JUDGES AND SPEAKERS

Ms Emma Stapleton

Emma has been a consultant at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) since 2018. She is Clinical Lead for the Manchester Cochlear Implant Programme and Undergraduate Lead for ENT at the MRI. She is academic and educational supervisor for Foundation and ENT Trainees. Her current research includes hearing implants, hearing loss, and mentorship in surgery.

Emma is President of the North of England Otolaryngology Society, Patron of the Manchester Foundation Surgical Society, and a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Council of Younger Fellows. She was the recipient of the 2022 Royal College of Surgeons Hunter-Doig medal.

Emma is also Past Chair of Women in ENT Surgery UK, where she continues to co-lead the ENT UK national Mentoring Programme. Emma is a a Trustee of the TWJ Foundation; a Trustee, Director and Assistant Editor of the Journal of Laryngology and Otology, and a Council member and Trustee of the British Cochlear Implant Group. She is married with two sons and two dogs.

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Mr Sunil Sharma

Sunil has been a Consultant Paediatric ENT Surgeon at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital since 2018, having trained in London, and undertook a clinical fellowship in paediatric otology and implantation in Toronto.

His clinical interests include endoscopic ear and implantation surgery, microtia and craniofacial surgery. He is a Training Programme Director, Postgraduate Clinical Tutor, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer and Clinical Director for ENT and Audiology. He has over 60 publications, is an advanced NIHR research scholar and NICE guidelines committee member. He is also Section Editor for the Ear in Scott Brown’s Otorhinolaryngology textbook and Local Scientific Committee Lead for the Otology and Implant streams at ESPO 2023.

Outside of work, he supports Liverpool Football Club and he has a keen interest in expedition medicine, long distance running and flying.

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Tharsika Myuran, also known as TK by her colleagues, is currently an ENT ST7 near her childhood home in the East of England deanery.

She is a UCL graduate who ranked first for the North East Thames Foundation Programme, and then top ten nationally in consecutive years for Core Surgical Training in the London deanery. She has a BSc in Psychology, and Masters in Medical Education.

She is currently our AOT President. She was Secretary for the Women in ENT Surgery society (WENTS) from 2020-22 where she enjoyed encouraging the future generation of ENT surgeons, men and women alike. Outside work, she enjoys practising Mindful Living with her two young children and Physician husband.

8.55-9.15 A President’s Welcome

9.30-10.15 Wellbeing in Surgery

12.10-12.55 Trainee Oral Presentations

Prof Narula is an associate professor at Plymouth University School of Medical & Dentistry and honorary ENT consultant at Imperial Healthcare Trust. He was our first ever AOT President (1989-1990).

He co-founded The Global Tracheostomy Collaborative, became Vice President of the Confederation of British Surgery and continue to be Chairman of the Board of MediX cover ltd. He was a Past President of ENT UK, British Society for Otology and Young Consultant Otolaryngologists. He served as an elected member of Royal College of Surgeons Council until 2014. He was Editor-in-Chief of CME Bulletin Otolaryngology (1996 – 2006) and appointed independent member for Leicester Police Authority (1999-2002).

He continues to be involved in research and teaching, including the Post Graduate ENT Diploma for GPs, membership of ENT training committees and exam boards at various levels. He is currently, completing his own “Grand Designs” project and enjoys playing golf, good wine and spending time with his grandchildren.

8.55-9.15 A President’s Welcome