Mr Jahangir Ahmed

Jahangir (Jay) Ahmed is a consultant specialising in sleep surgery, laryngology, head, neck and thyroid surgery. He practises at Barts Health and University College Hospitals NHS Trusts. He is the current clinical lead for ENT at Barts Health.

He was educated at King's College, Cambridge University where he achieved the Harmer prize for Medicine and obtained an MA in experimental psychology. He completed clinical education at Imperial College, London, graduating with the Gold-medal in Pathology.

 His higher specialist training occurred in London’s premiere ENT hospitals, including The Royal National Throat Nose and Ear, Great Ormond Street, St Bartholomews, The Royal London and Charing Cross Hospitals, giving him a broad, high quality ENT training experience. During this time, he was awarded competitive research fellowships from The Welcome Trust, The Barts and London Charity and was a Royal College of Surgeons Academic research fellow. These culminated in a PhD from The Barts Cancer Institute, in genetic engineering for immunity-based cancer treatment.

Mr Ahmed has a passion for and runs a unique tertiary referral service for the surgical management of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) refractory to CPAP at Bart’s and our dedicated sleep centre. In addition he has a high-volume practice and expertise in the surgical management of voice disorders, swallow disorders, complex airway reconstruction and benign and malignant head and neck tumours of all subsites including tonsil, tongue, pharynx, larynx, salivary gland and thyroid.

Mr Ahmed heads a unique surgical team at Bart’s that is able to offer every modality of treatment for patients suffering with sleep disordered breathing (from snoring to severe OSA), ranging from CPAP to transoral robotic surgery and hypoglossal nerve stimulator implantation (HGNSI). For example, his team have enabled over 75% of CPAP-dependent OSA patients to discontinue CPAP therapy, following completion of their surgical journey with transoral robotic surgery. He has recently launched a comprehensive hypoglossal nerve stimulation implant (HGNSI) programme for suitable patients, aiming to deliver even better outcomes.

Mr Ahmed is one of the core thyroid surgeons in the Barts Health Thyroid Multidisciplinary team (MDT); this is one of the largest thyroid cancer groups in the UK. He has a high-volume thyroid surgical practice with a negligeable complication rate and is one of the few surgeons designated to perform selective neck dissection in thyroid cancer patients with advanced disease, aiming to preserve neck nerve function.

Mr Ahmed is highly skilled in scarless, through the mouth (transoral, microlaryngoscopic), minimally invasive technology such as laser, coblation, robotic and advanced endoscopic sinus surgery. This puts him in a unique position to offer safe state of the art surgical treatment from nasal passage to voice box, with the explicit aim of preserving normal voice, swallow, and head and neck function. He has one of the largest transoral robotic practices in the UK, using DaVinci robotic systems to remove tumour or obstructive tissue.

Mr Ahmed is a dedicated teacher. He holds a PGCert in Medical education. He is education co-lead at Bart’s health; facilitating a training program for North-Thames higher surgical trainees and junior doctors. He is also a member of the faculty in a number of London based instructional training courses in ENT.

Mr Ahmed’s involvement in academia (see below) and teaching ensures he keeps abreast of the latest evidence-based treatment protocols and technology in ENT.

Mr. Ahmed has gained a reputation for providing the highest quality care to every patient he treats. He will be readily accessible throughout their clinical journey and beyond, to ensure as comfortable an experience as possible.