Shakeel Saeed is Professor of Otology and Neuro-Otology at University College London, based at the Ear Institute. This is one of only two University Chairs in this field in the UK and historically the oldest. As a Consultant ENT and Skullbase surgeon with over 20 years of experience, Professor Saeed has super-specialised in helping adults, children or infants with all conditions and diseases of the ear. Professor Saeed has worked both in the NHS and private sectors firstly in Manchester and then for the last decade in London.
Professor Saeed graduated from King’s College, London in 1985, he was awarded Doctorate thesis in 2003. He was Consultant ENT and skullbase surgeon in Manchester 1999-2008.
Professor Saeed has been the Divisional Clinical Director (DCD) of the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear since July 2012. He has drawn on his leadership and communication resources during the critical planning of and move to the new ENT Hospital on the main UCLH campus in September 2019 and implementation of the new UCLH electronic health record system in April 2019.
In 2018, through pan-European peer recognition of his research, educational and clinical contribution to Otology, Professor Saeed was elected President of the European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 2018-2020. This highly prestigious position means he can spearhead European Otology and deliver the EAONO conference in September 2020 in London thereby showcasing UK and International otological research and clinical practice to established and aspiring Otologists.
Professor Saeed is also a teacher and Professor based at the University College London Ear Institute, The Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London. As Lead for Medicine and Clinical Trials Group for UCL Ear Institute, his areas of research and clinical trials are directly relevant to the clinical problems with which his patients present. His training is in areas that are relevant to current clinical problems. He supervises various PhD students. Professor Saeed runs a Masters programme in hearing, balance, facial nerve and skullbase disorders at University College London Ear Institute with numerous national and international students graduating over the last 10 years.
Professor Saeed has extensive experience in lateral skullbase surgery and implantation otology, providing the leading UK opinion in this field. He has performed:
- Over 2000 complex ear surgeries
- Over 400 cochlear implant surgeries
- Over 500 vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma) and other skullbase surgeries
- 24 auditory brainstem implant surgeries (adults and children)
