Professor Mahmood Bhutta

Clinical interests

• Cholesteatoma
• Dizziness
• Ear discharge
• Glue ear
• Hearing reconstruction (ossiculoplasty and stapedectomy)
• Hearing implants
• Hole in the eardrum
• Grommets
• Mastoidectomy (for cholesteatoma)
• Repair of hole in the ear drum (tympanoplasty)
• Septoplasty
• Sinus surgery
• Tonsillectomy
• Tinnitus
• Wax

Current memberships

• Member of the International Society for Otitis Media
• British Society of Otology and British Medical Association
• Royal College of Surgeons of England

Professional Profile

I'm a consultant ENT surgeon with experience in all disorders of the ear nose throat and neck, but with a special interest in otology (disease of the ear). 

I treat a range of conditions, including hearing loss, tinnitus, glue ear, holes in the eardrum, and cholesteatoma. I currently run the regional ear implant service. At the end of my training I was awarded the TWJ Otology Fellowship as the top trainee in ear surgery in the UK.  In my first year as a consultant I won an award for excellent patient care.

I have diverse academic interests in ear disease and global health. I was formally Phizackerley Senior scholar at Balliol College Oxford where my DPhil was in genetic susceptibility to otitis media (inflammation of the middle ear). I now work on global ear disease, and have trained health workers in Cambodia, Nepal, South Africa, Fiji, Malawi, Zambia and Uganda. I am consultant to the WHO program on prevention of deafness and hearing loss.

Finally, I work with national and international partners on environmental and labour rights harms in healthcare supply chains, and on this topic am advisor to several government organisations.