Your Surgeon: Experience and Qualifications

Trained in national and international centres of excellence

Educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, he graduated with a Triple First class degree, as well as Distinction in the Final MB examination for Medicine at the University of Cambridge.  He was awarded the Rolleston scholarship from St.John's College, University of Cambridge.  He went on to train in the Eastern Region ENT Specialist Training Programme.  During his training he also spent three years in research following award of the prized MB/PhD programme Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship. 

He is one of a few ENT Consultants to have gained a higher PhD doctorate degree,  and was subsequently awarded the prestigious TWJ Foundation Otology Fellowship to Toronto General Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.  Mr Verma has also undergone further advanced training at the renowned Causse laser ear clinic in Beziers, France.  He publishes extensively in the world literature, instructs on national courses, lectures regularly at international venues, and continues to keep abreast of the latest developments in the field.

Delivering up-to-date expertise

Mr Verma offers a wide range of ENT expertise but has a particular interest in complex ear and nasal problems, endoscopic sinus and ear surgery (including balloon sinuplasty) and children's ENT problems.  Clinical lead for the ENT skull base/ acoustic neuroma service at the Leeds General Infirmary he has been responsible for setting up the Implantable Hearing Device/ BAHA multidisciplinary clinic, and the Leeds Joint ENT/Neurology Balance clinic for dizzy patients.

Mr Verma also has a subspecialist interest in rhinology, having helped introduce balloon sinuplasty for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis.  He regularly performs functional nasal and sinus airway procedures and provides treatments for snoring, including uvuloplasty.  He is also frequently consulted by professional voice users with voice and throat issues.

Mr Verma sits on Council for the British Society of Otology, and is a member of the British Rhinology Society, the British Association for Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, the British Skull Base Society and ENT UK.

Committed to continuing education 

Mr Verma is one of the senior consultants at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals and has a busy commitment to clinical audit and training of medical students and junior surgeons.  He is presently a member on the Regional Training Committee for ENT and Educational Lead for the Head and Neck Directorate, as well as former Clinical Governance Lead for the ENT department at Leeds General Infirmary, responsible for assessing, setting and maintaining high standards of patient care.  He has also served as the Royal College of Surgeons Surgical Tutor for the Leeds General Infirmary, which required him to take the lead on managing  the curriculum and syllabus requirements for all surgical specialities across the Trust.   He is presently a serving member on the ENT UK Global Health Committee, and a sitting member of the British Society of Otology Council.