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Jonathan Fishman

Position: 
Council Member

Jonathan Fishman BM BCh (Oxon), MA (Cantab), PhD, FRCS (ORL-HNS)

Jonathan Fishman is an ENT Consultant and Laryngologist at the Royal National Throat, Nose & Ear Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at University College London. He has both an adult and paediatric laryngology practice and runs weekly multidisciplinary voice clinics. He also leads the airway service at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. He has a dedicated interest in voice disorders and neurolaryngology.

Jonathan was awarded a PhD from University College London in 2013 for his research. He has received numerous awards, grants, prizes (including recipient of the BLA David Howard Laryngology Prize in 2014) and research fellowships and has published widely in the field of laryngology. He has lectured both nationally and internationally and has organised and chaired sessions at National, European and International meetings pertaining to laryngology. He is Senior Editor for the Journal of Laryngology & Otology.

Jonathan has been on the BLA Council for several years now, serving as both Trainee representative and more recently Meetings Secretary. He is passionate about the field of laryngology. Laryngology, by comparison with other ENT subspecialties, is a relatively young discipline in the UK. He aims to drive innovation within the field, through collaborative research and audit, in order to establish the UK as a World leading laryngology centre of excellence.