Present Appointments

Consultant Audiological Physician
& Lead Physician for Cochlear Implant
Paediatric Cochlear Implant Program
Great Ormond Street Hospital.
London. WCIN 3JH.
Ph 0207-813-8316
Fax:0207-829-7877

Secretary: Waseema Chaudhuri
Tel: 0044(0)2074059200 ext 0347
Fax: 0044(0)207 813 8149

HAMAC
Harley Street Paediatric Group
78-Harley Street
London. W1G 7HJ

Honorary Senior Lecturer In Audiological Medicine University College London.

Consulting at Princess Margaret hopsital, Osborne street, Windsor. My main responsibilities involve diagnosing and managing hearing loss in very young children to adolescents. I see at risk children and monitor their hearing.

I am the lead clinician in Cochlear Implant program at this hospital, this is one of the largest paediatric cochlear implant program in U.K and we have a team of 21 people from Multi-disciplinary background.

Special interest:

• Aetiological investigations of Hearing loss
• Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum
• Cochlear Implant
• Hearing assessment in difficult to test children
• Deaf-Blind children.

We have carried research into various aspects of benefits from cochlear implant and have developed assessment program for children with additional disabilities such as deafness and blindness.

I lecture on courses held at Institute of child health for MSc in Audiological Medicine, MRCPCH part 2 course, developmental examination of a child as well as FRCS Otolo course held at Institute of Otolaryngology. I lecture at Ear Foundation, Nottingham.

I am a member of Audiological Medicine teaching committee.

I am a member of Specialist training Committee and the Educational Supervisor for junior doctors in training in Audiological Medicine for North Thames Deanery.

Research

‘’HEARING LOSS AFTER MENINGOCOCCAL SEROGROUP B DISEASE: FINDINGS FROM A NATIONALCASE-CONTROL STUDY’’  due to be published

"Role of Sodium Thiosulphate in reducing oto-toxicity of Platinium based drugs". It is an international study and I am co-ordinating the Audiology protocol and will be centrally reviewing the Audiology data.

Experience in Medicolegal work:

I have been working as an expert witness since 1999 and my special interests include ear and hearing disorders after head injury and whiplash, oto-toxicity and noise induced hearing loss. I see clients of all ages.

I have also written reports on Medical Negligence cases and child abuse and non-accidental injuries to ears in very young children.

I have worked on defence team for the NHS trust.