Executive Committee

Miss Wendy Smith

Director of Education

Wendy Smith BPharm, MBBS (Hons) DLO, FRCS (ORL-HNS), FRPharmS, was appointed ENT Consultant at Kettering General Hospital in 2010. After studying BPharm at the University of Bath, she completed her degree in medicine at King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1995. She then completed her specialist registrar training, receiving the gold medal in the intercollegiate FRCS (ORL-HNS) examination. Her special interests include surgery for cholesteatoma, endoscopic ear surgery, and managing patients with dizziness.

She has published widely, including three chapters on drug therapy in Scott-Brown’s Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, and has presented at national and international meetings. She has been on the council of the BSO and the Otology section at the RSM and currently holds roles as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Leicester Medical School, is the ENT UK Director of Education. She is also an Honorary Research Consultant at the Royal Free London where she is doing a PhD through UCl looking at chronic cough in patients with suspected or confirmed kidney cancer.

Miss Nara Orban

Honorary Secretary

Nara Orban was appointed as Consultant ENT Surgeon at St Bartholomew's and The Royal London Hospitals in 2017.  She studied medicine and Imperial College, Charing Cross Hospital and trained in both Oxford at the John Radcliffe Hospitals, as well as London including at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and had worked at the Airway Fellow at Charing Cross.

Her interests are focused on airway and voice disorders as well as disorders of the nose and sinuses, in both adults and children.  She is dedicated to surgical education teaching, marking and supporting the Masters in Surgical Education course at Imperial College and is the Royal College of Surgeons Tutor for Barts Health.

Miss Ann-Louise McDermott

Speciality Advisory Committee Rep

Miss Paramita Baruah

Honorary Secretary-elect

Paramita Baruah is a substantive Consultant ENT surgeon with an established adult and paediatric general and Otology practice at the University Hospitals of Leicester since 2018. She completed higher surgical training in ENT in the West Midlands Deanery and an implant and lateral skull base fellowship in Birmingham, UK. She has strong interest in research and teaching, both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She undertakes regular medical student teaching and serves on the ARCP panel for ENT training in East Midlands Deanery. She has a strong interest in research and undertook a PhD in Immunology in Milan, Italy and a postdoctoral fellowship at Imperial College London. She is an Honorary Senior Clinical Research fellow with the University of Birmingham with ongoing research on immune responses in vestibular schwannoma, head and neck paraganglioma, necrotising otitis externa, cholesteatoma and Meniere’s disease.

Mr Todd Kanzara

Honorary Treasurer-elect

After obtaining a law degree in London, Todd Kanzara studied medicine at Newcastle University. He completed his early surgical training in southeast England and higher surgical training in northwest England. In 2021, Todd Kanzara was appointed a substantive NHS ENT Consultant at the Countess of Chester Hospital. His main clinical interests are Laryngology, Thyroid, and Parathyroid Surgery, alongside a general ENT practice in which he cares for adults and children. Following his ENT training, he furthered his expertise in voice disorders at the Voice Study Centre and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, earning a Postgraduate Certificate in Voice Pedagogy with distinction. He maintains a strong interest in law and keeps abreast of legal developments relevant to surgery and ENT.