Paul O’Flynn has held several positions including ENT Tutor at The Royal College of Surgeons; Chair of the North London Cancer Network, Head & Neck Board; President Laryngology and Rhinology Royal Society of Medicine and Member of Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
RCS responsibilities include Lead for surgical commissioning (30 guide documents published with NICE approval); Lead for QA and accreditation of surgical training centres both domestically and globally (Holland, Egypt, India, UAE, Oman and China); International business development; Chair of RCS Senior Clinical Fellowship scheme and Member of Research and Quality board.
He is an Intercollegiate FRCS Board member and an examiner for the FRCS in Otolaryngology.
He is Honorary Professor at the Deenanath Mangeskhar Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, India.
His main surgical interests are head and neck surgery, particularly laryngeal and parotid surgery and airway management.
He lectures widely, has published more than 60 papers and contributed book chapters.
He holds a National Bronze Clinical excellence award.
Paul qualified in medicine from University College London in 1982. He was appointed Consultant ENT/Head and Neck Surgeon at The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital in 1993 and transferred to London’s University College Hospital in 2005.