About

Mr Joel Smith is a consultant ENT surgeon with specialist interest in Head, Neck and Thyroid surgery and oncology. As part of his training he completed an MD in molecular genetics with a surgical fellowship at the Sydney head and neck cancer institute. He is currently holds the posts Consultant ENT, Head, Neck and Thyroid Surgeon, Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust and Consultant ENT Surgeon, Nuffield Exeter Hospital.

Mr Mo Khatwa is an ENT Consultant with a special interest in nasal and sinus surgery. Mo has accomplished his training in ENT in the North West region of the UK. He completed his training with a surgical fellowship in nasal, sinus & skull base surgery. He is currently an ENT consultant at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital and Nuffield Hospitals. He is also a Senior Lecturer at University of Exeter Medical School (UEMS).

Kay qualified as a registered nurse from the University of Plymouth in 2001. She has also attained a Diploma in Ear Care through Rotherham Primary Ear Care Centre. Kay was responsible for setting up the first ever NHS Community Microsuction Clinic in Devon in 2010. More recently she has been working at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Ear Care, treating patients with complex ear conditions.

Maria qualified as a registered nurse in 2014 and she has been been working since then in the ENT Department at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Trust. Maria completed her Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice in 2022. She has been undertaking microsuction since 2019 and has developed expertise in acute and chronic ear conditions.

Karen is a qualified Assistant Practitioner. She attained a level 5 Diploma in Health with distinction in 2020. Karen has worked in the ENT Outpatients department for 13 years and gained experience in many aspects of ENT. She has completed a course and competencies for microsuction with Rotherham Primary Ear Care Centre.

Edmond is a qualified registered nurse since 2015 and has been working across London specialising as a general, orthopaedic and specialty operating theatre scrub practitioner. He is an eye specialist nurse and an anaesthetic nurse with experience at MEH NHS and GSST NHS. Edmond joined Royal Devon University Hospital NHS in 2018. He has started specialising in ENT in 2021 and now doing an Advanced Care Practitioner Masters Degree specialising in ENT. He has been doing microsuction since 2022.

Emma qualified as a registered nurse from Plymouth University in 2015 after which she obtained a diploma in Ear Care from the Rotherham Primary Ear Care Centre. She has been working for the Royal Devon University Healthcare in Barnstable as an aural care specialist nurse since 2022 treating patients with an array of ear conditions.

Judith qualified as a registered nurse in Southampton General Hospital in 1988. She subsequently worked in intensive care and attained the intensive care course in 1991. She has experience in general, cardio thoracic and paediatric intensive care nursing over 13 years.
She moved to ENT at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in 2013 and completed the microsuction course at Rotherham in 2018, gaining experience in this specialist area.
She is registered with the nursing and midwifery council.