RHINOPLASTY SPECIALIST

Mr Annakan Navaratnam

Annakan Navaratnam is a Consultant Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Surgeon whose private practice is based at Welbeck Hospital in Central London and The Clementine Churchill Hospital in Harrow. In his NHS practice, he works at Royal National ENT Hospital, University College London Hospital (UCLH) and is an honorary consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He has a subspecialty interest in rhinology and facial plastic surgery, with particular expertise in septorhinoplasty and nose reshaping.

He runs a tertiary rhinology NHS practice and receives referrals from across the country. He runs dedicated adult rhinology clinics, managing nasal conditions, including nasal blockage, allergies, and sinus disease, and works as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside allergy, respiratory, and rheumatology specialists.

He is part of the Craniofacial team at UCLH, where he works with Ophthalmologists, Neurosurgeons, and Maxillo-Facial and Plastic surgeons in managing complex craniofacial presentations, including patients with cleft lip/palate and congenital syndromes. He also has a specialist clinic at Great Ormond Street Hospital specifically dedicated to seeing children with problems related to their nose.

Annakan is excellently placed to manage general adult and paediatric ENT presentations and, in particular, is able to assess and treat complex problems related to the form and function of the nose. This includes endonasal (scarless) rhinoplasty, revision septorhinoplasty, and advanced endoscopic sinus surgery. He is also one of the few surgeons nationally with a dedicated tertiary paediatric rhinology practice.

Annakan Navaratnam is a Consultant Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Surgeon whose private practice is based at Welbeck Hospital in Central London and The Clementine Churchill Hospital in Harrow.

In his NHS practice, he works at Royal National ENT Hospital, University College London Hospital (UCLH) and is an honorary consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He has a subspecialty interest in rhinology and facial plastic surgery, with particular expertise in septorhinoplasty and nose reshaping.

He runs a tertiary rhinology NHS practice and receives referrals from across the country. He runs dedicated adult rhinology clinics, managing nasal conditions, including nasal blockage, allergies, and sinus disease, and works as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside allergy, respiratory, and rheumatology specialists.

He is part of the Craniofacial team at UCLH, where he works with Ophthalmologists, Neurosurgeons, and Maxillo-Facial and Plastic surgeons in managing complex craniofacial presentations, including patients with cleft lip/palate and congenital syndromes.

He also has a specialist clinic at Great Ormond Street Hospital specifically dedicated to seeing children with problems related to their nose.

Annakan is excellently placed to manage general adult and paediatric ENT presentations and, in particular, is able to assess and treat complex problems related to the form and function of the nose. This includes endonasal (scarless) rhinoplasty, revision septorhinoplasty, and advanced endoscopic sinus surgery. He is also one of the few surgeons nationally with a dedicated tertiary paediatric rhinology practice.

In more depth

Training

He trained at Imperial College School of Medicine and completed higher surgical training in the North Thames Deanery (London). He completed the Royal College of Surgeons post CCT Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery fellowship at Charing Cross Hospital, London.

Leadership roles

Annakan has also worked as a Leadership fellow at NHS England. During this time, he led national projects aimed at improving the medical treatment of patients with COVID 19 in hospitals which gained national recognition.

In December 2024, he was appointed as a national advisor for ENT with the NHS England improvement programme Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT). The GIRFT ENT team are working to reduce the number of long waiting adult and paediatric patients across England and improve models of care.

Educating the next generation of surgeons

Annakan is actively involved in training the next generation of surgeons. He regularly volunteers to give talks to schoolchildren about medicine as a career. He mentors medical students and junior doctors as well as being a clinical supervisor for higher surgical trainees in ENT. He frequently teaches on local and national instructional ENT courses and is an invited speaker at international conferences.

Research interests

His research interests include improving patient education through shared decision making, evaluating sinonasal surgery outcomes using large national datasets and the adoption of innovation into surgical practice. He has written six NHS England national clinical guidelines, authored over 70 papers in peer reviewed journals and has been awarded 13 prizes for his clinical and academic endeavours.

MR ANNAKAN NAVARATNAM’S PUBLICATIONS

Life away from work

Annakan was born and brought up in London. He lives with his family in London, and they enjoy everything the city has to offer and as well as enjoying travel abroad. Annakan is a keen sportsman, having played rugby and cricket to a regional representative level. His main pursuits outside of work are now supporting his young children in their sporting and artistic endeavours.