Mr Laith Tapponi

Mr Laith Tapponi qualified with MBChB from Al Yarmuk University teaching School of Medicine in Baghdad, Iraq in 1989. He completed his extensive two years postgraduate training in prestigious teaching departments of excellence in Baghdad, Iraq. Then, he undertook highly competitive clinical and university teaching posts in Southern Ireland, UK, USA and Europe.

He completed his advanced Fellowship Courses in Ear, Nose and throat and Head and Neck Surgery in in Dublin, Ireland, in Philadelphia state, USA, in London/ Newcastle/ Bristol, in Paris, in Marburg, Germany and in Leiden, Netherlands and taken part in surgical outreach in those places.

He carries a FRCSI (ORL-HNS) Certificate from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, followed by accreditation of Specialist Register in ENT, a Diploma in Audiology and Hearing Aid, UCD, Ireland and Diploma in Personnel and Health Management, Glasgow Independent University, Scotland.

Mr Tapponi has extensive experience in a wide variety of General ENT conditions and surgical procedures for both children and adults. He stays up to date with advancing technology and treatments by attending and delivering lectures at the School of Surgery, London, at the Anatomy Lab and Educational Centre, as well as teaching and examining medical school students for more than 25 years in Ireland and the UK, and he passes all those benefits on to his patients.

Current NHS and Leadership positions:

• Substantive fulltime consultant
• Clinical and Educational Supervisor

Personal profile:

In my spare time I am devoted husband and father. I enjoy long walks, gardening, swimming, basketball and tennis.