OUR CONSULTANTS
Experts specialising in nasal surgery
Appointments are available in a number of private hospitals and centres across London. The clinic’s Co-Directors are Mr Nicholas Eynon-Lewis and Mr. Matt Lechner who are Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat surgeons.
Call us on 020 7806 4034 to arrange a consultation.
Mr Eynon-Lewis MB BS, BSc (Hons), FRCS (ORL-HNS) is a Consultant Surgeon at St. Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospitals, London. He trained in London at Charing Cross, The Royal Free and St. Bartholomew’s Hospitals as well as The National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and other hospitals in the UK.
He has also spent time working and observing overseas in Cape Town, SA and Dallas, USA. He is in charge of undergraduate teaching at Barts and The London School of Medicine, University of London.
He is involved with organizing and lecturing on courses at The University of London and The Royal College of Surgeons of England. He is on the editorial board of the international online journal Otolaryngology.
Mr Matt Lechner, MD PhD FRCS(ORL-HNS) FHEA, trained in Ear, Nose & Throat surgery in London at University College London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, incl. St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children as well as The National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and other hospitals in the UK. He completed a one-year surgical Fellowship in Rhinology and Advanced Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at Stanford University, equipping him with a wide range of skills in nose and advanced endoscopic sinus surgery. He now exclusively specialises in rhinology and sinus surgery. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a member of various societies, such as the British, European and American Rhinologic Societies, and clinical working groups, such as the Clinical Olfactory Working Group with a focus on smell disorders, incl. Covid-19-associated smell dysfunction.
He holds a tenured Associate Professor appointment at University College London, leading a research programme with a focus on rhinology, smell loss, strategies for early cancer drug development and precision medicine. He has published more than 100 original articles covering rhinology, smell disorders, and tumour biology. He is the Chief Investigator of the recently funded COVANOS-2 and COPANOS trials and a Co-Investigator of the i-smell project. He has also been awarded a Hunterian Professorship by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2020.
He regularly lectures internationally and is involved in various courses and teaching programmes both in the UK and abroad. He is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Mr. Lechner lives in London. He is interested in sport, philosophy and the arts.
Professor Michael Polkey PhD, FRCP is a Consultant Physician at The Royal Brompton Hospital and Professor at Imperial College, London.
He trained at Guys, Kings College, St Thomas’s and The Royal Brompton Hospitals.
He has numerous publications in the field of Respiratory Medicine. He is associate editor of the European Respiratory Journal and Clinical Science and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Physiology.
He has an interest in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and will organize and interpret sleep studies when required. He will also manage sleep apnoea when surgery is not required.