Nick Saunders is a consultant ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) surgeon based in Sussex. He was educated at Lancing College and undertook his undergraduate training at the University of Birmingham Medical School, graduating with honours. After initial surgical training in Bristol he worked as a registrar in London at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital and St. Mary's, and in Sussex at the Royal Sussex County Hospital and Worthing Hospital. In 2003 he was awarded a fellowship to train for one year at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney under the mentorship of Professor Paul Fagan, an internationally renowned ear and skull base surgeon. He was appointed as a consultant ENT surgeon in 2005. He has a busy practice in general adult and paediatric ENT, with a special interest in ear disorders (otology), dizziness and balance problems and, in close conjunction with a neurosurgical colleague, skull base surgery.