Professional profile
I was appointed to the post of Consultant Otolaryngologist and Head & Neck Surgeon at Musgrove Park Hospital on 1st July 2000. I obtained my MBBCh from Ain-Shams University, Cairo in 1974 and completed all my basic and higher surgical training in the UK. I obtained my FRCS in 1983 from Dublin, and subsequently obtained my FRCS (ORL-HNS) in 1999 and my CCST in June 2000. I was awarded the Fellowship ad eundem from the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 11th December 2008. I was appointed overseas visiting Professor of ENT at Islamabad Medical and Dental College in 2009.
I have been practicing ENT for almost 30 years, 13 of them as a Consultant and Clinical Lead in the United Arab Emirates and from July 2000 at Musgrove Park Hospital, of which I was Audit Lead for about 4 years. I have a wide range of experience in all aspects of adult and paediatric ENT and Head & Neck Surgery. I am highly experienced in most otological procedures. In Head & Neck Surgery I have gained substantive experience in salivary gland and thyroid surgery. In paediatric otolaryngology I have dealt with several cases of congenital choanal atresia, for which I have several publications as well as a patent design for a stent for the treatment of the condition (patent number US6606995). This has now been manufactured by Exmoor Plastics for commercial use and successfully used at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough on 21st January 2008.
I have been elected to the Court of Examiners for the Intercollegiate MRCS for the Royal College of Surgeons for England.
I have published several medical research papers in all aspects of ENT and written a handbook "Pocket ENT Emergencies" ISBN 978-1-906255-18-3. I have also presented my work at national and international meetings.
My special interest is Rhinology and Thyroid surgery. I have substantive skills in functional endoscopic sinus surgery and Rhinoplasty, having performed over 300 cases of the latter.
I am a qualified advanced open water scuba diver and I am a keen sea fisherman. I attend the gym regularly while another hobby which is not so popular with neighbours is playing the drums.
Hospital and Trust activities
I am clinical service lead for the ENT and Head & Neck department
I was Audit Lead from 2000 to 2004
I am lead for patient consent and patient information leaflets
I am medical education program coordinator
I am Educational Supervisor for foundation trainees
I am lecturer at our yearly GP training day and the Specialist Registrar training day
I am a trained appraiser
Other contributions to the NHS
I have invented the "Sadek Choanal Atresia Stent" patent number US6606995. My invention for the treatment of congenital choanal atresia has been manufactured by Exmoor Plastics and is now available commercially. The Stent has been used successfully at James Cook University Hospital Middlesbrough on 21st January 2008. It is a unique product which has the potential of reducing the number of surgical procedures that children with congenital choanal atresia have to undergo.
I have written a handbook "Pocket ENT Emergencies" ISBN 978-1-906255-18-3. This handbook is a quick reference specifically for ENT emergencies and acute conditions.
I believe this kind of handbook is essential in ENT hospital practice today and will become even moreso as a result of the latest trends in junior doctor training in the UK. The handbook would also be very useful for casualty officers, paediatric juniors, general practitioners, nurses and medical students.
I am assessor for the PMETB for article 14
Clinical Excellence Award
Local: Level 2
Professional affiliations and memberships
- International visiting Professor of ENT at Islamabad Medical & Dental College
- Member of the British Association of Endocrine Surgeons and
Member of the British Rhinological Society
- Member of the Court of Examiners for The Intercollegiate MRCS for the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Fellow of the Royal College of surgeons in Ireland and
Fellow of the Royal College of surgeons of England
- Member of the South West Laryngological Association
Research interests
1 Congenital Bilateral Choanal Atresia
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
2 A novel stenting technique for Congenital Choanal Atresia
Revue de Laryngologie Otologie Rhinolologie
3 Teflon Injection of the Vocal Cords under General Anaesth
J L O
4 Carcinomatous changes in Pharyngeal Diverticula
J L O
5 Intralaryngeal Arytenoidectomy
J L O
6 The Efficacy of Topical Anaesthesia in Flexible Nasendoscopy
Clinical Oto
7 Temporal Bone Dissection – a possible route for Prion transmission?
J L O
8 A Novel Stenting Technique for Congenital Choanal Atresia (Abstract)
Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie
9 Plasmacytoma of the Nasopharynx
J L O
10 Metastatic Carcinoma of the External Auditory Meatus secondary to carcinoma
of the Rectum
J L O
11 Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Inferior Turbinate
J L O
12 Antrochoanal Polyp Presenting with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Cachexia
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryng
RESEARCH
1) Efficacy of Topical Anaesthesia in Outpatient Flexible Nasendoscopy
2) Post-Operative Prophylactic Antibiotics in Tonsillectomy
Summary of recent publications
1 Congenital Bilateral Choanal Atresia
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
2 A novel stenting technique for Congenital Choanal Atresia
Revue de Laryngologie Otologie Rhinolologie
3 Teflon Injection of the Vocal Cords under General Anaesth
J L O
4 Carcinomatous changes in Pharyngeal Diverticula
J L O
5 Intralaryngeal Arytenoidectomy
J L O
6 The Efficacy of Topical Anaesthesia in Flexible Nasendoscopy
Clinical Oto
7 Temporal Bone Dissection – a possible route for Prion transmission?
J L O
8 A Novel Stenting Technique for Congenital Choanal Atresia (Abstract)
Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie
9 Plasmacytoma of the Nasopharynx
J L O
10 Metastatic Carcinoma of the External Auditory Meatus secondary to carcinoma
of the Rectum
J L O
11 Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Inferior Turbinate
J L O
12 Antrochoanal Polyp Presenting with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Cachexia
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryng
RESEARCH
1) Efficacy of Topical Anaesthesia in Outpatient Flexible Nasendoscopy
2) Post-Operative Prophylactic Antibiotics in Tonsillectomy
Journals
- Author(s): S A A Sadek, Title: Congenital Bilateral Choanal Atresia, Journal: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngo, Volume: 42, Year: 1997, PageNo: 247-256
- Author(s): S A A Sadek , W Y Nassar & M A Tobias, Title: Teflon Injection of the Vocal Cords under General , Journal: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume: 101, Year: 1987, PageNo: 695-705
- Author(s): M E Baraka & S A A Sadek, Title: Carcinomatous changes in Pharyngeal Diverticula, Journal: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume: 99, Year: 1985, PageNo: 297-299
- Author(s): W Y Nassar, S A A Sadek, M E Baraka & P H Jones, Title: Intralaryngeal Arytenoidectomy, Journal: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume: 99, Year: 1985, PageNo: 513-516
- Author(s): S A A Sadek, R De, A Scott, A P White, P S Wilson & W V Carlin , Title: The Efficacy of Topical Anaesthesia in Flexible Na, Journal: Clinical Otolaryngology, Volume: 26, Year: 2001, PageNo: 25-28
- Author(s): Scott, R De, S A A Sadek, M C Garrido & R G Courteney-Harris, Title: 8 Temporal Bone Dissection – a possible route for , Journal: Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume: 115, Year: 2001, PageNo: 374-375
- Author(s): S A A Sadek, Title: 9 A Novel Stenting Technique for Congenital Choana, Journal: Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie, Volume: 79, Year: 2000, PageNo: S268-S269
- Author(s): S A A Sadek, Title: A novel stenting technique for Congenital Choanal , Journal: Revue de Laryngologie Otologie Rhinolologie 2000(V, Volume: 121, Year: 2000, PageNo: 49-51
- Author(s): S A A Sadek, T S Dogra, M K Khan, M E Baraka & N N Sidhom, Title: Plasmacytoma of the Nasopharynx, Journal: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Dec 1985 (Vo, Volume: 99, Year: 1985, PageNo: 1289-1292
- Author(s): S A A Sadek N W Dixon & P F Hardcastle, Title: Metastatic Carcinoma of the External Auditory Meat, Journal: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume: 98, Year: 1984, PageNo: 459-464
- Author(s): M E Baraka S A A Sadek & M H Salem, Title: Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Inferior Turbinate, Journal: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume: 98, Year: 1984, PageNo: 925-928
- Author(s): R J Salib, S A A Sadek, S N Dutt & K Pearman, Title: Antrochoanal Polyp Presenting with Obstructive Sle, Journal: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngo, Volume: 54, Year: 2000, PageNo: 163-166
Other
- Other: I have written a handbook "Pocket ENT Emergencies ISBN 978-1-906255-18-3". I believe this kind of handbook is essential in ENT hospital practice today as a result of the latest trends in junior doctor training in the UK. The handbook would be very useful for casualty officers, paediatric juniors, general practitioners, nurses and medical students.
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Mr Sarwat Sadek MBBCh, FRCSI, FRCS, FRCS(ORL-NHS)
Consultant Otolaryngologist and Head & Neck Surgeon
Pocket ENT Emergencies
The handbook was written to assist foundation doctors when on their ENT rotation 
"Sadek Choanal Atresia Stent"
Used for treatment of congenital choanal atresia
The assembled device as it would be in the baby's nose.
"Sadek Choanal Atresia Stent"
After fixation under general anaesthesia.
They are removed after 3 months without the need of a general anaesthetic.
