# Professor Vik Veer — ENT & Sleep Surgeon
# consultant-surgeon.co.uk

## About

Professor Vik Veer is a Consultant ENT & Sleep Surgeon based at 150 Harley Street, London W1G 7LQ.

He is:
- Head of Sleep Surgery at the Royal National ENT Hospital, London for over a decade
- Senior Otology (Ear) Surgeon at Queen's and King George's Hospital
- Professor at MAHE University, India
- Winner of the RSM National Ear Surgery competition
- UK's leading sleep surgery practice (43 surgical options)

Contact: 0207 458 4584 | secretary@consultant-surgeon.co.uk

## Key Specialties

- Sleep Surgery: Snoring, Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA), CPAP alternatives
- Implant surgery: Inspire and Nyxoah Genio hypoglossal nerve stimulators (NICE-approved)
- Advanced Ear Surgery (Otology): tympanoplasty, mastoid surgery, cholesteatoma
- BPPV and vestibular disorders
- Rhinology: sinusitis, nasal obstruction, nasal polyps
- Tonsil and adenoid surgery
- Paediatric ENT

## Clinic Locations

Consultation locations:
- 150 Harley Street, London W1G 7LQ
- Weymouth Street Hospital, 42-46 Weymouth St, London W1G 6NP
- Spire Bushey Hospital, Heathbourne Rd, Bushey WD23 1RD

Self-referral accepted; no GP referral required.

## Educational Resources

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VikVeerENTSurgeon
- 30M+ views, 200K+ subscribers, 200+ medical videos

Newsletter: 55,000 subscribers
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## Online Booking

https://www.consultant-surgeon.co.uk/book

## Website Pages

Sleep Surgery & Sleep Apnoea:
- Snoring & Obstructive Sleep Apnoea overview: /snoring-obstructive-sleep-apnoea
- Snoring vs Sleep Apnoea (differences explained): /snoring_vs_sleep_apnoea
- Is snoring (without sleep apnoea) bad for you? Evidence review on "simple"/"benign" snoring — hypertension, carotid atherosclerosis from vibratory injury, glucose metabolism, daytime sleepiness and driving, adult cognition, children's academic performance, health-economic cost, and where the evidence is weak: /is-snoring-bad-for-you.html
- Is snoring harmful without sleep apnoea? Evidence review of vibration injury to the throat — nerve and muscle damage in the soft palate, loss of palatal sensation, silent swallowing dysfunction, whether snoring progresses to OSA over years, carotid artery effects, and the PATS randomised trial in snoring children: /snoring-health-risks.html
- Sleep Tracker Accuracy — clinical evidence review, orthosomnia, OSA blind spot: /sleep-tracker-accuracy
- OSA & DVLA driving rules: /snoring-obstructive-dvla
- Inspire & Genio hypoglossal nerve implants: /osaimplants
- Inspire implant results and data: /osaimplantrestera
- MDT Sleep Programme: /osamdt
- CPAP cardiovascular benefits: /CPAP_cardiovascular_benefits
- Throat exercises for snoring: /throat-exercises
- Sleep deprivation: /sleep-deprivation
- GP sleep clinic referral guide: /gpsleepclinic

ENT Conditions:
- BPPV vertigo: /bppv
- Eustachian tube dysfunction: /eustachian-tube-dysfunction
- Ear wax: /wax
- Ear perforation: /earperforation
- Hearing loss: /hearing_loss
- Ear infections: /earinfections
- Blocked nose: /blockednose
- How to treat postnasal drip (upper airway cough syndrome, catarrh) — evidence-based guide to the four mechanisms: infected/stagnant sinus mucus and bacterial biofilm, allergic and non-allergic rhinitis, laryngopharyngeal reflux and pepsin, and laryngeal/cough hypersensitivity. Covers high-volume saline irrigation, saline gargling, correct steroid spray technique, the 2025 MACRO trial showing clarithromycin no better than placebo, posterior nasal nerve ablation, and speech and language therapy: /postnasal-drip.html
- Nasal spray addiction / rhinitis medicamentosa — why decongestant sprays (Otrivine, Sudafed Blocked Nose, Vicks Sinex, Afrin) cause rebound congestion, what long-term use does to the nasal lining, a six-week weaning plan using a steroid spray and hypertonic saline, the benzalkonium chloride question, when surgery helps, and why decongestants must be stopped 3 weeks before nasal surgery: /nasal-spray-addiction.html
- Sinusitis: /sinusitis
- How to treat nasal polyps (chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, CRSwNP) — evidence review with the actual doses: high volume saline rinsing, steroid sprays at full polyp dose twice daily, head-down fluticasone drops, budesonide 0.5 mg in a 240 ml sinus rinse, oral prednisolone, doxycycline, what FESS surgery actually achieves, biologics (dupilumab, omalizumab, mepolizumab, benralizumab, tezepelumab, depemokimab), aspirin desensitisation, and treatments with weak evidence: /nasal-polyps-treatment.html
- Nosebleeds: /nosebleeds
- Hay fever: /hayfever
- Tonsils and adenoids: /tonsilsadenoids
- Throat conditions: /throat
- Paediatric ENT: /paediatrics

Practice:
- About Professor Vik Veer: /about
- Contact & clinic locations: /contact
- Video library: /videos
- Blog: /blog
- Privacy policy: /privacy