About Mr Kelly
As a consultant surgeon in one of the largest hospital trusts in Europe, I have a major surgical interest in neuro-otology and skull base surgery. I have helped set up a Neurofibromatosis Type II clinic, one of only a few in England, which has attracted national funding.
I am advancing minimally invasive sinus surgery and frontal recess surgery by my leading on balloon sinuplasty in Yorkshire. I have achieved funding for the ENT department in Leeds (now close to £200,000 in charity grants in the last 3 years) for the purchase of state of the art equipment. I have trained and am one of few surgeons in the UK to carry out totally endoscopic ear surgery (TEES).
I have a commitment to teaching and clinical research and contribute to medical education, training and assessment in my college, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the University of Leeds. I have had a management role in clinical director of the Department of Otololaryngology in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
I am actively involved in teaching and training, having demonstrated this in gaining my Masters of Education (Clinical Education) in 2007 when I carried out a research project in the perceptions of surgical training and I aim to pursue surgical training and medical education as a major part of my career. I have a higher degree from the University of Edinburgh (MD).
Qualifications
University of Leeds
MEdDecember 2007
University of Edinburgh
MDJuly 2002
Royal College of Surgeons
FRCS ORL-HNSNovember 1999
University of Edinburgh
FRCS (Otolaryngology)January 1996
University of Edinburgh
Surgery in GeneralJune 1994
University of Glasgow
MB ChBJune 1990
Consultant ENT Surgeon
The Leeds teaching hospitals NHS trust and honorary senior lecturer in Otolaryngology, the University of Leeds (from Dec 2001). Former Clinical Director of the Leeds ENT Department. Former Otology Section editor for the e-Learning Department of Health / ENT UK Project. He was the Otology Section for the ENT UK e-Learning Project. Editor of the ENT UK Newsletter. Former member of the panel of question writers, the Intercollegiate Specialty Board in Otolaryngology.
December 2001 - present
Best presentation award,
Mackenzie ENT Society
December 2008
Visiting Professor
University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
June 2001
RSM scholarship to attend and present at the 5th European Skull Base Society Congress
Copenhagen
June 2001
Ethicon Fellowship to attend the Dundee Open Structure Rhinoplasty course
September 2000
A national university award for original research in Pathology
Glasgow Finalist, Cappell Award
1989
Award Scholar
University of Western Ontario
1989
Distinction
Community Medicine (1988), Biology, Chemistry (1985)
August - September 1988
Pathology research project with Dr GBM Lindop, Department of Pathology, Glasgow University, sponsored by the Scottish Home and Health Department. This was the first study to show the morphology of the mammalian peripolar cell. I became familiar with the use of both scanning and transmission electron microscopy techniques. The project was selected as Glasgow University’s entry in the Cappell Award.
March 1997 - September 2001
Project investigating the chemical enhancement of facial nerve repair in the department of clinical neurosciences, the University of Edinburgh, under the supervision of Mr MA Glasby, reader in experimental neurology. This project involves the creation of a model for facial paralysis and repair using ‘neurotrophic growth factors’ in an effort to improve upon current outcome results. This was the subject of my MD thesis.
September 2006 - September 2007
A prospective study ‘A quantitative study on the differences in perceptions of training requirements between otolaryngology surgical trainers and trainees’. This work formed the basis of my 12000 word thesis in my Masters of Education degree at the University of Leeds. I passed this in October 2007 (with merit). This work was presented to the North of England Otolaryngology Society Spring Meeting in March 2008.
Faculty member of Bradford Part III Revision Course FRCS ORLHNS
2005 - 2009
Member of the panel of question writers for the Intercollegiate Otolaryngology Examination
2005 - 2013
Member of the medical student admissions interview panel
University of Leeds
2003 - present
Member of the Otolaryngology Specialist Training Committee
Yorkshire
2002 - 2010
Secretary of the North of England Otolaryngology Society
2002 - 2006
Member of the Specialist Advisory Board in Otolaryngology
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
2000-2001
Secretary of the Mackenzie ENT Society
ENT UK
2002 - present
Manager of the North of England Otolaryngology Society Internet worldwide web site
2001 - 2007
ENT representative of ‘Vision 2000’, the committee that is establishing a new medical student curriculum for the University of Edinburgh
1997 - 1999
Oto-rhinolaryngological Research Society
1997 - present
Student representative on the Medical Faculty Staff Student Committee
1985 - 1990
Member of the Mackenzie ENT Society
2006 - present
ENT case and update: Yorkshire Health Care Practitioners
Trinity University Leeds
19th March 2019
Hearing levels in vestibular schwannoma patients: conservative treatment vs the gamma knife
British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology (BACO)
4th July 2018
Kelly, G. Vertigo with an ENT spin
Spire Leeds
17th April 2018
Kelly, G. ENT Cases in General Practice
Fountain Medical Centre
7th March 2018
Kelly, G. ENT Red Flags
Leeds Beckett University
9th December 2017
Kelly, G. Unilateral hearing loss
Leeds General Infirmary
6th December 2017
Kelly, G. ENT cases for a General Practice Discussion
Adwalton House Surgery, Drighlington
13th November 2017
Kelly, G.VTE assessment and re-wroking of the data
St James’s University Hosptial, Leeds Hospital
18th October, CD meeting 2017
Kelly, G. A review of Common ENT conditions
Spire Leeds Hospital
26th September 2017
Kelly, G. Event@Nuffield ENT for General Practice
Mercure Parkway Hotel, Leeds
4th July 2017
Kelly, G. Audit: Living care practice in MR scanning for ear symptoms, Thorpe Park Clinical Governance Meeting
Thorpe Park Hotel, Leeds
9th May 2017
Kelly, G. Yorkshire Nurse Practitioner Forum, ENT in General Practice
Weetwood Hall Hotel, Leeds
22nd April 2017
Kelly, G. ENT update on common ear problems seen in primary care, including hearing loss
BUPA, Trafalgar House, Leeds
20th April 2017
Kelly, G. Consent for Myringoplasty, How I do it
ENTUK Spring Meeting, York
31st March 2017
Kelly, G. The semicircular canals and beyond, Bradford Temporal Bone Course
Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford
30th March 2017
Kelly, G. ENT in General Practice Discussion and Cases, Lunch & Learn Nuffield Hospital Season
Robin Lane Medical Centre, Pudsey
23rd March 2017
Kelly, G. Permanent Conductive Hearing Impairment in children, Leeds Children’s Hearing Services ‘MDT’ Development Day
St George’s Centre, Middleton
18th January 2017
Kelly, G. ENT microbiology
Yorkshire Microbiology Registrar Teaching
14th September 2016
Kelly, G. Endoscopic middle ear surgery, Yorkshire Registrar Training Day
Leeds, St George’s Church Meeting Rooms
9th November 2016
Kelly, G. ENT ear, nose & throat emergencies, lecture to GPs
Spire Hospital Leeds
16th September 2015
Kelly, G. Ear, nose & throat considerations & management in the out of hours setting
Weetwood Hall
30th April 2015
Kelly, G. ENT anaesthesia for anaesthetic trainees
Leeds General Infirmary
21st November 2014
Kelly, G. Ossiculoplasty. Yorkshire Registrar Training Day
Leeds General Infirmary
21st November 2014
Kelly, G. Managing common nasal conditions, Back to Medical School
Moor Allerton Golf Club, Leeds
15th May 2014
Kelly, G. Otology and Audiology, GPwSI in ENT meeting
Thorpe Park Medical Centre, Leeds
30th April 2014
Kelly, G. ENT in general practice, my noise is blocked – an update on rhinosinusitis & snoring
Leeds Masonic Hall
6th March 2014
Kelly, G. ENT in general practice, a lump in my throat an update on voice, swallowing, globus and cancer
Leeds Masonic Hall
6th March 2014
Kelly, G. Cholesteatoma. Yorkshire Registrar Training Day
Leeds General Infirmary
26th November 2013
Kelly, G. Bone anchored hearing aids, what’s new? BANA meeting
Leeds General Infirmary
15th June 2013
Kelly, G. ENT in general practice. Kingswood Surgery
Harrogate
15th April 2013
Kelly, G. Modern ENT in general practice
Spire Hospital Leeds
20th March 2013
Kelly, G. Otitis media with effusion
Leeds General Infirmary
29th November 2012
Kelly, G. General practice ENT. Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group Target Meeting
Leeds Mercure Hotel
20th September 2012
Kelly, G. Unilateral hearing loss, GPwSI in ENT meeting
The Corn Exchange, Leeds
24th April 2012
Kelly, G. ENT cases and discussion
General Practice, York
22nd February 2012
Kelly, G. ENT, things that we could do better, Back to Medical School
Moor Allerton Golf Club, Leeds
26th January 2012
Kelly, G. The smelly ear. Yorkshire Registrar Training Day
Leeds General Infirmary
December 2012
Kelly, G. ENT in general practice and ENT hospital cases
Boston Spa, Leeds
14th July 2011
Kelly, G. ENT in general practice, congested patients, congested clinic? Reducing the burden of allergic rhinitis
21st June 2011
Kelly, G. ENT Stridor. St James’s Hospital anaesthetic meeting
20th April 2011
Kelly, G. Radiotherapy and the temporal bone, Mackenzie Society
Durrant’s Hotel, London
6th December 2007
Bajaj, Y, Kanatas, AN, Carr, S, Sethi, N, Kelly, G. Is nasal packing really required after septoplasty.
British Rhinological Society
May 2008
Charlett, S., Bajaj, Y., Kelly, G. Informing patients of test results by letter: A measure to reduce outpatient waiting times
Royal Society of Medicine
February 2008
Goodyear, P, Kelly G. Consent – Is it Informed?
The North of England Otolaryngology Society Meeting, Leeds
March 2004
Kelly, G. Disorders of the inner ear
Yorkshire registrar teaching in Oto-rinholaryngology
January 2004
Kelly, G. Ears. ‘Target’ GP vocational training
September - October 2003
Kelly, G. ‘ENT case presentations’
Nuffield Hospital Leeds
September 2003
Kelly, G. Neuro-otology: when why and how to operate
Yorkshire postgraduate meeting in Oto-rinholaryngology
March 2003
Kelly, G. Neurotrophic factors and repair of the facial nerve
ENT Postgraduate Meeting, Manchester
March 2001
Kelly, G, Glasby, M. Can neurotrophic factors improve current results of facial nerve repair? An animal study
Scottish Otolaryngological Society Meeting. Dunblane
June 2000
Lee, P, Kelly, G. In search of the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
Scottish Otolaryngological Society Meeting. Dunblane
June 2000
Kelly, G. Evolving strategies in the medical management of nasal polyposis
East and West of Scotland SpR study day, Perth
April 2000
Kelly, G, Lee, P. Myringoplasty: Does size matter? Short papers. Section of Otology
The Royal Society of Medicine
March 2000
Kelly, G. Should a trainee do my myringoplasty?
British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology, Cambridge
July 1999
Kelly, G, Lee, P. Nasendoscopically assisted nasogastric feeding tube positioning: a simple new technique
British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology, Cambridge
July 1999
Kelly, G. Electrophysiological assessment of the facial nerve
Otorhinolaryngological research society
October 1998
Kelly, G. A model for electrophysiological assessment of the facial nerve
Scottish Otolaryngological Society Meeting (Dunkeld)
Dunkeld, June 1998
Gilchrist, T, Glasby, MA, Healy, DM, Kelly, G, Lenihan, DV, McDowall, KL, Miller, IA, Myles, LM. The controlled release glass tube as a new entubulation method for peripheral nerve repair. Joint meeting of the British orthopaedic research society, bone and tooth society and biomaterials special interest group
Oxford
March 1998
Kelly, G. An audit of Edinburgh outpatient otolaryngology treatments – are they evidence based?
Grand Rounds-St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London
February 1998
Kelly, G, McDowall, KL, Lenihan, DV, Glasby, MA. In vitro repair of the facial nerve – in vivo
JS Fraser Presentation
October 1997
Kelly, G. Is evidence based medicine used in otolaryngology
Scottish Otolaryngological Society summer meeting
June 1997
Kelly, G. A retrospective study into evidence based medicine in Otolaryngology
Otorhinolaryngological research society, spring meeting
April 1997
Kelly, G. Evidence based medicine in ENT. Surgery Academic Afternoon Meeting
Edinburgh surgical forum
November 1996
Kelly, G. Is Otolaryngology Evidence Based? JS Fraser Presentation
June 1996
Ah-See, K, Kelly, G, Todd, G, MacKenzie, K. Day Case Microlaryngeal Surgery:- A Feasibility Study
Scottish Otolaryngological Society Meeting, Inverness
June 1995
Kelly, G, Ah-See, K, Todd, G, MacKenzie, K. Use of Peak Expiratory Flow Rate and Saturation as Predictors of fitness for the same day discharge following microlaryngeal surgery
Ninth British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology. Manchester
July 1995
Kelly, G, Gana, P, Nielsen, T, MacGregor, F. Tonsillectomy, a safe procedure for the surgeon? The risks of potential conjunctival blood contamination
Scottish Otolaryngological Society Meeting, Inverness
June 1995
Kelly, G, Gana, P, Nielsen, T, MacGregor, F. The incidence of possible conjunctival contamination in tonsillectomy
West of Scotland ENT Registrars Night
May 1995
Kelly, G, Porteous, C. ‘Do Blunt Needles Reduce The Incidence Of Glove Perforation’
The Scottish Society for Experimental Medicine, Aberdeen
March 1995
Surgery for Vertigo Kelly, G.
Damascus, the Syrian ENT Society
15th April 2006
Is there still a place for acoustic neuroma surgery in 2006, Kelly, G.
Damascus, the Syrian ENT Society
15th April 2006
A review of therapies in sudden sensorineural hearing loss, Kelly, G.
Damascus, the Syrian ENT Society
15th April 2006
Surgery for Facial Paralysis, Kelly, G.
Damascus, the Syrian ENT Society
16th April 2006
Round table on Myringoplasty debate in children Kelly, G., Clark, R., Abass, A., Kassameh, G.
Damascus, the Syrian ENT Society
15th April 2006
Research in Neurotrophic Growth Factors and Nerve Repair. Kelly, G.
University Health Network, Toronto.
June 2001
EBM in ENT: what have we done so far? Ah-see, K, Kelly, G.
Netherlands EBM Course, Beekbergen, Holland
June 2001
Can neurotrophic factors affect the outcome of facial nerve repair? Kelly, G, Glasby, M
5th European Skull Base Society Congress, Copenhagen
June 2001
Reanimation of total unilateral facial paralysis: a comparison of surgical techniques. Malik, T, Kelly, G, Ahmed, A, Saeed, S, Ramsden, R.
International Facial Nerve Symposium, San Francisco
July - August 2001
Reanimation of total unilateral facial paralysis: a comparison of surgical techniques. Kelly, G, Malik, T, Ahmed, A, Saeed, S, Ramsden, R.
5th European Skull Base Society Congress, Copenhagen
June 2001
Gana, P, Kelly, G, Nielsen, T, MacGregor, F. The risks of potential conjunctival blood contamination
Pan-African Federation of ORL societies & 6th scientific conference of the Kenya ENT society, Nairobi
June 1998
MacKenzie, K, Kelly, G, Todd, G, Ah-See, K. Use of Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) and Saturation (SaO2) as Predictors of fitness for the same day discharge following microlaryngeal surgery
First World Voice Congress, Oporto, Portugal
April 1995
Kelly, G, Downie, I, Gardiner, DS, More, IAR, Lindop, GBM. The peripolar cell: a distinctive cell type in the mammalian glomerulus. Morphological evidence from a study
Journal of Anatomy – 168, 217-227
1990
Kelly, G, Porteous, C. Do blunt needles reduce incidence of glove perforations?
Scottish Medical Journal – 40, 4, 125-126.
1995
Kelly, G, Gana, P, Nielsen, T, MacGregor, F. The risk of conjunctival contamination in tonsillectomy.
Journal of the Royal College of Surgeon of Edinburgh – 45, 5, 288-290
2000
Ah-See, K, Kelly, G, Todd, G, MacKenzie, K. A prospective evaluation of the feasibility of day case microlaryngeal surgery
Journal of Laryngology and Otology – 112(4), 351-4
1998
Gilchrist, T, Glasby, MA, Healy, DM, Kelly, G, Lenihan, DV, McDowall, KL, Miller, IA, Myles, LM. In vitro nerve repair – in vivo. The reconstruction of peripheral nerves by entubulation with biodegradable glass tubes
Journal of Plastic Surgery – 51, 231-237
1998
Kelly, G, P, Lee, P. Nasendoscopically assisted placement of nasogastric tube
Journal of Laryngology and Otology – 113: 839-40
1999
Kelly, G, Lee, P. Nasendoscopically-assisted nasogastric feeding tube placement: A simple new technique
Journal of Laryngology and Otology – Supp 23: 46
1999
Kelly, G. Lee, P. Should a trainee do my myringoplasty?
Journal of Laryngology and Otology – Supp 23: 19
1999
Kelly, G. Electrophysiological assessment of the facial nerve repair: A model
Clinical Otolaryngology – 24 (4), 374-5
1999
Odutoye, T., Nisbet, R., Kelly, G., Sim, D. An audit of tympanomastoid surgery and prospective data collection
Journal of Laryngology and Otology – 114: 898 – 899
2000
Kelly, G. Lee, P. A new technique for the insertion of a silastic button for septal perforations.
Larygoscope – 111: 539-540
2001
Lee, P., Kelly, G., Mills, R.P. Myringoplasty: does the size of the perforation matter?
Clinical Otolaryngology – 27(5), 331-334
2002
Kaushik V., Kelly G., Richards S.D., Saeed S.R. Isolated unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy after minor head trauma.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg – 105(1): 42-7
December 2002
Consent for tonsillectomy. Mistry D, Kelly G.
Clin Otolaryngol – 29(4):362-8
August 2004
A comparison of surgical techniques used in the dynamic reanimation of the paralysed face. TH Malik, TH, Kelly, G, Ahmed, A, Saeed, SR, Ramsden, RT.
Otology & Neurotology – 26(2): 284-91
March 2005
Maung KH, Menon K, Kelly G. How I do it? Excision of neck lumps under local anaesthesia.
Int J Clin Pract. – 59(7):854-5
July 2005
Bruce, I, Malik, T, Kelly, G, Saeed, S, Ramsden, R. Does meningitis stop CSF rhinorrhoea following lateral skull base surgery.
Skull Base – 17(4):235-8
July 2007
Conservative management of acoustic neuromas. Kelly G
ENT News – Vol 15, No6: p56-7
January/February 2007
Otitis media and a neck lump–current diagnostic challenges for Paragonimus-like trematode infections. Schuster H, Agada FO, Anderson AR, Jackson RS, Blair D, McGann H, Kelly G.
54(2): p103-6
February 2007
In search of a better clinic letter for general practitioners. Bajaj Y, Charlett S, Kelly G
Clin Otolaryngol – 32(3):221
June 2007
Bajaj, Y, Kanatas, AN, Carr, S, Sethi, N, Kelly, G. Is nasal packing really required after septoplasty.
Int J Clin Pract – 63(5):757-9
May 2009
Fraser, L, Kelly, G. An evidence based approach to the management of the adult with nasal obstruction.
Clinical Otolayngology – 34(2):151-155
April 2009
Informing patients of test results by letter: a measure to improve access to outpatient services. Charlett SD, Bajaj Y, Kelly G.
Clinical Otolaryngol – 34(2): 173-4
April 2009
Tapia’s syndrome after repair of a fractured mandible - Kashyap SA, Patterson AR, Loukota RA, Kelly G.
British Journal of Oral Maxillofacial – Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. – 48(1):53-4
January 2010
Severe laryngeal dysplasia in a 20-year-old nonsmoker treated with CO2 laser excision: a case report and review of the literature. - Fraser L, Kelly G, MacLennan K, Makura ZG.
Photomed Laser Surg. – 28 Suppl 2:S115-9
October 2010
Kelly G, ENT News
Vol 18. No 6. Radiology in ENT, ENT News Editorial
Jan/Feb 2010
A national registry for acoustic neuromas. - Van Hill, P, Kelly G, Fenwick J
British Journal of neurosurgery, in press
2010
12 minute consultation: an evidence-based management of referred otalgia - Visvanathan V, Kelly G. Clin Otolaryngol.
35(5):409-14
October 2010
The oozing tracheostomy – A novel application for Floseal. Prowse, S, Kelly, G.
Clinical Otolaryngol – in press
2010
Kelly, G. ENT UK Newsletter Vol 20, No 3.
Editorial
June 2010
Kelly, G. ENT UK Newsletter Vol 20, No 5.
Editorial
October 2010
Titled: TS F2-03 A proposed national registry of acoustics - P Van Hille, G Kelly & J Fenwick
British Journal of Neurosurgery – General Infirmary at Leeds – 24(4):374
August 2010
Mr Kelly runs the British Society of Otology Balance Course which is held at the start of the year, each year. The 2017 course was held on the 1st February 2017 and was a great success. The 2018, 2019 and 2020 courses have been fully booked with 48 participants and reviews have been excellent! The 2021 course was held as an on-line only course and again the reviews were excellent! The 2022 course might be a hybrid course with some delegates attending on-line and some in-person.
