Mr Ian Bottrill is a Consultant ENT Surgeon with specialist interest in diseases of the ear, providing a regional service for bone anchored hearing aids and a service in all areas of outpatient and surgical ENT practice including childhood ear and hearing problems, surgery for ear infections, cholesteatoma, problems with the bones of hearing, otosclerosis and Eustachian tube problems. Mr Bottrill also has an interest in the treatment of patulous eustachian tube problems, receiving worldwide referrals, in addition to having extensive experience in the treatment of Menieres disease, known as a national expert in the use of gentamicin for Menieres disease. Mr Bottrill obtained his medical degree from Southampton University in 1986, becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) in 1991. His initial ENT training was at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital (RNTNEH) and Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital in London, later undertaking a one year fellowship at Tufts University Medical School in Boston USA, involving work on laser applications in ear surgery and work on treating Menieres Disease. Upon returning to the UK he became a senior registrar at Cambridge and RNTNEH. He passed his FRCS(ORL) final ENT examination in 1996 achieving the gold medal for the highest score in his examination and was appointed to his NHS consultant position at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford and Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury in 1997. Mr Bottrill remains committed outside his clinical work, actively involved in the training of ENT doctors, while also teaching on national ENT courses, particularly in ear surgery. Mr Bottrill has been on the council of the British Society of Otology and has been the ENT lead consultant for Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust since 2007. He has published papers on various aspects of ear problems.Diseases, Medical Tests and TreatmentsEar surgeryFunctional nasal surgerySinus surgeryLaryngoscopy Grommet insertionEar surgeryChildhood ear and hearing problemsEar infectionsSurgery for ear infectionsCholesteatomaProblems with the bones of hearingOtosclerosisMenieres diseaseEustachian tube problemsPatulous Eustachian tube managementOtitis media (glue ear)Otitis externaBone-anchored hearing aidsSinusitisTinnitusHearing loss