An initial consultation with Miss Emma Stapleton is from £250.
Miss Emma Stapleton
Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon
MBChB, FRCS (ORL-HNS), MFSTEd
Specialises in
- Adult ear surgery
- Hearing implants / cochlear implants
- Stapedectomy
- Tonsillectomy
- Dizziness and balance
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I’m a Consultant ENT Surgeon working at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, where I am clinical lead for the Manchester Cochlear Implant Programme. I am one of the busiest sub-specialist ear surgeons in the UK.
My clinical practice incorporates all types of ear conditions including hearing loss, tinnitus, hearing implants including cochlear implants, middle ear implants and bone conduction implants; stapedectomy, eardrum repair and cholesteatoma surgery. I receive referrals for second opinions and revision surgery from other centres, and I run a complex dizziness and balance service with my audiology colleagues. Communication and respect are at the centre of everything I do, and I pride myself in providing respectful, personalised, patient-centred care.
I was appointed to my Consultant post in 2018. I graduated from the University of Edinburgh medical school in 2000 and have undertaken sub-specialist ear surgery fellowship training in Glasgow, Manchester, USA, Canada and Australia. My current research interests include hearing loss, cochlear implants, ear infections, deaf awareness, and mentorship in surgery.
I’m an enthusiastic educator, regularly invited to teach and lecture nationally and internationally. I’m a Regional Surgical Adviser for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Council of Younger Fellows. I’m also Patron of the Manchester Foundation Surgical Society. I’m currently President of the North of England Otolaryngology Society, and Co-Chair of Women in ENT (WENTS UK) where I lead the national mentoring programme in ENT. I’m also Editor of the ENT UK Newsletter, Associate Editor of ENT and Audiology News magazine, and a Trustee of The TWJ Foundation.
My commitment to providing excellent clinical care, as well as high quality education, research and leadership has been recognised with an NHS National Clinical Excellence award.
General Medical Council Number: 4699042
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Miss Emma Stapleton at Spire include:
Ear Nose and Throat (ENT)
- Earwax removal
- Grommets insertion (glue ear treatment)
- Hearing loss
- Microsuction for ear wax
Other treatments
- Bone anchored hearing aids
- Bone conduction implants
- Bonebridge implant surgery
- Cholesteatoma surgery
- Cochlear implant surgery
- Dizziness
- Hearing implants
- Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty (eardrum repair)
- Osia implant surgery
- Ossiculoplasty
- Stapedectomy
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Ears
Otology
Stapedectomy, cholesteatoma, cochlear implants, bone anchored hearing aids
Qualification and professional memberships
MBChB with merit / The University of Edinburgh / 2000
Medical degree
FRCS (ORL-HNS) / Royal College of Surgeons / 2014
Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons
CCT / Intercollegiate / 2016
Certificate of completion of training in Otolaryngology (ENT)
MFSTEd / Royal College of Surgeons / 2019
Member of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers
Professional memberships
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Association for the Study of Medical Education
British Cochlear Implant Group
European Academy of Otology and Neuro-Otology
Professional leadership
President, North of England Otolaryngology Society (2022 - 2024)
Honorary Secretary, North of England Otolaryngology Society (2018 - 2022)
Regional Surgical Adviser, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
Co-Chair, Women in ENT Surgery (WENTS UK)
Patron, Manchester Foundation Surgical Society
Editor, ENT UK Newsletter
Associate Editor, ENT and Audiology News Magazine
Current NHS posts
Consultant Otolaryngologist and Cochlear Implant Surgeon, Manchester Royal Infirmary
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Edge Hill University
Personal profile
I have an interest in Global Health, and I’m a volunteer surgeon at the BRINOS Ear Hospital, Nepal. I’m also a Trustee of Helping Uganda Schools (HUGS) Charity, which supports education for the poorest children in Uganda, including children with hearing loss and other disabilities. I enjoy outdoors activities including running, walking, cycling and climbing. I am married with two sons.
Contact information
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