Fellowship feedback for North Thames trainees
Name and current post
(Past fellows)
Dates of fellowship
(Please comment on length of fellowship and start date)
Type of fellowship
(Please comment on subspecialty interest, pre or post CCT)
Location
(Please comment on hospital department, supervising consultant and contact email for enquiries)
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Humera Babar-Craig,
Consultant , Royal Surrey
Hospital – Guildford
Humerababar1@aol.com
 Alex Tsikoudas,
 Consultant, York Teaching
Hospital NHS Trust
 atsikoudas@nhs.net
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Peter Hellings,
Consultant,
12 month period –
(normally starting
August)
- Endoscopic
Skull Base
Surgery /
Advanced
Rhinology
- Significant experience in endoscopic sinus surgery including basic frontal sinus/sphenoid approaches
Endoscopic Skull
Base Centre –
Amsterdam (ESA) – www.endoskull.nl -
Academic Medical
Centre, University of
Amsterdam,
Amsterdam , The
Netherlands
Advanced Rhinology
(Professor Fokkens w.j.fokkens@amc.nl)
Description
(Please comment on timetable, number of theatre and clinic sessions, level of supervision, rota/on-call commitment, teaching responsibilities, research opportunities, special experiences)
Operating:
Eight – dedicated rhinology operating sessions per week
(Monday all day – 2 parallel theatres, Wednesday all day two parallel operating theatres,
Friday pm ). Fellows are expected to operate rather than observe during these sessions
Clinics:
Specialist outpatient clinics:
Monday am (Multidisciplinary
Endoscopic Skull Base Clinic :
Other
Commen ts
(Any tips on securing the fellowship
, essential requireme nts or other useful info)
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Are you happy to be contacted by trainees for more info?
(Please supply best contact info)
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Yes
(Christos
Georgala s c.georgal
as@amc.
nl)

Professor,Leuven
University Hospital,
Belgium
 Peter.Hellings@med.kule
uven.be
 Ha Chau,
Consultant, Princess
Alexandra Hospital, Essex
 hanychau@hotmail.com
Fellowship feedback for North Thames trainees required.
- Ideally post
CCT, although post exams final year SpR could apply
Endoscopic Skull
Base – Rhinooncology (C
Georgalas c.georgalas@amc.nl)
Email Fellowship
Secretary; Margalith van Huiden-ten
Brink: m.b.vanhuiden@amc.
uva.nl
Neurosurgical/ENT/endocrinol ogy clinic),
Tuesday am (Multidisciplinary upper/lower airway and CF clinic)
Friday (Rhinology integrated
“day admission”clinic including same day CT, SPT, acoustic rhinometry, rhinomanometry and PNIF measurements)
Research projects:
As part of the
Global Allergy and Asthma
European Network (GALEN)
Multiple basic and clinical research projects running
(osteitis, outcomes in frontal sinus endoscopic surgery, endoscopic management of sinonasal malignant tumours, visual outcomes in endoscopic versus open management of skull base meningiomata.
A number of multicenter randomized control trials.
Significant basic science reserahc (5 active PhD

Fellowship feedback for North Thames trainees students in basic science research)
Clinical experience:
Leading international centre in management of frontal sinus
pathology , with >100 frontal sinus approaches performed per year (largest series of
Endoscopic Lothrops published in literature)
80-100 skull base tumours and Sinonasal tumours operated per year (including malignancies,)
Significant experience in patients with CF, immunodeficiencies and ciliary dysmotility syndromes.
North Thames ENT Fellowship information
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Thanks for taking the time to fill out the table below regarding your existing/recent ENT fellowship. The information will be published on the North Thames website and used by more junior trainees to help them plan future fellowships.