)
• Finalist for Hospital Doctor Team of the Year Award, Sleep Medicine section (2002)
• Prize for best presentation 17th International Conference of Young Otorhinolaryngologist, Russia (1993)
• TWJ Fellowship to Beziers, France (1992)
• Gold Medal at British Academic Conference of Otolaryngology, Dublin (1991)
• Block Prize in Respiratory Medicine (1984)
• D.J. Harries Prize in Surgery (1984)

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 Professional membership

• Fellow, The Royal College of Surgeons of Otolaryngology
• Fellow, The Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Fellow, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Fellow, British Association of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
• Member, British Medical Association
• Member, Royal Society of Medicine
• Member, ENT UK
• Expert adviser for NICE OSA guidelines 2019-2021

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