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Prof Simon Lloyd

Consultant ENT Surgeon

MBBS, BSc(Hons), MRCS, FRCS(ORL-HNS), MPhil

Practises at: The Alexandra Hospital

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Personal Profile

Professor Lloyd is a consultant ENT surgeon at the Manchester Royal Infirmary and Salford Royal Hospital in Manchester, UK. He is also Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Manchester. His area of special interest is complex ear surgery including skull base surgery and auditory implantation. He works within the Manchester Skull Base Unit, the Richard Ramsden Auditory Implant Centre and the Manchester NF2 Service. These are the largest centres of their kind in the UK. 

He trained in London and underwent sub-specialty training in skull base surgery in Cambridge as well as spending time training in the US and in Denmark. 

He has published over 70 peer reviewed articles, written several book chapters and edited three textbooks, most recently one of the most comprehensive textbooks on vestibular schwannoma. He is frequently asked to speak nationally and internationally on his areas of expertise. He has been awarded a prestigious prize for the most significant contribution to ear related research in the last few years by the Royal Society of Medicine.

Professor Lloyd teaches extensively at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and runs a number of advanced ear surgery courses. He is part of the Manchester Biomedical Research Centre in Hearing, a University/NHS translational research collaboration between Audiology and Otolaryngology funded through a £20 million NIHR grant.

He is secretary of the British Society of Otology and the British Skull Base Society and is a member of council of the otology section of the Royal Society of Medicine. He is also a trustee of the British Acoustic Neuroma Association and the Skull Base Foundation.

Clinical Interests

Professor Lloyd is able to deal with all aspects of adult and paediatric ENT but has a special interest in diseases of the ear and skull base as well as surgical hearing rehabilitation. Amongst other conditions he treats:

  • Ear discharge
  • Ear pain
  • Hearing loss
  • Tinnitus
  • Acoustic neuromas
  • All forms of ear related dizziness
  • Chronic rhinosinusitis
  • Nasal allergy
  • Nasal obstruction
  • Tonsillitis
  • Glue ear
  • Nose bleeds
  • Hoarse voice
  • Snoring

Professional Memberships

  • General Medical Council
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
  • Secretary of British Society of Otology,
  • Secretary of British Skull Base Society
  • Member of ENTUK
  • Fellow of the European Academy of Otology and Neurotology
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