- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Awaiting
verification
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Adult
- Paediatric
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Ameeth Sanu is an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) consultant surgeon. He undertakes private consultations in Sancta Maria Hospital on Wednesday mornings. He has extensive experience in managing all Ear, Nose and Throat conditions. He specialises in nasal allergies, nasal surgery, hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo/dizziness, middle ear and inner ear surgery, correction of surfer’s ear, re-shaping of ears, paediatric ear surgery, non-cancerous head & neck surgery and thyroid surgery.
Mr Ameeth Sanu graduated in Medicine from Southern India in 2000. He joined the surgical training scheme in Wales in 2003. During his training, he conducted research at the common cold centre in Cardiff. His research included the study of nasal physiology, post-nasal drip/catarrh, nasal airflow, the effects of nasal airflow in nasal congestion and measures to relieve nasal congestion. He was awarded MPhil for his research by the Cardiff University. He completed the higher surgical training in Ear, Nose and Throat surgery in Wales. During his training, he worked towards improving the quality of care in the NHS and enhancing patients experience.
Mr Ameeth Sanu was appointed as the ENT consultant in Swansea in 2014. He works at Morriston, Singleton, Neath Port Talbot and Sancta Maria Hospitals. He is the clinical lead for audit and clinical governance in ENT. This role involves ensuring patient’s safety and to make sure that a high quality of care is provided to our patients. He is passionate about training the younger generation of surgeons in Wales and is the lead faculty for training the ENT surgeons at Morriston Hospital. He is the president of the Welsh Endoscopic Otology Society which takes him around the world teaching and learning new techniques of endoscopic ear surgery (minimally invasive key hole technique of ear surgery). This is a new technique of middle ear and inner ear micro-surgery done through the ear canal without the need for a big cut outside the ear.
Qualifications
MBBS, MRCS, DOHNS, MPhil, FRCS (ORL-HNS).
Areas of interest
General ENT, Paediatric ENT, nasal allergies, nasal surgery, hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo/dizziness, middle ear and inner ear surgery, correction of surfer’s ear, re-shaping of ears, paediatric ear surgery, non-cancerous head & neck surgery, thyroid surgery.
Medical secretaries
- Nicola
- Sancta Maria Hospital Ffynone Road SWANSEA SA1 6DF
- 07470 060868
- sanuameeth@gmail.com
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Ameeth Sanu has worked with Dr Nathan Tweed at the following hospitals:
- Sancta Maria Hospital (>50)
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Mr Ameeth Sanu has worked with Dr Anthony Liam Murphy at the following hospitals:
- Sancta Maria Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Ameeth Sanu has worked with Dr Michael P Gilbert at the following hospitals:
- Sancta Maria Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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E2501
Fibre optic examination of the pharynx +/- biopsy/removal of foreign body - (>50)
Sancta Maria Hospital (>50)
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D0702
Aural toilet (including microsuction and/or suction of exteriorised mastoid cavity) including bilateral - (5-50)
Sancta Maria Hospital (5-50)
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E1432
FESS: excision uncinate process and anterior ethmoid bulla, antrostomy/antral puncture, simple polypectomy and attention to turbinates (bilateral) - (5-50)
Sancta Maria Hospital (5-50)
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D1510
Myringotomy and insertion of tube through tympanic membrane (and bilateral) - (5-50)
Sancta Maria Hospital (5-50)
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E0360
Septoplasty of nose (including attention to turbinates) - (5-50)
Sancta Maria Hospital (5-50)
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D1420
Myringoplasty - (1-5)
Sancta Maria Hospital (1-5)
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BB906
ExCon - Further Discretionary Payment - (1-5)
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D2240
Balloon Dilation of the Eustachian Tube - (1-5)
Sancta Maria Hospital (1-5)
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D1040
Simple mastoidectomy - (1-5)
Sancta Maria Hospital (1-5)
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F3440
Tonsillectomy - adult (and bilateral) - (1-5)
Sancta Maria Hospital (1-5)
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D0810
Excision of lesion of external auditory canal - (1-5)
Sancta Maria Hospital (1-5)