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Miss Alison Carter

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  • Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

GMC/GDC number:

7045275

Professional background

Miss Alison Carter is a consultant ENT surgeon at UCLH and the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals. She has a specialist interest in paediatric ENT, having completed her fellowship at the globally renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

Graduating in medicine from Nottingham University in 2010, Miss Carter pursued her surgical training in London, cumulating in her specialty training within the competitive North Thames ENT training programme.

She conducts regular clinics for both paediatric and adult ENT cases, as well as working alongside the infant feeding team in running the neonatal tongue tie service. Miss Carter has presented academically both across the UK and internationally. She has over 20 publications in peer-reviewed journals, an authorship of a widely used ENT textbook, and several surgical awards. Beyond her clinical practice, she actively engages in medical education, enthusiastically working with both students and allied specialties to further their knowledge of ENT.

Specialties

Research interests

  • Paediatric ENT

Publications

Textbooks:

  • ENT OSCEs: A Guide to Passing the DO-HNS and MRCS (ENT) OSCE J Manjaly, P Kullar, A Carter, R Fox. CRC Press (Masterpass Series) 2017, ISBN-10: 1138635944

Peer-reviewed papers:

  • A Carter, A Hall, V Thorpe, L Cochrane, J Cooke. Clinical experience of paediatric self-expanding foam cuffed tracheostomy tubes. International Journal of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2021; 151, December 110933
  • R Halfpenny, A Stewart, A Carter, M Wyatt, C Jephson, E O’Dwyer, L Cavalli. Dysphonia and dysphagia consequences of paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporarily associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS). International Journal of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngoloy 2021; 148, September 110823
  • A Carter, N Dattani, S, Hannan. Chronic Rhinosinusitis – 10 minute consultation. British Medical Journal 2019; 364:I131
  • Samitas K, Carter A, Kariyawasam HH, Xanthou G. Upper and lower airway remodeling mechanisms in asthma, allergic rhinitis and chronic rhinosinusitis: The one airway concept revisited. Allergy 2018 May; 73(5) 993-1002 PMID 29197105
  • Carter A, Jackson R, Philpott C, Hopkins C. Current practice in septal surgery and adjunctive turbinate reduction – A multisite experience in 226 consecutive cases. Clinical Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 3, Pages 762-764 PMID 27206311
  • Hasan K, Shankar S, Sharma A, Carter A, Zaidi R, Cro S, Skinner J, Goldberg A. Hip surgey and its evidence base: progress over a decade? J Orthop Traumatol. 2016 Dec; 17(4):291-295 PMID 27443626
  • A Carter, C Hopkins Improving outcomes in endoscopic sinus surgery. Journal of ENT Masterclass. Yearbook 2014. 7 (1): 92-97
  • A Carter, C Skilbeck, A Lee, R Oakley “Who will treat my discharging ear?” Do the aspirations of the trainee ENT surgeons meet the patient’s needs? Ann R Coll Surg Engl (Suppl) 2014 96 (4): 130-133
  • A Carter, E Warner, A Roberton, X Liu, A Abdul-Hamid, R Natt, C Hopkins Tonsillectomy Discharge Information. BMJ Quality Improvement Journal 2014;2: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u203433.w1546
  • A Carter, P Sarda, M George, S Corbett. Hip arthroplasty fatality related to dabigatran induced gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England 2014 96 (1): 115E-117E(3)
  • A Carter Is it worth doing a medical course abroad? BMJ Careers. 18th January 2014; 5
  • A Carter, C Skilbeck Sutures, Ligatures and Knots. Surgery Journal 2014. 32 (3): 117-120
  • H Al-Reefy, A Carter, C Hopkins Balloon Sinuplasty. Journal of ENT Masterclass. Yearbook 2013. 6 (1): 61-65
  • H Al-Reefy, A Carter, C Hopkins Outpatient Balloon Sinuplasty for Chronic Rhinosinusitis. The Otolaryngologist 2014 7 (3)
  • EF Fitzgerald, A Armstrong, A Carter, J Smith. The costs of surgical training. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 2009; 91