Mr Mahmoud Salam

Qualifications

MS, MSc, FRCS, MD, FRCS(ORL)

GMC number: 3473258

Practising since: 1988

Specialties

ENT (Otolaryngology)

Consultation times

  • Weekly Monday 09:00 - 13:00
  • Weekly Tuesday 08:30 - 12:30
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About

Mr Salam has over 20 years experience in general ENT surgery. He has special expertise in nasal allergy and endoscopic sinus surgery where he has performed over 1000 procedures. He has written several publications on this type of surgery in peer review journals. His results were published at the RCS National Sino-Nasal Audit and were among the top 10 surgeons in the UK.

Mr Salam is in charge of the voice clinic at Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust where he treats patients with voice disorders in conjunction with speech therapists. He also runs the facial plastic clinic for treatment of facial skin lesions.

Mr Salam was the audit lead for ENT and is interested in auditing all his surgical results and clinical practice. He also uses this forum for teaching and training junior doctors. He organises and teaches on regional and national courses for endoscopic sinus surgery and rhinoplasty surgery. Mr Salam spent eight years in a senior management post in Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust and was responsible for seven surgical specialties.

Mr Salam introduced Balloon Tuboplasty technique for treatment of Eustachian tube dysfunction for the first time in the UK nearly eight years ago.  He published his results in international journals and presented it at international conferences.  He is the only surgeon in Suffolk who performs this procedure.   

Other interests

  • Endoscopic sinus surgery and balloon sinuplasty
  • Endoscopic Balloon Tuboplasty for Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
  • Facial skin lesions
  • Voice and swallowing disorders

Personal interests

Travelling abroad and exploring different cultures, football, badminton and table tennis, classical music and musical shows.

Treatments and tests offered by Mr Mahmoud Salam at Nuffield Health

  • Polypectomy
  • Adenoidectomy
  • Deviated septum (Septoplasty)
  • Head and neck oncology
  • Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS)
  • Antral washout
  • Tonsillectomy
  • Excision of skin lesion
  • Endoscopic sinus surgery
  • Larynx diagnostic endoscopy (or laryngoscopy)
  • Adult audiology hearing aid provision
  • Diagnostic endoscopy
  • Mastoid surgery
  • Submandibular gland removal
  • Head and neck surgery
  • Balloon Sinuplasty
  • Grommet insertion
  • Middle ear surgery
  • Nasal polypectomy

Locations Mr Mahmoud Salam works with

Related experience

Research

Mr Salam has wide experience in research and has over 45 publications in peer review journals. He has over 60 presentations of his clinical and scientific research at both national and international conferences.

He has supervised the research of junior doctors to achieve higher research degrees including MSc and MD.

Mr Salam has been awarded several prizes for his outstanding achievements while in training including:

  1. January 1996:Juniors Presentation First Prize presented at the Midland Institute of Otology, Birmingham.
  2. May 1996: Down’s Temporal Bone Dissection Prize presented  at  the Royal Society of Medicine, London. 
  3. February 1997: Intercollegiate Speciality Board Gold Medal presented at the Royal Society of Medicine,London.
  4. May 1997: Laryngology & Rhinology Section Research Prize presented at the Royal Society of Medicine, London

Mr Salam has achieved two scientific research degrees as follows:

  • M.D. in Otolaryngology - Thesis submitted to Cairo University (December 1989), The use of pyriform sinus mucosal flap for reconstruction after conservation surgery of the larynx.
  • M.Sc. in Biological Sciences - Thesis submitted to the University of Warwick (April 1995), The prevalence of different Human Papillomavirus types and p53 mutations in laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas.

Memberships

  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • British Medical Association
  • ENT-UK
  • European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery
  • British Rhinological Society
  • Royal Society of Medicine
  • European Rhinological Society
  • Medical Defence Union

Other posts held

  • Consultant ENT Surgeon, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

Insurers Mr Mahmoud Salam works with

Mr Mahmoud Salam works with the following private medical insurance providers:

  • APRIL
  • Aviva Health
  • AXA Health
  • AXA - Global Healthcare
  • Benenden Health
  • Bupa
  • Bupa On Demand
  • Childsure
  • Cigna
  • CS Healthcare
  • ESMI
  • Exeter Family Friendly
  • Freedom Health
  • Health-on-Line
  • HealthFund
  • InterGlobal
  • Medical Care Direct
  • PHC
  • SecureHealth
  • Simplyhealth
  • Universal Provident
  • Vitality Health (Pru Health)
  • Westfield Health WPA
  • WPA

Declaration

Mr Mahmoud Salam does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.

Mr Mahmoud Salam does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.

Mr Mahmoud Salam does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.