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Gerard Kelly is a Consultant ENT surgeon in Leeds, he specialises in otology, neuro-otology and sinus surgery and treats both adults and children. He works in Leeds General Infirmary, The Spire Hospital, Leeds and The Leeds Nuffield Hospital. He sees only private patients in the private sector (whereas some consultants see both NHS and private patients in private hospitals). He is a member of the council of the British Society of Otology (BSO, part of ENTUK) and runs the BSO balance course.

Mr Kelly writes:
As a consultant surgeon in one of the largest hospital trusts in Europe, I have a major surgical interest in neuro-otology and skull base surgery. I have helped set up a Neurofibromatosis Type II clinic, one of only a few in England, which has attracted national funding. I am advancing minimally invasive sinus surgery and balloon sinuplasty. I have achieved funding for the ENT department in Leeds (now close to £200,000 in charity grants in the last 3 years) for the purchase of state of the art equipment. I have trained and am one of few surgeons in the UK to carry out totally endoscopic ear surgery (TEES). I have a commitment to teaching and clinical research and contribute to medical education, training and assessment in my college, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the University of Leeds. I have had a management role in clinical director of the Department of Otololaryngology in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. I am actively involved in teaching and training, having demonstrated this in gaining my Masters of Education (Clinical Education) in 2007 when I carried out a research project in the perceptions of surgical training and I aim to pursue surgical training and medical education as a major part of my career. I have a higher degree from the University of Edinburgh (MD). I am an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Leeds and lecure frequently.
The new (and soon to be permanent in Leeds General Infirmary) Olympus 4k video system which will make (In my opinion) Endoscopic ear surgery the most advanced, safest and successful way to carry out middle ear and mastoid surgery.

Endoscopic ear surgery

Totally endoscopic middle ear & mastoid surgery

Cholesteatoma surgery

Treatment of tonsil debris (tonsil stones)

Myringoplasty

Treatment of glue ear

Treatment of Eustachian tube dysfunction

Treatment for sinusitis

Treatment for nasal polyps (including local anaesthetic nasal polypectomy)

Treatment for otitis externa

Meatoplasty of the ear

Turbinectomy and turbinoplasty of the nose

Treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea

Surgical and medical treatment for vertigo

Endolymphatic sac decompression surgery

Endoscopic endolymphatic sac division surgery

Frenuloplasty (tongue tie division, in the clinic in babies)

Middle ear implant surgery

Disorders of the facial nerve

Cholesteatoma