- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Adult
- Head & neck oncology
- Paediatric
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Jahangir (Jay) Ahmed is an experienced and highly regarded consultant in ENT, specialising in Snoring & Obstructive sleep apnoea, Head & Neck Cancer, Voice disorders and Thyroid surgery at Barts-Health and UCLH NHS trusts. He is the current lead clinician in ENT at Barts and a core member of the Barts Thyroid MDT.
Mr. Ahmed was educated at the University of Cambridge and Imperial College School of Medicine, graduating in 2001 with the Gold medal in Pathology. He also attained an MA in experimental psychology from Cambridge. He was also awarded a PhD in molecular oncology (2015) for his work at The Barts Cancer Institute on the genetic optimization of Vaccinia viruses for immuno-therapy of cancer.
He completed higher surgical ENT training in London teaching hospitals including The Royal London and St Barts, Charing Cross, The Royal National Throat Nose and Ear and Great Ormond Street Hospitals. These are internationally recognized centres of excellence and academia, where he gained quality experience in the breadth and depth of ENT.
Mr. Ahmed has a high-volume practice and expertise in the surgical management of head and neck tumours from all subsites including tonsil, tongue, pharynx (throat), larynx (voice box), salivary gland and thyroid.
He is one of the core thyroid surgeons in the Barts Health Thyroid Multidisciplinary team (MDT); this is one of the largest thyroid cancer groups in the UK. He has a high-volume thyroid surgical practice and is one of the few surgeons on the panel designated to perform selective neck dissection in thyroid cancer patients with advanced disease.
Mr. Ahmed is skilled in transoral (scarless, through-the-mouth) laser, coblation and robotic surgery, with one of the highest-volume transoral robotic surgical practices in the UK.
He has significant experience in managing voice, complex airway and swallowing problems. Uniquely he runs a tertiary level practice in the surgical management of sleep disordered breathing ranging from snoring to severe obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) refractory to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), at Barts Health. Indeed, the team latest surgical audit has demonstrated tremendous success with 75% of OSA patients on CPAP who were treated by robotic surgery, not needing to use their CPAP post operatively.
Mr. Ahmed also performs a significant volume of advanced endoscopic sinus surgery, utilising advanced technology including image navigation and is therefore in a unique position to be able to offer safe, state of the art surgical treatment from nasal passage to voice box.
He has a keen research interest in minimally invasive transoral surgery and molecular treatment of cancers. He is a clinical lecturer at Queen Mary University of London. He has published over 30 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals and over 12 book chapters in respected surgical and basic scientific textbooks. His research and clinical experience are regularly presented at national and international meetings.
Mr. Ahmed is passionate about education. He holds a PGC in Medical education and is education co-lead at Barts health; facilitating a training program for North-Thames higher surgical trainees and junior doctors. He is also part of the faculty in a number of London based instructional training courses in ENT.
His involvement in academia and teaching means he keeps abreast of the latest evidence-based treatment protocols and technology in ENT.
Mr. Ahmed has gained a reputation for providing the highest quality care to every patient he treats. He is a firm believer of personalized medicine and aims to provide bespoke, individualized treatment plans for his patients. He will be readily accessible throughout their clinical journey and beyond, to ensure as comfortable an experience as possible.
Areas of interest
Snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea;
Head and neck cancer surgery: transoral laser and robotic assisted resections, lymph node biopsy, neck dissection;
Thyroid cancer and nodule surgery: hemi/ total thyroidectomy, thyroglossal duct cyst excision;
Salivary gland conditions (parotid, submandibular, sublingual gland and ranula excision);
Laryngology, complex airway and swallowing disorders in adults: laser excision of benign and laryngeal lesions, reconstruction of paralysed vocal fold, botox injection, laryngotracheoplasty, endoscopic and external surgery for pharyngeal pouch and pharyngo-oesophageal narrowing;
Rhinology. Management of allergy, sinusitis, nasal polyps, epistaxis and tumour: septal and turbinate surgery advanced functional endoscopic sinus surgery, correction of sequelae of nasal trauma;
General ENT in adults and children: adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, management of hearing and balance disorders, clearance of ear wax/ infection, treatment of glue ear.
Medical secretaries
- Luis Bento and Melody Taylor
- ENT London OneWelbeck 1 Welbeck Street London W1G 0AR
- 020 7580 2426
- office@ent-london.co.uk
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)
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E4510
Fibreoptic examination of trachea +/- biopsy/removal of foreign body - (>50)
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D1520
Suction clearance of middle ear (as sole procedure) - (5-50)
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E0360
Septoplasty of nose (including attention to turbinates) - (5-50)
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E0850
Removal of foreign body from cavity of nose - (5-50)
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E3520
Microlaryngoscopy/laryngoscopy +/- biopsy, excision of lesion, polyp or cyst - (5-50)
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E4991
Therapeutic Panendoscopy +/- excision biopsy, excision or destruction of lesions - (5-50)
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F3440
Tonsillectomy - adult (and bilateral) - (5-50)
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E0380
Nasal septum cauterisation (and bilateral) - (5-50)
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F3480
Adenotonsillectomy (and bilateral) - (1-5)
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E0412
Reduction turbinates of nose (laser, diathermy, out fracture etc) - (1-5)
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E1432
FESS: excision uncinate process and anterior ethmoid bulla, antrostomy/antral puncture, simple polypectomy and attention to turbinates (bilateral) - (1-5)
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B0850
Isthmectomy of thyroid gland - (1-5)
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B1012
Excision of thyroglossal cyst/tract - (1-5)
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F4410
Total excision of parotid gland and preservation of facial nerve - (1-5)
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E1480
Endoscopic exploration frontal sinus beyond frontoethmoid recess and bilateral - (1-5)
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E1920
Partial pharyngectomy - (1-5)
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F4430
Partial excision of parotid gland and preservation of facial nerve - (1-5)
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F4440
Excision of submandibular gland - (1-5)
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S0656
Removal of lipoma - (1-5)
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D2030
Removal of grommets - (1-5)
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B0860
Partial thyroidectomy (not elsewhere classified) - (1-5)
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F2810
Excision/destruction of lesion of palate - (1-5)
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T8722
Selective dissection of cervical lymph nodes, Levels 1 to 4 - (1-5)
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D0702
Aural toilet (including microsuction and/or suction of exteriorised mastoid cavity) including bilateral - (1-5)
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E4210
Tracheostomy - (1-5)
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D1510
Myringotomy and insertion of tube through tympanic membrane (and bilateral) - (1-5)
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T8723
Selective dissection of cervical lymph nodes, Levels 1 to 5 (+/-6) - (1-5)