Ms Wendy Smith

 Professional experience

• More than 35 years of experience
• Consultant ENT Surgeon, Glendon Wood Hospital (present)

 Sub-specialties

• Vertigo
• Balance disorders
• Ear infections
• Recurrent sore throats
• Hearing loss
• Tonsillectomy

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 Positions in public associations

• ENT UK Director of Education, Royal College of Surgeons of England (present)
• Chair of Medicine Management Committee, Kettering General Hospital (2018 - present)
• Member of the Executive Committee of the Court of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2021 - present)
• Member of Council of the Otology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine (2021 - 2024)
• Co-chair of Council of the Community ENT Group (part of ENT UK)
• Honorary Secretary and member of the British Society of Head and Neck Imaging
• Treasurer of Anglo-French ENT Society

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 Education

• BPharm (Hons), University of Bath (1988)
• MBBS (Hons), King's College, London (1995)
• MRCS (Eng), Royal College of Surgeons of England (1998)
• DLO RCS (Eng.) (2000)
• Intercollegiate FRCS (ORL-HNS) Gold Medal (2004)
• CCT (2006)
• FRPharmS (2023)

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 Publications and conferences

• You can see Mrs Smith's publications on ResearchGate. 
• Book chapters in Scott-Brown’s Otolaryngology 8th Edition (2018):
• Two chapters as sole author: Drug therapy in Rhinology; Drug therapy in Otology
• Co-author in drug therapy in Head and Neck Surgery.
• Smith W, Loizidou M, Mazzone S, Mumtaz F, Gurusamy K, Ranieri V, Tran M. Protocol for a mixed-method study to assess chronic cough in patients with renal cell carcinoma: the prevalence, impact on quality of life, trigger and potential clinical application of chronic cough as an early screening tool in patients with kidney cancer. BMJ Open. 2023;13(11):e074077 doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2023-074077
• CRD42022302962 Prevalence, risk factors and persistence of cough in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC): A systematic review. PROSPERO Registered 11/04/2022 https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42022302962
• The quality of life and cost benefits of domiciliary 24 hour piperacillin/tazobactam 13.5g infusion in patients with necrotising otitis 2022. externa.https://academic.oup.com/jacamr/article/4/Supplement_1/dlac004.007/6529597
• Chronic Cough Patient Pathway for Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Care Jaclyn Smith, Alyn Morice, Surinder S. Birring, Lorcan McGarvey, James Hull, Wendy Smith, Sean Parker, Liam G. Heaney, Mike Thomas, Helen Fowles, Ian Pavord, Jemma Haines, Julia Selby, Hal Stockley, Haya Langerman Abstract and Presented at the American Thoracic Society 2021 DOI:10.1164/AJRCCM-CONFERENCE.2021.203.1_MEETINGABSTRACTS.A2364 Corpus ID: 235534230
• Smith W K. Managing Common Ear Problems: Discharge, Earache and Dizziness. The Pharmaceutical Journal. 2019; 303(7931) online | DOI: 10.1211/PJ.2019.2020725731https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/ld/managing-common-ear-problems-discharge-ache-and-dizziness
• The use of ESR and pain scores to determine the duration of antibiotic therapy in patients with necrotizing otitis externa 2022. https://academic.oup.com/jacamr/article/4/Supplement_1/dlac004.008/6529602
• Smith W. Rapid response to A Guttural Cough. BMJ.com 25.1.2021 (non-peer reviewed)
• Smith W Hasham A. How to counsel patients on the administration of nasal sprays, drops and ointments and performing nasal irrigation. The Pharmaceutical Journal. October 2021.https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/ld/how-to-counsel-patients-on-the-administration-of-nasal-sprays-drops-and-ointments-and-performing-nasal-irrigation
• Smith W. Rhinosinusitis: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Management in Community Pharmacy. The Pharmaceutical Journal. July 2021; Online: https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/ld/rhinosinusitis-symptoms-diagnosis-and-management-in-community-pharmacy
• Smith W, Subrahmanyam HK, Naidu L. The Use of Serial Non-EPI DWI MRI Scans to Determine the Growth of Cholesteatoma. Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.2021; 3 (28). https://doi.org/10.1097/mao.0000000000002188
• Smith W K, Banerjee S. Approaches to a Successful Myringoplasty – Which Factors Make a Myringoplasty Difficult. Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. 2021; 29 (1).
• Smith W K, Subrahmanyam H. The Use of Non-EPI DWI MRI Scanning in the Management of Cholesteatoma. Asian Journal of Research in Surgery. 2020; 3 (4).
• Smith W K, Subrahmanyam HK, Watt P, Sheldon, J. A Pathway to Optimise Performing an Emergency Tracheostomy in Patients Failing Endotracheal Intubation. Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports. 2020; 3 (10).
• Smith W K, Subrahmanyam HK. Dual Cholesteatoma in a Non-operated Ear: A Rare Presentation. Asian Journal of Case Reports in Medicine. 2020; 2 (3). https://journalajcrmh.com/index.php/AJCRMH/article/view/39

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 Prizes and awards

• Awarded Honorary Senior Lecturer at Leicester Medical School in April 2019.
• Awarded the Gold Medal by the Royal Society of Medicine section of Laryngology and Otology in the intercollegiate FRCS (ORL-HNS) examination in November 2004.
• South Thames (West) Regional Otolaryngology Prize for presentation on “The Use of Post-nasal Balloon Catheters in the Management of Epistaxis.” April 2000.
• Designated a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. November 2023.

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 Professional membership

• British Rhinological Society
• Indian Society of Otology
• British Society of Otology
• British Association of Paediatric Otolaryngology
• ENT UK

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