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Mr Yakubu Karagama

Consultant ENT Surgeon

MBBS, DLO, MSc, FRCS (ORL-HN), PGMed Cert

Practises at: The Alexandra Hospital

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Personal Profile

Mr Yakubu Karagama is a highly qualified ears, nose and throat consultant and Laryngologist working at The Alexandra Hospital in Manchester, The Blackheath Hospital London, HCA The Shard London.

His NHS Practice is at Guy's and St Thomas Hospital London. He leads the multidisciplinary specialist voice clinic at Guy's and St Thomas Hospital London.

He specialises in general adult and children Ear, Nose and Throat problems but in addition he has a special interest in professional voice problems, nasal and sinus problems. He is the founder and course director for London and Manchester Phonosurgery course, is keen in voice research and obtained an MSc in Advance Voice Research at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 2005.

Mr Karagama has presented his research and won prizes at national and international conferences, including the North of England Otolaryngological Society, the Royal Society of Medicine and the British Association Conference of Otolaryngologists (BACO). He has authored and co-authored over 50 publications, is a visiting Senior Lecturer at King's College, London. He was Secretary of the British Laryngological Association. He is also an Honorary Fellow at the Royal Northern College of Music Manchester.

Clinical Interests

  • General ENT
  • Voice
  • Nasal and sinus problems
  • Nasal blockage
  • Sinusitis
  • Swallowing problem
  • Chronic cough
  • Sensation of lumps in throat

Professional Memberships

  • British Laryngological Association
  • British Rhinological Society 
  • Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of England 
  • British Voice Association
  • European Laryngological Society
  • International Phonosurgeons Association
  • ENT-UK
  • British Medical Association
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