Professor Shakeel R. Saeed. MBBS, M.D., F.R.C.S (ORL)
Professor of Otology / Neuro-otology University College London, Ear Institute.
Consultant ENT and Skullbase Surgeon, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
Honorary Consultant Guy’s St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital, London
Email: shakeel.saeed@ucl.ac.uk
Website: www.prof4ears.co.uk
Graduated from King’s College, London 1985
Doctorate thesis awarded 2003
Previous consultant ENT and skullbase surgeon in Manchester 1999-2008
Professorial appointment in London since 2008.
Extensive experience in lateral skullbase surgery and implantation otology – leading UK opinion in this field
Over 2500 complex ear surgeries
Over 450 cochlear implant surgeries
Over 500 vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma) and other skullbase surgeries
26 auditory brainstem implant surgeries (adults and children)
Over 80 superior canal dehiscence surgeries
President of the European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 2018-2021
President of the Royal Society of Medicine, Section of Otology 2013-2014
President of the British Skullbase Society 2013-2015
President of the British Society of Academic Otorhinolaryngology 2011-2016
Vice-President of the British Cochlear Implant Group 2011-2015
Chairman of the BACO 2015 Academic committee
Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum (by nomination)
Administrative Advisory Board of JIAO
Medicine and Clinical Trials Group lead, UCL Ear Institute
Active in otological research and peer review.
Over 130 peer-reviewed publications
Over 250 presentations and scientific meetings nationally and internationally
Professor Saeed is currently a leading surgeon and researcher in disorders of the ear, hearing, balance, facial nerve and skullbase. He manages patients from all over the UK as well internationally. This includes adults, children or infants with:
Hearing loss
Dizziness
Tinnitus
Facial palsy
Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma)
Glomus tumour
Cholesteatoma
Otosclerosis
Facial nerve tumours
Superior semicircular canal dehiscence
Meniere’s Disease
Benign Positional Vertigo
Hearing loss requiring cochlear implantation
Hearing loss requiring middle ear implants