Introduction

Olivia qualified from St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospital Medical School in 1998 during which time she also gained a first class honors degree in an intercalated BSc in Neuroscience at University College London in 1996.

She undertook higher surgical training in ENT in the Oxford region. During this time, she gained the Royal Society of Medicine Gold medal for achieving the top mark in the country in her ENT fellowship examinations. She spent the final year of her training as the inaugural Oxford Advanced Otology Fellow, specialising in treatment and surgery for diseases of the ear.

Olivia has been an ENT Consultant since July 2011, leaving the NHS in October 2021 to work solely in private practice. She sees adult and paediatric patients with all types of ear, nose and throat disorders, but has a particular interest in the ear, in particular cholesteatoma, tinnitus, dizziness, childhood hearing loss and ear problems including glue ear, reconstruction of the bones of hearing and Eustachian tube disorders. She has published numerous articles in various medical journals.

Olivia is married with children and enjoys skiing and playing tennis.

2007 – FRCS (ORL-HNS)
2001 – MRCS (England)
1998 – MBBS St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospital School of Medicine and Dentistry
1997 – Neuroscience BSC with First Class Honours, UCL

2016 – Performance based award for role as PI in multi-centre randomised controlled intra-tympanic drug trial in Meniere’s patients
2007 – Royal Society of Medicine Otology Section Gold Medal
2007 – 1st Prize for presentation at British Society for History for ENT Meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine Summer Meeting
1996 – First Class Honours in Intercalated Degree in Neuroscience, University College, London
1993 – Community Medicine Prize, St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospital School of Medicine and Dentistry

Principal investigator for multi-centre randomised controlled trial using intra-tympanic OTO-104 in the treatment of Meniere’s patients.  Completed June 2016.

Portable otoscopy image capture devices – a comparative review.  D Moualed, OJH Whiteside, CP Aldren.  ENT and Audiology News.  July/August 2018: 27(3).

Subperiosteal haematoma of the orbit secondary to frontal sinusitis.  Mozaffari M, Boyd E, Whiteside O. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Sep 18;2018.

Necrotising (malignant) otitis externa in the UK: a growing problem. Review of five cases and analysis of national Hospital Episode Statistics trends. Chawdhary G, Liow N, Democratis J, Whiteside O.J Laryngol Otol. 2015 Jun;129(6):600-3.

Middle ear gentamicin-soaked pledgets in the treatment of Meniere’s disease  McKeith S, Whiteside OJH, Mawby T, Bottrill I.  Otol Neurotol 2014 Feb;35(2):305-9.

Susac Syndrome:  outcome of unilateral cochlear implantation
N Grover, OJH Whiteside, J Ramsden.  Journal of Laryngology and Otology 2011 Aug; 125(8):856-8.

Cochlear implantation in superficial siderosis – a viable option?
N Grover, OJH Whiteside, J Ramsden. Cochlear Implants International  2011 Nov;12(4):241-3.

Sebaceous lymphadenoma: A case report and review of the literature.
B While, OJ Whiteside, V Desai, P Gurr. ENT Journal 2010 Aug;89(8):E22-3.

Esme Hadfield and the Wycombe Woodworkers.
OJH Whiteside, JWR Capper, RJ Corbridge.  Journal of Medical Biography 2010; 18:24-6.

How we did it: Revision for Section 2 of the FRCS (ORL-HNS) exam.
D Costello, S Winter, OJH Whiteside, L Sneddon.  Clinical Otolaryngology 2008;33(2) 193-4.

Outcomes in squamous cell carcinoma with advanced neck disease.
J Kier, OJH Whiteside, S Maitra, S Winter, GJ Cox, RC Corbridge.  Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2007 Oct;89(7):703-8.

Traumatic facial ne.rve neuroma following mastoid surgery.
JW Rainsbury, OJH Whiteside, ID. Bottrill.  Journal of Laryngology and Otology 2007 Jun;121(6):601-5. Epub 2006 Dec 4.

Technical tip:  Minimising scalpel handling.
OJH Whiteside, S French, GJ Cox, RJ Corbridge.  Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2006;88(5):503-5.

Endovascular mbolization of an arteriovenous fistula of the superficial temporal artery.
OJH Whiteside, P Monksfield, NB Steventon, J Byrne, MJ Burton.  Journal of Laryngology and Otology 2005;119:322-324.

Pneumomediastinum, an unusual complication of facial trauma.
P Monksfield, OJH Whiteside, NB Steventon, C Milford.  Ear Nose Throat Journal 2005 May;84(5):298-301.

The use of Intra-operative Peritoneal Lavage.  Its use in the Oxford and South Thames regions and a literature review.
OJH Whiteside, M G Tytherleigh, S Thrush, R Farouk, R B Galland.  Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England 2005;87(4):255-258.

Mucous membrane pemphigoid: nasal and laryngeal manifestations.
OJH Whiteside, P Martinez-Devesa, I Ali, JWR Capper.  Journal of Laryngology and Otology 2003;117:885-888.

A bitter pill to swallow.
P Monksfield, OJH Whiteside, SCA Winter, NB Steventon, GJ Cox.  Medical Journal of Australia 2003;178(4):189.

Are all accident and emergency posts valuable to basic surgical trainees?
PM Lewis, CM Chick, C Senior, OJH Whiteside, RB Galland, MH Lewis. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (Suppl) 2003;85:168-69.

Are all accident and emergency posts valuable to basic surgical trainees?
PM Lewis, CM Chick, C Senior, OJH Whiteside, RB Galland, MH Lewis.  British Journal of Surgery 2003;90(Supp 1):130.

Outcomes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma with advanced neck disease.
J Kier, OJH Whiteside, S Winter, S Maitra, R Corbridge, G Cox.    BACO CD-ROM 2006, P90.

Myringoplasty.  Video presentation at British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology.  July 2012.

Esme Hadfield and The Wycombe Woodworkers.  British Society for History of ENT Meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine Summer Meeting, 2007:  1st Prize

Mozaffari M, Bull M, Whiteside O.  Middle ear adenoma.  A rare and controversial diagnosis.  A case report and discussion.  Chole 16.  June 2016.

Esme Hadfield and the Wycombe Woodworkers
L Dias, E Maughan, OJH Whiteside.  Women in Surgical Training Conference, London November 2011

Outcomes in squamous cell carcinoma with advanced neck disease.
J Kier, OJH Whiteside, S Maitra, S Winter, R Corbridge, G Cox.    British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology, Birmingham July 2006

Comprehensive follow-up of head and neck cancer patients.
OJH Whiteside, D Bowyer, C Harris,  RJ Corbridge, GJ Cox.    British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists’ Meeting, London May 2005

Use of a modified shoulder retractor during madibulotomy approach to tumours of the oral cavity and oropharynx.
D Bowyer, OJH Whiteside, RJ Corbridge.  British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists’ Meeting, London May 2005

Are all accident and emergency posts valuable to basic surgical trainees?
PM Lewis, CM Chick, C Senior, OJH Whiteside, RB Galland, MH Lewis.    Association of Surgeons Meeting, Manchester May 2003

Sixteen Year  Radiological and Functional Follow-up of Identical Twins with Surgically Treated Subglottic Stenosis.
P Monksfield, OJH Whiteside, NB Steventon, AP Freeland.  European Society of Paediatric Otolaryngologists’ Congress, September 2002

Pain Reduction in Tonsillectomy – A Randomised Controlled Trial.
NB Steventon, OJH Whiteside, P Monksfield, GJ Bates. European Society of Paediatric Otolaryngologist’s Congress, September 2002

Probing the structure of the visuomotor transformation through limited motor learning.
OJH Whiteside, DM Wolpert, S Goodbody.     Neural Control of Movement Conference, Cancun, Mexico April 1997

Branchio-Oto Syndrome: Discovering a New Family. 

A Leong, OJH Whiteside, C Aldren, A Thirlwall.  British Association of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngologists’ Meeting, September 2006