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Mr Ramesh Gurunathan works as a Consultant ENT and Head & Neck Surgeon at Southern Health and Social Care Trust (Craigavon Area Hospital & Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry). He has special interest in Head & Neck and Thyroid Surgery and is a core member of Head & Neck MDT at Belfast. Mr Gurunathan has undergone an extensive specialist training in ENT and Head & Neck Surgery in Northern Ireland, England and India and was working as a substantive Consultant Head & Neck Surgeon at a tertiary care hospital in North of England before relocating to Northern Ireland. 

Mr Gurunathan deals with all general ENT problems for both adults and children including benign and malignant head and neck diseases. He sees private patients at Kingsbridge Private Hospital, Belfast, Kingsbridge Private Hospital Northwest, Ballykelly and Hillsborough Private Clinic.

Mr Gurunathan has special interest in Head and Neck including both benign and cancer diseases, thyroid lumps and salivary gland problems. Mr Gurunathan also regularly deal with general ENT  conditions like recurrent tonsillitis, hearing loss, ear infections, wax impactions, tinnitus, dizziness, sinus infections, nasal polyps, deviated nose, snoring, voice disorders, acid reflux both in adult and paediatric population at his NHS and private practice.

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant ENT and Head & Neck, &  Thyroid Surgeon at Craigavon Area Hospital, Daisy Hill Hsopital, Newry & South Tyrone Hospital, Dungannon

Research interests

Head & Neck Cancer, Thyroid cancer

Publications

Book chapters:

1) Oxford Medical Publications Head, Neck and Dental Emergencies 2nd Edition

2018 - Chapter 5 -The Front of Neck

2) Oxford Medical Publications Head, Neck and Dental Emergencies 2nd Edition

2018 - Chapter 6 - The Ear

3) Oxford Medical Publications Head, Neck and Dental Emergencies 2nd Edition

2018 - Chapter 8 - The Throat

Articles:

1) Gurunathan RK, Mccadden L, McBride G. Toxic Shock Syndrome following Septoplasty - Report of 2 cases and Literature Review Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg September 2013 vol. 149 no. 2 suppl P265 (abstract -doi: 10.1177/0194599813496044a372)

2) Gurunathan RK, McCadden L. Tc99m Sestamibi Scan in Parathyroid Surgery - Positive scan obviates routine intra-operative parathormone Monitoring. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013 vol. 149 no. 2 P198 (abstract doi: 10.1177/0194599813496044a170)

3) Gurunathan RK, McBride G, McGahey D. Fine Needle Aspiration cytology of Thyroid Gland. A Cytology/Histology correlation study in Northern Ireland DGH. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013 vol. 149 no. 2 P64-P65 (abstract doi: 10.1177/0194599813495815a95)

4) Gurunathan RK, Mccadden L, McBride G. Hypocalcaemia after Total and Completion Thyroidectomy - Analysis of 100 consecutive patients. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg; September 2013 vol. 149 no. 2 supp P175 (abstract doi: 10.1177/0194599813496044a100)

5) Nadig S, Gurunathan RK, Kaluskar SK. Nasal-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (NALT)in Nasal Obstruction. Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery 2009 141: P219-P220.

6) Mehta R, Gurunathan RK, Kaluskar SK. Aggressive Leiomyosarcoma of Pinna – A Case Report. Internet Journal of Otolaryngology 2010 Vol 12 Number 1.

7) Chaganti S, Gurunathan RK, McNaboe EJ Solitary Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Thyroid Gland: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Internet Journal of Otolaryngology. 2008 1937-819X.

8) Gurunathan RK, Panda NK, Das A, Karuppiah S. Thyroid gland in carcinoma of the larynx and hypo pharynx: analysis of factors indicating thyroidectomy. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Jun;37(3):435-9.

9) Panda NK, Saravanan K, Purushotaman GP, Gurunathan RK. Localized amyloidosismasquerading as nasopharyngeal tumour: a review. Am J Otolaryngol. 2007;28:208-11.