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Mr Alex Bennett
Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon
MBBS, DLO, FRCS (ORL-HNS), MEd, DIC
Specialises in
- Ear infections
- Hearing loss
- Tinnitus
- Vertigo
- Blocked or runny nose
After I qualified from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London I had extensive ear, nose and throat (ENT) training in London and East Anglia, including an Otology Fellowship in Cambridge (2008) and a Balance Fellowship in St Louis (2018). I was appointed an ENT consultant in Edinburgh in 2010.
I was responsible for setting up NHS Lothian’s Specialist Multidisciplinary Balance Service and this experience in vertigo also benefits my private patients.
I am privileged to receive tertiary referrals for complex ear surgery from surgeons throughout Scotland and perform approximately 150 complex ear cases per year. I am the only surgeon in the region performing stapedectomy and middle ear implants.
We pioneered combining hearing implant surgery with ear reconstruction in the UK within the Scottish National Service and I was the first surgeon in the UK to perform the Bonebridge Hearing Implant in 2012 which was featured in a BBC Scotland documentary.
I run international courses at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh to teach ear surgery and balance medicine to other doctors.
Surgical procedures undertaken include: intratympanic therapy, hearing implants, ossiculoplasty, stapedectomy, mastoid surgery, myringoplasty, grommet insertion, septoplasty, functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), micro-laryngoscopy, oesophagoscopy, adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy.
I only see children over three years old.
General Medical Council Number: 4549848
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Alex Bennett at Spire include:
Ear Nose and Throat (ENT)
- Dizziness
- Earwax removal
- Grommets insertion (glue ear treatment)
- Hearing loss
- Laryngoscopy investigation
- Microsuction
- Neck lumps
- Septoplasty surgery
- Sinus surgery (functional endoscopic sinus surgery or FESS)
- Snoring
- Swallowing difficulties (Dysphagia)
- Thyroid test
- Tinnitus
- Tonsillectomy for adults
Other treatments
- Ear surgery
- Ear infections
- Cholesteatoma surgery
- Hearing implants
- Hearing restoration surgery
- Ossiculoplasty
- Stapedectomy
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Ear, nose and throat
Hearing loss
Neurotology
Otology
Paediatric otolaryngology
Rhinology
Sinus surgery
Special clinical interests: Adult and childhood ear infections; Hearing loss; tinnitus and dizziness.
Qualification and professional memberships
Professional memberships
Council member British Society of Otology
National Deaf Children's Society
Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
British Medical Association
Faculty of surgical Trainers, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
ENT UK: British Association of Otolaryngologists Head & Neck Surgeons
Otolaryngology Surgical Specialty Group, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
External Advisor for Scottish Consultant Appointment Committees, Academy of Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland
Research and publications
Hearing implants
Mastoid obliteration
Intra-tympanic therapy for sudden hearing loss and Menieres disease
Current NHS posts
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Otolaryngology, University of Edinburgh.
Personal profile
I am married with two children. When not working I enjoy cycling, camping and playing the trombone with the Edinburgh Open Orchestra.
Contact information
| Telephone | 0131 334 0363 |