Mr Robert Grounds

Mr. Robert Grounds (MBBCh, BSc, MEd, FRCS) is a Consultant ENT Surgeon specializing in ear conditions at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (Brighton, Worthing and Haywards Heath). Ranking as one of the top ear surgeons in the country at the end of training he was awarded the prestigious TWJ Prize to gain international experience in the most complex ear, hearing and balance surgeries. He offers private consultations for complex ear, hearing and balance issues for patients in Sussex. As a researcher, he has published widely and teaches ENT doctors, emphasizing compassionate care rooted in personal experience. Consultations available at Nuffield Haywards Heath Hospital, or Brighton / Worthing Private wing of NHS Sites. His Training included rotations through Kent, Surrey, Sussex and London, including paediatric ENT training in Great Ormond Street Hospital. Following Completion of Training to become a Consultant he was awarded the TWJ prize and scholarship which allowed him to complete further sub-specialist training in Vancouver Canada under the tutelage of Professor Brian Westerberg in complex ear conditions. There he was able to learn the most advanced, innovative and modern techniques not routinely used in the NHS or the UK which he has then been able to bring back to offer to his patients here. His research has been published in scientific Journals including the British Medical Journal (BMJ), Royal College of Surgeons Journal and numerous ENT Journals. He has received prizes from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, a scholarship to undertake a Master’s Degree at Imperial College London, and numerous prizes for presenting his research and clinical work at National Scientific conference to other ENT doctors in the UK and around the world. He is the training lead for ENT doctors in Worthing Hospital and teaches on numerous courses to other ENT Doctors. He is a member of ENT UK, and Council Member for the British Society of Otology (Ear surgery) helping set the standards and direction of ear surgery in the UK. He has a Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and is a Member of the Royal Society of Medicine. Outside of work, he is a keen musician having been trained to a high standard and has previous played alongside household names at major venues. Having had to undergo extensive ear surgery himself as a child he is able to truly empathise with patients with ear conditions and understands how difficult it can be for patients suffering with hearing and balance problems. His other hobbies include cooking, travel and experiencing new cultures and working with medical and education-based charities. Finally, as a husband and father of two young children, he keeps busy in his spare time with his family. He ensures that all patients would receive the same standard of care that he would want for his own family.

His practice incorporates all ENT conditions for both adults and children (paediatric training at Great Ormond Street Hospital) with a regular NHS practice that includes: Tonsillectomy Adenoidectomy (such as in breathing problems / Obstructive sleep apnoea) Grommet insertion Microsuction and Clearance of ear wax Flexible nasendoscopy Diagnosis of sinus conditions / nasal obstruction Diagnosis of head and neck cancers His additional specialist training in complex ear surgery allows him to treat / provide: – Hearing loss / blocked ears – Ear infections – Implantable hearing aids – Balance conditions – Tumours of the ear/ balance organs – Tinnitus – Cholesteatoma Sub-specialist ear surgeries he can perform include: Myringoplasty Tympanoplasty Mastoidectomy Implantation of a variety of Hearing Implants Resection of tumours in the ear / hearing nerve As a super-specialist in ear conditions (Otology) he accepts referrals both directly from GPs who are concerned about complex ear conditions and also from other ENT Doctors wishing for tertiary level care of complex ear conditions beyond the remit of routine ENT Doctors. He sits with the specialist panels in the hospital (MDT) for Hearing Implants and Lateral Skull Base surgery (disorders at the interface of the ears, brain and balance system) to discuss and treat the most complex ear cases.