Miss Irumee Pai
Consultant Otologist & Hearing Implant Surgeon
- Available from
- London
About Irumee Pai
Miss Irumee Pai is a consultant ENT surgeon at Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London. She specialises specifically in ear conditions and her surgical expertise includes cochlear implantation, mastoidectomy, tympanoplasty, ossiculoplasty and stapedectomy.
She qualified in 1999 from St George’s Hospital Medical School in London, with an intercalated BSc in clinical neuroscience and MBBS. During her early surgical career, she undertook an additional MSc degree in surgical science at Imperial College London. She completed specialist training at a number of centres including St George’s, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals and obtained a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Otolaryngology in 2013. Following two post-CCT fellowships, at Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals (advanced otology and hearing implant surgery) and at Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia (otology and skull base surgery), she was appointed to her current consultant post in 2014.
In her career to date, she has run a number of postgraduate training courses on cochlear implant surgery, temporal bone dissection and temporal bone imaging. She served as the Secretary (2017-18) and Vice President (2018-19) for the otology section of the Royal Society of Medicine. She lectures on the MCh surgery (otolaryngology) course at Canterbury Christ Church University and teaches on the Combined Universities Advanced Otology Surgery Course.
Miss Pai has a keen research interest especially in hearing implants and Meniere’s disease and has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications as well as three book chapters. She receives regular invitations to speak at national and international conferences. She is currently studying for a part time PhD in the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King's College London, where she holds an adjunct senior lecturer position.
Clinical Posts:
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
Welbeck, London
HCA London Bridge Hospital/HCA UK at the Shard, London
Expertise
- Hearing Loss
- Ear Infections
- Cholesteatoma
- External and Middle Ear Problems
- Chronic Otitis Media
- Perforated Eardrum
- Otosclerosis
- Glue Ear
- Meniere's Disease
- Dizziness/Vertigo
- Tinnitus
- Blocked Ears
- Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
- Hearing Implant Surgery
- Tympanoplasty
- Stapedectomy
- Ossiculoplasty
- Canalplasty
- Meatoplasty
- Blind Sac Closure
- Grommet Insertion
- Intratympanic Therapy
- Microsuction
- Eustachian Balloon Tuboplasty
- and Endoscopic Ear Surgery
Overview
- Age of patients seen
- All ages
- Languages spoken
- English
- Online profiles
- Research highlights
Notable Publications:
Pai I, Connor S, Komninos C, Ourselin S, Bergeles C. The impact of the size and angle of the cochlear basal turn on translocation of a pre-curved mid-scala cochlear implant electrode. Sci Rep. 2024 Jan 10;14(1):1024. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47133-5. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-47133-5
Connor S, Grzeda MT, Jamshidi B, Ourselin S, Hajnal JV, Pai I. Delayed post gadolinium MRI descriptors for Meniere's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Radiol. 2023 Oct;33(10):7113-7135. doi: 10.1007/s00330-023-09651-8. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00330-023-09651-8
Pai I, Connor S. Low frequency air-bone gap in Meniere's Disease: relationship with magnetic resonance imaging features of endolymphatic hydrops. Ear Hear. 2022 Nov-Dec 01;43(6):1678-1686. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001231. https://journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/fulltext/2022/11000/low_frequency_air_bone_gap_in_meniere_s_disease_.8.aspx
Soulby A, Connor S, Jiang D, Nunn T, Boyle P, Pai I. Establishing reproducibility and correlation of cochlear microphonic amplitude to implant electrode position using intraoperative electrocochleography and postoperative cone beam computed tomography. Ear Hear. 2021 Sep/Oct;42(5):1263-1275. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001010.
https://journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/fulltext/2021/09000/establishing_reproducibility_and_correlation_of.16.aspxAmin N, Soulby AJ, Borsetto D, Pai I. Longitudinal economic analysis of Bonebridge 601 versus percutaneous bone-anchored hearing devices over a 5-year follow-up period. Clin Otolaryngol. 2021 Jan;46(1):263-272. doi: 10.1111/coa.13659. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/coa.13659
- Professional memberships
Royal College of Surgeons of England
ENT UK
Consultations and services
- Self-pay available from £300
- Health insurance
- Self-pay available from £180
- Health insurance
Insurers covered
- +1 more
- Cigna International
Tests & treatments
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Frequently asked questions
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Your first consultation includes a detailed discussion of your symptoms, medical history, and lifestyle factors, followed by a thorough examination. It’s helpful if you can bring the results of any previous investigations with you, as well as a list of your current medications. Come with a comfortably full bladder so you can provide a urine sample if requested.