Alex Bennett MBBS, DLO, FRCS, ORL-HNS, MEd, DIC

Dr. Alex Bennett After qualifying from Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals, London Bennett had extensive Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) training in London and East Anglia, including an Otology Fellowship in Cambridge (2008) and a Balance Fellowship in St Louis (2018). Bennett was appointed an ENT consultant in Edinburgh in 2010. Bennett was responsible for setting up NHS Lothian’s Specialist Multidisciplinary Balance Service and this experience in vertigo also benefits my private patients.

Bennett was privileged to receive tertiary referrals for complex ear surgery from surgeons throughout Scotland and perform approximately 150 complex ear cases per year. Bennett is the only surgeon in the region performing stapedectomy and middle ear implants. We pioneered combining Hearing Implant Surgery with ear reconstruction in the UK within the Scottish National Service and Bennett was the first surgeon in the UK to perform the BoneBridge Hearing Implant in 2012 which was featured in a BBC Scotland documentary.