Mr Jahangir Ahmed

Professional statement

Mr Jahangir Ahmed is a consultant ENT surgeon based in London, specialising in sleep apnoea, snoring and thyroid disorders, as well as head and neck cancer, nasal obstruction and voice disorders. He privately practises OneWelbeck ENT, The London Clinic and Nuffield Health at St Bartholemew's Hospital, St John & St Elizabeth Hospital, HCA UK at The Shard and The Harley Street Clinic, part of HCA Healthcare UK. He also holds consultant positions at Barts Health and University College Hospitals NHS Trusts, where he plays a pivotal role as the chair of the head and neck multidisciplinary team (MDT) at Barts Health and as a key member of the Barts Thyroid MDT.

Mr Ahmed's medical education began at King’s College, Cambridge University, where he achieved the Harmer Prize for Medicine and completed an MA in experimental psychology. He continued his clinical education at Imperial College London, graduating with the Gold Medal in Pathology.
 
His underwent higher surgical training in ENT at various locations, including The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Great Ormond Street, St Bartholomew’s, The Royal London and Charing Cross Hospitals. During this time, he secured research fellowships from The Wellcome Trust and Barts and London Charity and was a Royal College of Surgeons academic research fellow, culminating in a PhD from The Barts Cancer Institute, where he focused on developing immunotherapeutic cancer treatments.

Mr Ahmed has a high-volume surgical practice and is highly skilled in the management of voice disorders, complex airway reconstructions and both benign and malignant head and neck tumours. His expertise spans all subsites, including the tonsils, tongue, pharynx, larynx, salivary glands and thyroid. As a core thyroid surgeon in the Barts Thyroid MDT - one of the largest thyroid cancer groups in the UK - he specialises in advanced thyroid cancer surgery.

In addition, Mr Ahmed leads a unique tertiary referral service for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients who are refractory to CPAP therapy. He's one of the few surgeons in the UK with expertise in transoral robotic surgery using the DaVinci robotic system, offering minimally invasive surgical options to remove obstructive tissue or tumours. His team's audit has shown remarkable outcomes, with 90 per cent of CPAP-dependent OSA patients successfully transitioning off CPAP following robotic surgery.

Mr Ahmed also performs advanced procedures such as laser surgery, microlaryngoscopy, robotic surgery, and endoscopic sinus surgery, providing state-of-the-art, scarless, minimally invasive treatment from the nasal passage to the voice box. He runs dedicated one-stop head and neck and voice clinics at Barts Health and collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive care for sleep-disordered breathing, from snoring to severe OSA.

Mr Ahmed holds a PGCert in Medical Education and serves as the education co-lead at Barts Health, supporting North Thames surgical trainees and junior doctors. He is also a faculty member for several instructional ENT courses in London, ensuring his commitment to teaching and training the next generation of ENT specialists.