This episode welcomes Ding Yang, President of the BRS Juniors 2025/26 committee and Mr Rajeev Advani, consultant facial plastic, rhinology and anterior skull base surgeon based at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Mr Advani is a previous fellow from St George's Hospital in London and talks to us today about the assessment and surgical management of a rhinoplasty patient.

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Today's episode takes us to Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust where we are joined by Mr Karan Kapoor who takes us through the approaches towards managing a patient with multinodular goitre. His useful insight comes alongside his role as a lead of a well-established FRCS revision course and some unexpected knowledge on giraffe anatomy!

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The AOT Pod is please to welcome Mr Karan Kapoor, consultant head and neck surgeon and clinical lead for head and neck cancer in Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust to discuss the topic of multinodular thyroid goitre.

In this extended episode, we cover this key clinical findings brought out in the initial consultant and delve into the wider complexities of surgery with reference to retrosternal and mediastinal extension.

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The AOT Pod has great pleasure in welcoming ENT registrar Mr Josh Michaels and Mr Vikas Acharya, Past President of the BRS Juniors Committee and Consultant Rhinologist, Facial Plastic and ENT Surgeon at UCLH to The AOT Pod to discuss hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. This condition is rare but important, as the pathophysiologically, multifaceted disease profile and surgical considerations are particularly nuanced compared with simple epistaxis.

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Welcome to another episode of the AOT Pod where we are pleased to welcome Mr Gaurav Chaudhury a consultant otologist at The Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield alongside Ms Lauren Bolton a registrar in Yorkshire. In this episode we discuss tinnitus, addressing the varied associated pathologies, its complex pathogenesis in benign tinnitus and the investigative strategies that allow for targeted treatment options.

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Today we're joined by Ms Katrina Mason at The Evelina Children's Hospital in London where we discuss paediatric stridor and laryngomalacia. This episode highlights the features of paediatric stridor compared with other airway presentations and discusses the key investigations and management options available to these patients.

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Mr Bhav Patel is a Consultant ENT Surgeon at Northwick Park Hospital and former FRCS gold medal winner. He is joined today by his North Thames registrar Rahul Pankhania where they discuss the clinical nuances of otosclerosis both in its early investigation as well the surgical and non-surgical considerations following diagnosis.

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This episode takes us to Worcester Royal Hospital where are welcomed by Mr Peter Deutsch and his registrar Behrad Barmayehvar to discuss malignant salivary gland neoplasms. In particular, we highlight key considerations in the surgical management of these conditions particular with regards to complexities of facial nerve involvement.

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In today's episode, we discuss the clinical presentation, relevant investigations and management guidelines of otitis media and its sequelae as well as unpicking the pathophysiology of this condition.

Your guide to passing the FRCS starts here and we are pleased and privileged to welcome Mr David Strachan a consultant otologist and cochlear implant surgeon as well as Lauren Bolton an ST7 based in Yorkshire.

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The Association of Otolaryngologists in Training is pleased to announce The AOT Pod - a new FRCS-themed podcast for UK trainees preparing to take their exit exam. With support from the ENT UK Foundation, our Education Team led by Mr Josh Michaels and Ms Georgie Wellstead have produced an exciting and high yield series that meets with leading experts in their field to discuss key topics in otolaryngology.

Please stay tuned for the release of our first episode and be sure to subscribe and share your thoughts to us via [email protected]

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