Professional profile

Mr Adam Gaunt is an ear, nose and throat (ENT) consultant and head and neck surgeon working across Kent and Sussex.

He provides head and neck cancer services as well as thyroid and parathyroid surgery expertise at Medway Maritime Hospital, and also undertakes major surgery for head and neck and thyroid cancer in East Grinstead as a consultant at Queen Victoria Hospital.

Mr Gaunt has performed over 2,000 ENT operations throughout his training and over 200 major head and neck resections as a fellow and consultant.

He is a fellowship trained ENT surgeon with an interest in head and neck surgical oncology and in general ENT. His fellowship training in head and neck surgery has given him a deep understanding of oropharyngeal, laryngeal, salivary gland and thyroid disorders, both malignant and benign.

Mr Gaunt developed an interest in head and neck oncology while training across the East of England and the East Midlands, and undertook a fellowship in Head and Neck surgical oncology at University Hospitals Sheffield as nationally appointed Royal College of Surgeons Interface Head and Neck Fellow. 

This experience gave him exposure to the full range of head and neck surgery gaining expertise alongside maxillofacial, plastic and endocrine surgeons in one of the UK’s largest specialist cancer centres.

General Medical Council number: 7140202

 

Clinical interests

  • Head and neck pathology
  • Head and neck surgery
  • Laryngology
  • Parathyroid disease
  • Rhinology
  • Sinus surgery
  • Thyroid surgery
  • Voice disorders

Special clinical interests include: head and neck (throat, tongue, larynx, salivary gland) cancer; thyroid swelling (goitre); parathyroid surgery; swallowing problems and sore throat; pharyngeal pouch surgery; parotid surgery; tonsillitis; neck lumps; sinus problems and sinus surgery; blocked nose and septal surgery; ear infections; hearing loss and tinnitus; and ear wax removal.

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Adam Gaunt include:

  • Grommets insertion (glue ear treatment)
  • Hearing loss
  • Laryngoscopy investigation
  • Mole, cyst, wart and skin tag removal
  • Neck lumps
  • Septoplasty surgery
  • Sinus surgery (functional endoscopic sinus surgery or FESS)
  • Swallowing difficulties (Dysphagia)
  • Treatment for malignant skin cancer
  •  Thyroidectomy surgery
  • Thyroid test
  • Tinnitus
  • Tonsillectomy for adults

 

Other treatments

  • Adenoidectomy
  • Branchial cyst excision
  • Endoscopic stapling of pharyngeal pouch
  • Laser larynx
  • Panendoscopy
  • Parotid and salivary gland surgery
  • Preauricular sinus excision.

Qualifications and professional memberships

Qualifications

BMBS Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Brighton & Sussex Medical School, 2011


Professional memberships

Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons Glasgow

 

Current NHS posts

  • Medway NHS Foundation Trust (Medway Maritime Hospital)
  • Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Queen Victoria Hospital).