Ms Aphrodite Iacovidou ENT airway and laryngology consultant surgeon
- Patient age group
- Adults and children
- Consultant registered on
- 08/03/2005
- Primary medical qualifications
- MBChB
- Foreign languages
- Gender
- Female
- Services
- Hospitals
Background
Ms Aphrodite Iacovidou is an ear, nose and throat (ENT) consultant surgeon practising at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London's National Centre for Airway Reconstruction within Charing Cross Hospital. Her primary focus lies in laryngology and airway disorders, with a particular emphasis on laryngeal pathology, airway issues, subglottic stenosis, voice disorders and laryngotracheal reconstruction.
Ms Iacovidou runs a weekly voice clinic at St Mary's Hospital and operates an office-based phonosurgery/interventional clinic at Charing Cross Hospital. Ms Iacovidou received her specialised training at some of London's leading healthcare institutions, including GOSH (Great Ormond Street Hospital), UCLH (University College London Hospital), Northwick Park Hospital, and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Her training in these diverse environments emphasised the importance of a multidisciplinary team approach to patient care and has equipped her with a wide range of skills to diagnose and treat issues that her patients present with.
She performs more than 500 operations per year, both endoscopically and open surgical procedures as well as clinic based operations. She specialises in microlaryngoscopy and laser surgery, photosurgery, airway/tracheal operations, thyroplasty and vocal fold medialisation procedures and laryngotracheal reconstructions. She also offers laryngeal re innervation procedures to eligible patients.
Expertise
Laryngology, voice, airway stenosis, laryngotracheal reconstruction
Research & publications
She has received awards including BMA research award, Rowena Ryan Best Project award, BAETS best presentation awards and Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh award for her research work. She remains committed to continuous professional development and has expanded her expertise by attending international meetings and courses. She is undergoing continuous work in research with collaborations with other international centres and Imperial College London. She has been awarded Clinical Teacher for Imperial College Medical School and contributes to future surgical education by being Unit Training Lead.