About Mr David Selvadurai
Welcome to my private medical practice website, which provides details about me and the ENT services I provide.
Here you will find details about me, the conditions I treat, the team I employ, and how you can access the services. For the convenience of existing patients, we have an online payment facility and FAQs to help with post-operative care.
Please remember that I cannot give individualised medical advice online – the information provided on the website is for information only and is not a substitute for seeing me or another qualified professional.
The information provided relates only to patients seeing me for private medical care; for NHS-related care and queries, please see the relevant NHS hospital website.
David answers questions about being a Consultant ENT Surgeon
With thanks to Parkside Hospital for the film.
My background, training and qualifications
I trained in Medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College in London, qualifying with a Distinction in Surgery in 1992. I have always had an interest in the science behind medical conditions and undertook a BSc degree at Imperial College, London in 1991 prior to medical finals.
Despite deciding on a career in ENT, I recognised the benefits of a good grounding in general surgical disciplines and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Clinical Surgery in General) before specialising in ENT. I became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Otolaryngology in 1997 then completed the final (intercollegiate) examination in otolaryngology in 2002.
My interest in the ear and hearing led to me to pursue a year of pure research during my training. With this and subsequent research I was awarded a Doctorate in Medicine from Leicester University in 2004. Having established otology as my main interest, I was awarded the very competitive Graham Fraser Fellowship to fund my training in cochlear implantation, Ménière’s disease and advanced otology under Professor WPR Gibson in Sydney in 2004.
I was appointed to my current post as Consultant ENT Surgeon at St George’s Hospital London immediately on returning from Sydney in 2004 – I started the Cochlear Implant Programme at St George’s in 2006. My current practice encompasses all manner of ear-related conditions, auditory implantation and general ENT with children’s clinics and care for a wide range of emergency ENT conditions.
I also visited The Boston Children’s Hospital as an observer and research fellow during my training and I am one of the few UK ENT surgeons to have been admitted as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
The Practice Team
Meet the people who support David Selvadurai at his practice and will be your first port of call.
Mrs Bridget Sweeney
Practice Secretary
Bridget is the practice secretary and backbone of the excellent service we aspire to. She has been with the practice since 2010, working office hours from Monday to Friday. She will assist with booking appointments, scheduling operations and general enquiries. She can be reached by telephone (07949627 993) or by email.
Mrs Shobi Emmanuel
Practice Manager
Shobi is the practice manager and handles the running of the practice, insurance and billing queries, and also general issues when Bridget is unavailable. She has been with the practice since 2004 and knows how every aspect of the service runs.