Mr Christopher Pepper

Professional statement

Mr Christopher Pepper is a leading consultant paediatric ENT surgeon, specialising in treating babies through to teenagers with all types of ear, nose, and throat conditions in the UK and internationally. His areas of expertise include snoring, obstructive sleep apnoea, tonsillitis, coblation tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, grommets, airway and breathing difficulties, voice problems, and neck lumps. He also looks after these conditions in children with complex underlying medical disorders. He is also the current head of the paediatric ENT department at the Evelina London Children's Hospital. 

Mr Pepper graduated from Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Medical School, and went on to complete his basic and higher surgical training in London. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2013 and completed a specialist fellowship in children's ENT at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In 2015, he was appointed as a full-time specialist Childrens ENT Consultant at the Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust. 

He is a key member of the complex airway management team for children with upper and lower airway disorders. He is the regional lead for head and neck lumps in children, a member of the vascular anomaly multi-disciplinary team, and runs the service for babies born with airway obstruction due to large swellings. He trains senior doctors in complex children's ENT surgery and is the educational supervisor for senior ENT trainees in the department. He is also a member of the annual trainee review panel and Specialty Advisory Group. Mr Pepper is invited to talk at conferences and teach on numerous paediatric ENT courses in the UK and Europe.