Mr Matthew Cherko

Mr Matthew Cherko is a Consultant ENT Surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and a member of The ENT Consultancy team.

After graduating from King’s College London in 2009, Mr Cherko completed his surgical training across centres in the Thames Valley and London regions. He undertook a fellowship in thyroid and parathyroid surgery in Oxford and Berkshire, gaining a deep understanding of the regional thyroid network and benefiting from collaboration with both endocrine and ENT surgeons.

He then completed a prestigious fellowship in complex laryngology at the National Airway Reconstruction Centre, Charing Cross, London. Here, he gained extensive experience treating patients with a wide range of voice, swallowing, and breathing disorders, performing numerous surgical airway procedures and interventional clinic-based procedures. He works closely with allied professionals such as speech and swallow therapists.

Beyond his clinical work, Mr Cherko is passionate about medical education and training, particularly emergency simulation-based training, and serves on the faculty of national resuscitation courses. He has co-authored book chapters on thyroid and voice surgery and has served as the regional trainee research champion for national clinical studies in ENT.

Mr Cherko's specialist interests include disorders of voice, swallowing, and breathing, thyroid and parathyroid surgery, salivary gland surgery, and paediatric ENT.