Best ENT Specialist in Townsville
Dr Cameron Altmann
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Dr Lindsay Allen
ENT Specialist
North Qld born and raised, Dr. Allen completed his Ear, Nose, and Throat surgical training in Brisbane before completing additional training in Oxford, Belfast, and Dublin. Dr. Allen established the ENT Department at the Townsville Hospital and was previously the Director of the ENT Department and also Chairman of the Division of Surgery at the Townsville Hospital. He worked in both private practice and the public sector in Townsville for more than 20 years before moving to South East Queensland for four years. With extensive experience treating both children and adults, Dr. Allen has returned to work in North Queensland.
Dr David Wright
ENT Specialist
the United Kingdom, he studied medicine at Guy’s Hospital, London. He subsequently completed a ‘Calman Specialist Training Program’ in Ear, Nose & Throat Surgery. He then underwent advanced training in Head & Neck Surgery in Australia. He was the ‘Head and Neck Fellow’ at The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in 2005 & 2006. Dr Wright has three post graduate Fellowship qualifications with Colleges of Surgeons in both the UK and Australia.
Dr Simon Liebenberg
ENT Specialist
head, and neck cancer surgery. After obtaining his medical degree in 2000 at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Dr. Liebenberg traveled to the United Kingdom and completed basic surgical training. While in the United Kingdom he met his wife Emma, who is a nurse. They now have three young children, two of whom were born in Australia. In 2007, he returned to South Africa and specialized in Ear Nose and Throat Surgery through the University of Cape Town at Groote Schuur, New Somerset, and Red Cross Children’s Hospitals. Dr Liebenberg’s training included outreach to rural and remote areas, much like is the case with training programs in Queensland.
Dr Shane Anderson
ENT Specialist
Dr. Anderson is Director of North Queensland Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgery, Director of ENT Department at the Townsville University Hospital, and Medical Director of the North Queensland Cochlear Implant Unit. Dr Anderson was raised in a RAAF household in Townsville and completed his first university degree at James Cook University in 1995. He moved to Brisbane and completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Queensland in Brisbane before commencing Advanced Surgical Training in South East Queensland.
What is ENT specialist?
An ENT specialist (otorhinolaryngologist) is a doctor who specialises in diseases that affect the ears, nose and throat, as well as the head and neck. ENT specialists are not only medical doctors who can treat your sinus headache, your child’s swimmer’s ear, or your dad’s sleep apnea. They are also surgeons who can perform extremely delicate operations to restore hearing of the middle ear, open blocked airways, remove head, neck, and throat cancers, and rebuild these essential structures. This requires an additional five to eight years of intensive, post-graduate training beyond medical school. An otolaryngologist, also called an ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctor, specializes in the care and treatment of the area below the brain and above the lungs (except for the eyes).
What Conditions Do ENTs Treat?
General otolaryngologists do not limit their practice to any one portion of the head and neck, and can treat a variety of conditions. Some ENT specialists, however, pursue additional training in one of these subspecialty areas:
Conditions of the ear. You may need to see an ear, nose, and throat doctor if you have an ear disorder or condition, such as a hearing impairment, ear infections, disorders that affect balance, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), or pain in your ear. ENT specialists can also treat congenital disorders of the ear (disorders you were born with). Conditions of the nose. ENT specialists often manage and treat problems that affect the nose, nasal cavity, and sinuses. These problems can affect smell, breathing, and physical appearance. Conditions of the throat. Disorders and conditions that affect the throat can affect speech, singing, eating, swallowing, and digestion. ENT specialists can diagnose, manage, and treat these problems. ENT-related conditions of the head and neck. ENT specialists are trained to manage diseases, tumors, trauma, and deformities of the head, neck, and face. ENT specialists can perform cosmetic and reconstructive surgery in these areas. They can also manage problems with the nerves in the head and neck that control sight, smelling, hearing, and facial movements.
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