Ear, nose and throat (ENT)

Sujata De has been a Consultant Paediatric ENT Surgeon at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK since 2007. Prior to that, she completed her ENT registrar training in the West Midlands and Mersey regions, followed by a Fellowship in Paediatric ENT at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. Her clinical interests include paediatric airway, paediatric ear surgery including endoscopic ear surgery, microtia and bone anchored hearing devices, Downs syndrome, Craniofacial surgery and complex breathlessness also known as EILO (exercise induced laryngeal obstruction).

She has an interest in teaching, training and clinical research. She has organised, presented and taught at national and international conferences and courses, and has a number of publications in medical journals, books and reports. She is an examiner for the FRCS (ORL-HNS) exam. She has been awarded the ‘Trainer of the Year’ trophy by the Junior Doctors at Alder Hey twice. She holds an honorary appointment with the University of Liverpool and is the Supported Return to Training Champion for the Northwest School of Surgery.

She helps to develop regional and national strategy for surgery in children through her role as NHS England National Specialty Adviser for Surgery in Children and member of the Specialised Ear surgery Clinical Reference Group. She is a Clinical Lead for the Northwest Surgery in Children Operational Delivery Network. She is President-Elect of the British Association of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology (BAPO).

Mr Sharma’s practice involves airway assessment and treatment of children with complex breathing disorders, with principal interests in diagnosing, investigating and treatment of children with blocked noses, hearing problems and sleep disorders arising from enlarged tonsil and adenoids. He has pioneered Mr Sharma has a special interest in treatment of drooling and Nose allergy in children.

Mr Sharma is the clinical Director for ENT and Audiology at Alder Hey hospital. He is the ENT liaison for the regional Cleft services providing hearing surgery and airway assessment for children with cleft palate, serving the population of the North West, North Wales and the Isle of Man. He has developed specialist clinics in Paediatric Allergy and complex airway patients with consultant colleagues from Paediatric Allergy and Long term ventilation.

He does joint anterior skull base surgery with the neurosurgical and ophthalmic colleagues. He has developed a rapid response multidisciplinary team at Alder Hey to assist babies diagnosed with airway problems in their mum’s womb – EXIT procedure and ensured all the consultants have similar experience.

Qualifying in Delhi, India, in 1987, Mr Sharma has extensive overseas experience working in India and Bahrain. He completed his higher surgical training from Yorkshire Deanery and went on to have focussed specialist training Paediatric ENT Surgery at Sheffield Children’s Hospital culminating in a year’s fellowship at Evelina Children’s Hospital, London (part of Guys and St Thomas Hospital Trust. He also did a visiting Rhinology fellowship with Professor Stammberger in Austria. He has been a consultant at Alder Hey since 2007.

Educational and teaching experience/educational role at Alder Hey.

Mr Sharma is the Foundation Program lead consultant at Alder Hey and appointed as the Associate clinical tutor in mid 2018. He is responsible for assigning trainees from four different base hospitals to posts at Alder Hey. He is an educational supervisor for one and clinical supervisor to three speciality training registrar of North West Deanery. As the clinical tutor, he is responsible for improving the standards of trainers within the Trust. He is a honorary clinical tutor for medical students of Liverpool University.

He has secured recognition of the Paediatric ENT Fellowship programme at the hospital from the Royal College of Surgeons, London, being the only children’s hospital in the country to have to have such an accolade in the country.

His contribution to Education has included conducting courses on Coblation Adenotonsillectomy (2013, 2014), North of England ENT Society meeting (2014, 2018) and ‘Northern Paediatric ENT Simulation day’ in 2014 and planning another one out in 2019. He chaired a session on ENT problems in Neurodisabled children at the International British academic conference, Liverpool, 2015 and was invited to give a talk on the North East neurodisability meeting in 2017.

Mr Sharma is on the teaching faculty of the Inter-collegiate examination preparation course at Bradford and Foundation trainees’ basic ENT course at Wigan. At Alder Hey he teaches on the A&E course for doctors and nurses (Edge Hill and John Moores University, Liverpool). He contributes to the Foundation teaching and the Regional registrar’s teaching days.

Mr Sharma is an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons for the Diploma in Otolaryngology, head and neck surgery and the MRCS examination.

On a personal level, he enjoys making new friends, dog walking and reading books. He loves family life with his wife and two daughters, in University education.

Mr Donne has been a consultant at Alder Hey for 10 years. He was trained in Manchester and did a Fellowship at Evelina Childrens Hospital in London. He has done a PhD in molecular biology of Human Papillomavirus and respiratory papillomatosis. He treats all paediatric ear, nose and throat conditions. His specialist area is congenital and acquired airway conditions. He is the clinical lead for the National Respiratory Papillomatosis registry. This is an area of current research and has published in this field. He has set-up a paediatric voice clinic with a Speech and Language therapist (Mrs Dawes).

Ian graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1997 and underwent basic surgical training in Singapore after finishing his National Service in the 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade.

He trained in ENT subsequently in Brighton, Birmingham and South Yorkshire, spending a year as a Paediatric ENT fellow in Sheffield Children’s Hospital in 2013.

Ian joined Alder Hey in 2014 and has an interest in general Paediatric ENT.

Sunil Sharma has been a Consultant Paediatric ENT Surgeon at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK since 2018. Prior to that, he completed his ENT registrar training in the North Thames (London) region, working at hospitals such as Great Ormond Street Hospital, the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, where he also went to university. This was followed by a clinical fellowship for a year in Paediatric ENT Surgery at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, and a clinical fellowship for a year in Paediatric Otology and Implantation at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.

His clinical interests include paediatric ear surgery including endoscopic ear surgery, cochlear implantation and middle ear implants, microtia and bone anchored hearing devices, and Craniofacial surgery.

He has an interest in teaching, training and clinical research. He is a Training Programme Director with Health Education North West, an Otolaryngology Specialty Advisory Committee (SAC) member, Postgraduate Clinical Tutor and a member of the NICE guidelines committee for otitis media with effusion. He is also the Clinical Director for ENT and Audiology and Clinical Lead for ENT for the Cheshire and Mersey Network. He has organised and taught on a number of national and international courses. He also has over 60 publications in medical journals and has over 80 presentations at national and international conferences. During his training he was also selected to complete a research project on vascular angiogenesis in Tokyo, Japan, where he spent 4 months. He is Chief Investigator for the national multi-centre RABBIT trial looking at the use of antibiotics for recurrent acute otitis media.

Outside of work, he works as an expedition medic, having successfully led expeditions to Everest Base Camp and the High Atlas Mountains, raising £5,000 for charities including the British Heart Foundation and International Porter Protection Group. He is also a keen long distance runner, having run the London Marathon, raising £1,700 for Sense UK for deafblind children. He is a keen Liverpool Football Club supporter and enjoys playing golf and flying.

Madhan Krishnan graduated from Stanley Medical College, India and did his postgraduate training in ENT at Madras Medical College, India.

He joined Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in 2016. He has special interest in Otology and particularly Total Endoscopic Ear Surgery.

He is a keen badminton player and also participates in half marathons.

Ms Khong is the newest member to join the ENT department in February 2021. Throughout her training and surgical career, she had the opportunity to travel and practise medicine around the world. Born and brought up in Malaysia, she graduated from Manipal University, India and subsequently obtained early ENT surgical training in Chennai under the Diplomate of the National Board. She then pursued a short-term fellowship in Anterior Skull Base surgery at the prestigious University Malaya in Malaysia before moving to the UK. During her training here, she was selected and successfully completed two Senior Clinical Fellowships accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons England – the renowned Liverpool Rhinology Fellowship at Aintree University Hospital and Paediatric ENT fellowship in Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

Ms Khong’s clinical interests are Rhinology and Anterior Skull Base Surgery, providing joint services with Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, and the Cystic Fibrosis team at Alder Hey.

She has numerous publications in peer reviewed journals including past collaborations with the University of Liverpool and has won awards in conferences during her training, most notably the North of England Training and Innovation (NOTI) Prize. She has been part of the teaching faculty on cadaveric training courses for ENT trainees in the region and supervises medical students from the University of Liverpool.

During her free time, Grace enjoys the peaceful relaxation from practising yoga and playing the piano. While she enjoys long leisurely walks with her Labrador Retriever, she also challenges herself physically by running (maximum limit of 5k!) and is part of the long-established Alder Hey ENT Running Club.

A motivated experienced nurse with past experience adults and now paediatric health care setting. Within her present role she cares for and is lead nursing professional for children and their families with tracheostomies and complex healthcare needs. Alison provides training, expert advice and liaison in this field and is also the lead nurse for the tongue tie service and care for children with ear problems; providing nurse led clinics in this area of health care. Alison is a Doctor of Philosophy and her thesis was on : A Narrative inquiry into the stories parents tell of having a child with a tracheostomy.

ENT Pathway Coordinator to Mr Ravi Sharma and the ENT Nurses

Contact telephone number: 0151 293 3689

ENT Pathway Coordinator to Mr Donne and Ms Khong

Contact telephone number: 0151 282 4548

ENT Pathway Coordinator to Mr Street and Mr Krishnan and Mr Alsalem (Locum)

Contact telephone number: 0151 282 4547

ENT Pathway Coordinator to Mr Sunil Sharma and Ms Shilpa Ojha (Locum)

Contact telephone number: 0151 252 5302

Inpatients ENT Ward

Ward 3A
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Eaton Road
Liverpool L12 2AP

Contact telephone number: 0151 228 4811 Ext: 2416

Tracheostomy Advanced Nurse Specialist

Alison Flynn
Contact telephone number: 0151 228 4811 Ext: 3757

BAHA Advanced Nurse Specialist

Anita Lee
Contact telephone number: 0151 228 4811 Ext: 3757