Mr Basavaiah Natesh

Mr Basavaiah Natesh is a Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), Head and Neck Surgeon with over 20 years of specialist experience in otolaryngology. He currently practices as a Consultant at BMI The Meriden Hospital and at HCA The Harborne Hosppital. He is also a Senior Clinical Lecturer at Warwick Medical School. He is a well recognised as one of the high volume thyroid and parathyroid surgeons in Midlands, United Kingdom with excellent results. He completed his medical degree in 1998 at Karnatak University in India. He later completed ENT and Head Neck Surgery training in India and completed higher ENT surgical training at placements at few recognised centres of excellence in hospitals across the South East of England. He has proven experience in all aspects of general adult and paediatric ear, nose, throat disorders including Thyroid and Parathyroid, airway disorders and tracheal pathologies. Mr Natesh had further training in advanced Head and Neck cancer surgery at Cambridge Addenbrooke's Hospitals and also completed one year Internationally recognised Fellowship in Advanced Head & Neck cancer surgery at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London before taking Consultant job at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. He has developed special interest in minimally invasive thyroid, parathyroid and salivary gland surgeries and has experience of performing over 1000 thyroid surgeries. He established the Upper Airway Disorder Multidisciplinary Service at UHCW and manages patients who presents with difficulty breathing due to airway pathologies. He is actively involved in research activities in Head & Neck Surgery, sleep apnoea management and presented his work in various national and international meetings. His research work is published in a number of research articles in various high impact factor journals including Cancer, Cancer Treatment Reviews, BMJ, International Journal of Paediatric Otolaryngology among others. He is involved as a faculty regularly for various national and international meetings, Head and Neck surgical training courses and he has been accredited trainer for training ENT/Head & Neck surgery trainees in West Midland training programme. Mr Natesh is a course director for well recognised Royal College of Surgeons approved West Midlands Head & Neck and Free Flap Cadaver dissection course. Mr Natesh is also a Member of the following professional bodies: • American Academy of Otolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery • British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons • British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists • ENT UK • European Head-Neck Society • European Society of Surgical Oncology • Foundation for Head & Neck Oncology (India)

"Evidence-based care tailored to each patient — taking the time to explain options and shared decisions."

1. 2002–2008
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   Universitat de Barcelona (GB)

2. 2008–2012
   Residency · Ear Nose & Throat Surgery (ENT/Otolaryngology)

   Universidad de Navarra (GB)

1. 2012-09–2013-08
   Junior consultant

   Universitat de Barcelona Teaching Hospital — Ear Nose & Throat Surgery (ENT/Otolaryngology)

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Selected publications

1. Validation of clinical scoring in Ear Nose & Throat Surgery (ENT/Otolaryngology)

   Mr Basavaiah Natesh, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2026

   DOI: 10.9212/euroclin.2026.0 · cited by 22

2. Long-term follow-up of Ear Nose & Throat Surgery (ENT/Otolaryngology) across GB

   Mr Basavaiah Natesh, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.9001/euroclin.2025.1 · cited by 36

• Patient education Patient guide to Ear Nose & Throat Surgery (ENT/Otolaryngology) 2026-03-01 · 8 min read
• Awareness When should you see a ear nose & throat surgery (ent/otolaryngology)? 2026-01-12 · 6 min read