Mr Okechukwu Okonkwo

ENT specialist in Gloucester & Cheltenham

MBBS MRes(Distinction) FRCS ORL-HNS

GMC: 6134998

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Mr Okechukwu Okonkwo is a leading consultant ENT surgeon based in Gloucester. His areas of expertise include the management of sinusitis, nasal polyps, rhinitis, and blocked nose, as well as smell and taste disorders, hay fever, and allergies. He is highly proficient in sinus surgery, rhinoplasty, septoplasty, and the treatment of skin cancers of the head and neck.

Mr Okonkwo consults privately at Winfield Hospital, at Nuffield Health Cheltenham Hospital, and at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. Notably, Mr Okonkwo established the South West of England’s first specialist NHS clinic dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of smell and taste disorders at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, in collaboration with the Fifth Sense charity.

With over 15 years’ experience, Mr Okonkwo originally qualified with an MBBS and a Master’s in Medical Research from Newcastle University. He undertook specialist training in Manchester, before going on to complete two prestigious fellowships. This included a fellowship in facial aesthetics and reconstructive medicine in London and a fellowship in complex sinus and anterior skull-base surgery in Birmingham.

Mr Okonkwo holds esteemed fellowship in otolaryngology - head and neck surgery to the Royal College of Surgeons and he is also a council member of the British Rhinology Society. Furthermore, he holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education from Edge Hill University and he is an honorary lecturer and examiner at the University of Bristol, along with being involved as faculty in national ENT courses. He has additionally published numerous publications in peer-reviewed medical journals.

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Credentials

GMC: ‍6134998

Professional experience

• More than 15 years of experience
• Consultant ENT Surgeon, Winfield Hospital (present)
• Consultant ENT Surgeon, Nuffield Health Cheltenham Hospital (present)
• Consultant ENT Surgeon, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (present)
• Consultant ENT Surgeon, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2020 – present)
• Consultant ENT Surgeon, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (2019)

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Sub-specialties

• Nasoendoscopy
• Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS)
• Allergy test
• Smell testing
• Olfactory testing
• Cryotherapy
• Nasal implants

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Positions in public associations

• Mr Okonkwo has set up the South West of England’s first specialist NHS smell and taste disorders clinic at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in conjunction with the Fifth Sense charity.
• Council Member, British Rhinology Society (present)

Teaching posts

• Honorary Lecturer and Examiner, University of Bristol (present)

Education

• FRCS (ORL-HNS), Royal College of Surgeons of England
• PgCert in Medical Education, Edge Hill University
• MRes in Medical Research, Newcastle University
• MBBS, Newcastle University (2007)

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Publications and conferences

• Mr Okonkwo’s publications are available on his PubMed profile

Professional membership

• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Royal Society of Medicine
• European Rhinological Society
• British Society of Facial Plastic Surgery

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Languages spoken

English