Mr Navdeep Upile

I am an Otolaryngologist, head and neck surgeon, fully trained in all aspects of ENT. I am a keen advocate of minimal access techniques such as trans-oral laser resection. I am currently ENT Lead at the world-renowned Queen Victoria Hospital, and Cancer Lead for Medway Maritime Hospital. I routinely chair the West Kent MDT for Head and Neck Cancers and regularly attend the Thyroid MDT. I read medicine at Newcastle University and was awarded the Stephen Scott Scholarship for performance in my undergraduate examinations. I was also fortunate to competitively win a Wolfson Bursary to fund anintercalating degree resulting in a BMedSci (Hons). After medical school, I undertook a foundation programme inthe Newcastle Upon Tyne Teaching Hospitals before starting surgical training in the East of England. During this time, I completed my membership exams forGeneral Surgery (MRCS) before finding my passion in Otorhinolaryngology/ENT. I also gained my Diploma in Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (DOHNS). I then went on to pursue my research ambitions in head and neck oncology and was awarded grants by both the Royal College of Surgeons England and Cancer Research UK. I was also awarded a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) academic clinical fellowship which allowed me to pursue higher surgical training in the Mersey deanery alongside research. During this time, I also pursued my teaching ambitions which led to me being awarded a Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and being made a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). I completed my higher surgical training rotating through Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, the Royal Liverpool and Aintree University Hospital. I was awarded my Fellowship for the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCSORL-HN) in November 2017. Having completed surgical training and gained my Certificate of completion of training (CCT) within the UK, I sought advanced subspecialist training internationally. I successfully won funding from both the RoyalCollege of Surgeons (The Colledge Family Memorial Fellowships) and the Peel Foundation (The Peel  Rothwell JacksonTravel Fellowship). These facilitated me travelling to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Australia. Here I undertook this prestigious clinicalfellowship, developing expertise in all aspects of advanced head and neck surgery including laser and robotic work. I have a passion for research and training. I actively recruit for ongoing clinical trials and act as a surgical mentor for several junior trainees. This research and training focus ensures that I am abreast of current advances within my field and allows me to offer my patients the highest quality of care. I am an advocate of innovation and research, and am the surgical lead for the HoT trial in Medway. This is a national trial into the treatment of patients with Thyroid Cancers. We are currently the only centre to offer this trial within Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

I am interested in all aspects of ENT and will happily offer the full gamut of routine Otorhinolaryngological procedures. I do have a specialty interest in laryngology (disorders of the voice) and head and neck, including thyroid and parotid surgery and minimal access surgery with transoral laser surgery.