Professor Richard Irving
Consultant ENT and Skull Base Surgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham, UK.
United Kingdom
Areas of expertise
- Skull Base Tumors
- vertigo
- chronic ear disease
- acoustic neuroma
- ear disease in children
- Cochlear Implants
- Facial Paralysis
- Meniere's Disease
- Tinnitus
- Cholesteatoma
- Myringoplasty
- Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy
- Middle ear implant
About the expert
Prof. Irving is a Consultant ENT & Skull Base Surgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham, UK. He was awarded his MD in 1996 by the University of London, UK. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles on a variety of subjects related to ear diseases, facial paralysis, and skull base tumors and is on the editorial board of several international journals.
Prof. Irving has contributed to 192 publications.
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Prof. Irving graduated from London University in 1985 and undertook his training in London, Cambridge, and San Francisco. During his training, he was awarded a fellowship to the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, and the Causse Ear Clinic, France. He was awarded the intercollegiate gold medal for best performance in the Fellowship of the Royal College for Surgeons in 1996.
In 1997, Prof. Irving was appointed Consultant Otolaryngologist & Skull Base Surgeon at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth and Children’s Hospitals, UK, and he still works there up till now. He is an Honorary Professor at Brunel University, UK. He offers specialist expertise in all aspects of ear disease, medically and surgically, in both adults and children.
Richard provides a highly specialized service and offers expertise in otology, neurotology, and base of skull surgery. His interests include hearing loss, chronic ear disease, tinnitus, and vertigo. Richard manages a facial paralysis service and is also involved in treating tumors of the skull base and restoring hearing using middle ear and cochlear implants.
He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles on a variety of subjects related to ear diseases, facial paralysis, and skull base tumors. Prof. Irving serves on the editorial board of several journals and has worked with the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to develop guidelines to manage hearing loss in the UK.
Prof. Irving lectures regularly at national and international conferences. He assists with training overseas surgeons and works as an advisor and a surgeon to teams in India, Bangladesh, and Oman.
He is the past President of the British Society of Otology, past President of the Royal Society of Medicine Section of Otology, and President-Elect of the British Skull Base Society.
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Honorary Professor in Bioengineering
2016 - TodayBrunel University, London, UK.
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Consultant ENT Surgeon (Otology, Neurotology, Skull Base Surgery)
1997 - TodayQueen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham, UK.
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Consultant ENT Surgeon (Otology, Neurotology, Skull Base Surgery)
1997 - TodayBirmingham Children's Hospital
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Clinical Instructor in Neurotology
1996 - 1997University of California, San Francisco
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Medical Doctorate (MD)
London University, UK.
1996
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ENT Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Examinations, UK.
1996
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Fellow Royal College of Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons, UK.
1991
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Member of Royal College of Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons, UK.
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Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
London University, UK.
1985
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British Medical Association
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British Association for Paediatric Otolaryngology
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British Association of Otolaryngologists
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Otorhinolaryngological Research Society
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British Cochlear Implant Group
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British Skull Base Society
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European Academy of Otology and Neurotology
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Midland Institute of Otology
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British Society for the History of ENT
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Ear.uk British Otology Hearing & Balance Group
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Politzer Society
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