Mr Annakan Navaratnam

Sub-specialties: Rhinology, Rhinitis, Hay fever, Sinusitis, Nasal Polyps, Epistaxis, Hearing Loss, Dizziness, Ear wax build-up, Tonsillitis, Voice Disorders, Ear Nose and Throat, Rhinoplasty, Septoplasty, Endoscopic Sinus Surgery.

Overview

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Overview

Annakan Navaratnam is Consultant Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Surgeon at One Welbeck Hospital specialising in rhinology and facial plastic surgery. His NHS practice is based at Royal National ENT Hospital, University College London Hospital and he is an honorary Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

About Mr Annakan Navaratnam

Annakan Navaratnam is a Consultant Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Surgeon whose private practice is based at One Welbeck Hospital in Central London. In his NHS practice, he works at Royal National ENT Hospital, University College London Hospital (UCLH) and is an honorary consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He has a subspeciality interest in rhinology and facial plastic surgery with particular expertise in septorhinoplasty and nose reshaping surgery.

He runs a tertiary rhinology NHS practice and receives referrals from across the country. He runs dedicated adult rhinology clinics managing nasal conditions including nasal blockage, allergy, and sinus disease and works as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside allergy, respiratory and rheumatology specialists.

He is part of the Craniofacial team at UCLH where he works with Ophthalmologists, Neurosurgeons and Maxillo-Facial and Plastic surgeons in the management of complex craniofacial presentations such as patients with cleft lip/palate and congenital syndromes. He also has a specialist clinic at Great Ormond Street Hospital specifically dedicated to seeing children with problems related to their nose.

Annakan is excellently placed to manage general adult and paediatric ENT presentations and in particular, is able to assess and treat complex problems related to the form and function of the nose. This includes endonasal (scarless) rhinoplasty, revision septorhinoplasty as well as advanced endoscopic sinus surgery.

He trained at Imperial College School of Medicine and completed higher surgical training in the North Thames Deanery (London). He completed the Royal College of Surgeons post CCT Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery fellowship at Charing Cross Hospital, London. He has also worked as a Leadership fellow at NHS England. During this time, he led national projects aimed at improving the medical treatment of patients with COVID 19 in hospitals which gained national recognition.

Annakan is actively involved in training the next generation of surgeons. He regularly volunteers to give talks to schoolchildren about medicine as a career. He mentors medical students and junior doctors as well as being a clinical supervisor for higher surgical trainees in ENT. He frequently teaches on local and national instructional ENT courses and is an invited speaker at international conferences.

His research interests include improving patient education through shared decision-making, evaluating sinonasal surgery outcomes using large national datasets and the adoption of innovation into surgical practice. He has written six NHS England national clinical guidelines, authored over 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has been awarded 13 prizes for his clinical and academic endeavours.

Annakan was born and brought up in London. He lives with his family in London, and they enjoy everything the city has to offer and as well as enjoying travel abroad. Annakan is a keen sportsman, having played rugby and cricket at a regional representative level. His main pursuits outside of work are now supporting his young children in their sporting and artistic endeavours.

Areas of Expertise

Mr Annakan Navaratnam treats various conditions including the following:

Rhinology (nasal disorders): Rhinitis: Allergy and hay fever, Sinusitis and recurrent sinus infections, Nasal polyps, Olfaction (sense of smell disorders), Epistaxis (nose bleeds), Facial pain
General ear, nose and throat conditions: Hearing loss, Dizziness, Glue ear, Ear wax, Tonsillitis, Voice change

Some of the treatments and procedures Mr Navaratnam offers are:

Rhinoplasty/nose surgery
Septorhinoplasty
Cosmetic nasal surgery
Nasal reconstruction
Septoplasty
Revision rhinoplasty
Endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS)
CSF leak repair
Orbital surgery
Scarless tear duct surgery for watery eyes (epiphora)

Additional Information

Memberships

Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons England
British Rhinology Society
British Society of Facial Plastic Surgery
Royal Society of Medicine

Research Highlights

Mr Annakan Navaratnam

Key Publications

Navaratnam AV, Gray WK, Day J, Wendon J, Briggs TWR. Patient factors and temporal trends associated with COVID-19 in-hospital mortality in England: an observational study using administrative data. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Apr;9(4):397-406. PMID: 33600777
Gray WK, Navaratnam AV, Day J, Wendon J, Briggs TWR. COVID-19 hospital activity and in-hospital mortality during the first and second waves of the pandemic in England: an observational study. Thorax. 2022 Nov;77(11):1113-1120. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218025. Epub 2021 Nov 24. PMID: 34819384
Navaratnam AV, Pendolino AL. Septoplasty for nasal obstruction. BMJ. 2023 Oct 18;383:2341. doi: 10.1136/bmj.p2341. PMID: 37852637.
Navaratnam AV, Pendolino AL, Andrews PJ, Saleh HA, Hopkins C, Randhawa PS, Little S, Day J, Briggs TWR, Gray WK. Safety of day-case endoscopic sinus surgery in England: An observational study using an administrative dataset. Clin Otolaryngol. 2022 Nov 11. doi: 10.1111/coa.14006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36367082
Navaratnam AV, Hariri A, Ho C, Machin JT, Briggs TWR, Marshall A, Otorhinolaryngology litigation in England: 727 clinical negligence cases against the NHS, Clinical Otolaryngology. 2020, PMID: 32869463

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