Mr David Golding-Wood

I was trained at St Thomas' Hospital Medical School and qualified in 1980. My subsequent training involved exposure to General Surgery when I gained a Fellowship in 1985, followed by Registrar training at The Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital and Senior Registrar Training at The Royal Free and The Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford. I was awarded a TWJ fellowship in Neuro-otology and spent time at University of Michigan Hospitals and The Kresge Hearing Research Institute. I was appointed as a Consultant Surgeon to Bromley Hospitals in 1995 (latterly South London Healthcare and Kings) with an interest in Otology. Throughout my appointment I pursued interests in Ear Disease (Otology) particularly with reconstructive surgery of the ear and have performed over 1000 middle ear and mastoid procedures. I promoted day case surgery and achieved a substantial rise in the percentage of patients treated as day cases. I adopted the technique of coblation for tonsillectomy for which I have been a mentor and trainer at a National level and tutor on an international course. I have been a regular teacher in temporal bone surgery in London. I retired from the NHS in January 1995 and I remain in full time private practice based at Chelsfield Park Hospital. I have published on a variety of subjects mainly relating to ear disease and rhinosinusitis. I am married with 3 adult children, 2 grandchildren and have interests in golf and gardening.

I have a comprehensive training in the full range of ENT conditions. In recent years I have concentrated my expertise on diseases of the ear (Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, Balance Upset, Ear Discharge and Earache) together with common ENT disorders affecting children for which Chelsfield Park Hospital remains one of the few centres outside Central London able to care for children over the age of 3 years. I have interests in diseases of the nose and sinuses having introduced and developed a service in endoscopic nasal surgery in Bromley from 1995 together with a long standing interest in snoring and problems of facial pain.