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Current NHS consultant posts held

ENT Consultant
specialising in Laryngology
Neurolaryngology
In-office (Outpatient) laryngology procedures (laser, transnasal oesophagoscopy and balloon dilation, biopsies, injection medialisation, PRP, steroid and botulinum injections)
Professional voice users and singers
Paediatric and adult laryngology transition service
Dysphagia
Cough

Research interests

Co-founded the PERFORM working group, researching respirable particles emitted during singing, woodwind and brass instruments, exercise, speech and language therapy exercises and inputting this data into computational fluid dynamic modelling
Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
Neurolaryngology
Persistent Throat Symptoms and cough
Singing and vocal pathologies
Dysphagia

Awards received

Faraday Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry
Van Lawrence Prize, British Voice Association
Jelf Medal, King’s College London
The Health Foundation Student Research Fellowship
EPSRC grant (co-applicant for PERFORM 2 project), sponsored by Public Health England (PHE)
Ministry of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, funding grant for PERFORM part 1 project, sponsored by PHE

Publications

Brar, S., Watters C., Watson, N. A., Birchall, M. Karagama, Y. Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) manifestations and complications of reflux. Frontline Gastroenterology (2022) Jun 7;13(e1):e57-e64. doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2022-102184. PMID: 35812029; PMCID: PMC9234721.
Orton CM, Symons HE, Moseley B, Archer J, Watson, N. A., Philip KE, Sheikh S, Saccente-Kennedy B, Costello D, Browne WJ, Calder JD. A comparison of respiratory particle emission rates at rest and while speaking or exercising. Communications medicine. 2022 Apr 19;2(1):1-9.
Grewal, R., Tantichirasakul, N., Miller, B.J., Watson N. A., Karagama, Y. Office?based Transnasal Oesophagoscopy: evaluating the safety, efficacy and application in head and neck cancer patients. Clinical Otolaryngology. (2021) May 17.
Watson, N.A., Karagama, Y., Burnay, V., Boztepe, S., Warner, S., Chevretton, E.B. Effects of coronavirus disease-2019 on voice: our experience of laryngeal complications following mechanical ventilation in severe coronavirus disease-2019 pneumonitis and review of current literature. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery. 2021 Dec 1;29(6):437-44.
Watson N. A., Hicklin, L.A.C., Marion, M H. Breathing dystonia in Meige syndrome. Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders (2021) Jan 1;5:100106. McCarthy L. P., Orton C. M., Watson N. A., et al., Woodwind and Brass Instruments Aerosol Science and Technology (2021) Jun 8. doi: 10.1080/02786826.2021.1947470
Watson N. A., Miller, B., Siddiqui, Z., Karagama, Y., Gibbins, N. Non-aesthetic uses of botulinum toxin in the head and neck. European Journal of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology (2021) Mar 18. doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-06750-4.Online ahead of print. Watson N. A., Orton K. A., Hall A. Fifteen-minute consultation: Guide to paediatric voice disorders. Archives of Disease in Childhood-Education and Practice. 2021 Feb 12. DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-321134
Gregson F. K. A*., Watson N. A.*, Orton C. M.* Haddrell A. E. McCarthy L. P., Finnie T. J. R., Gent N., Donaldson G. C., Shah P. L., Calder J. D., Bzdek B. R., Costello D., Reid J. P. Comparing Aerosol Concentrations and particle size distributions generated by singing, speaking and breathing. Aerosol Science and Technology (2021) doi: 10.1080/02786826.2021.1883544 *joint first authorship