Mr Richard Irving

Richard Irving is a Consultant in Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery and Honorary Professor in Bioengineering. His NHS practice is based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Children's Hospital in Birmingham UK. He qualified from London University and trained in London, Cambridge and San Francisco. Richard has a broad clinical practice including implantation otology, chronic ear disease, facial nerve, vertigo, lateral skull base and vestibular schwannoma. He is active in research with current ongoing projects covering skull base tumour biology, inner ear regeneration, auditory implant technology and vestibular diagnosis. He has over 140 publications and is heavily involved in postgraduate education and training. Richard is past President of the British Society of Otology, past President of the RSM Section of Otology and current President of the British Skull Base Society.