Miss Nazia Munir

Miss Nazia Munir is a Consultant Otologist and Lateral Skull Base Surgeon working at Aintree University Hospital within the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She was appointed as a consultant in 2013 and is a senior specialist in adult ENT, otology, neurotology, and skull base surgery.

Her clinical practice focuses on complex ear and skull base conditions, including both benign and malignant disease. She has extensive experience in advanced otological surgery, neurotology, and lateral skull base procedures, and manages tertiary referrals from across Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales, and the Isle of Man. She also provides specialist ENT input to The Walton Centre, contributing to joint skull base surgical procedures alongside neurosurgical teams.

Miss Munir completed UK ENT specialist training and undertook two highly competitive international fellowships in skull base surgery in Toronto, Canada and Cambridge, UK. These posts are recognised training centres for advanced otology and skull base surgery.

She chairs regional multidisciplinary teams focused on complex skull base conditions, including paraganglioma and vestibular schwannoma pathways, and has played a key role in developing regional governance and service standards for skull base surgery. She has previously chaired the regional skull base MDT and has contributed to national audit and quality improvement initiatives in neurotology.

In addition to her clinical work, she has a strong academic and educational portfolio. She serves as a Training Programme Director for trainees requiring additional support within the North West School of Surgery and has held senior educational leadership roles within the Royal College of Surgeons of England framework. She is heavily involved in surgical training, particularly temporal bone dissection courses, and contributes to international textbooks and journals in ENT and skull base surgery.