Louisa is a specialist in Paediatric Otolaryngology and Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery. She has been a Consultant Surgeon at the Evelina Children’s Hospital and Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Trust since 2018. She is the only surgeon to be qualified in both subspecialties within the UK. She has an interest in all aspects of paediatric ENT, but particularly airway, sleep apnoea and palatal dysfunction affecting speech.

She spent two years gaining specialised experience in fellowship positions at both the Evelina Children’s Hospital and the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Louisa has written multiple text book chapters and peer reviewed papers, and is currently the representative for ENT UK on the UK wide surgical Training Interface Group Committee for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery. She is also particularly interested in surgical leadership and education and is currently undertaking the competitive Surgical Leadership and Management Programme at Harvard Medical School.

She is a fellow at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and a member of the British Association of Paediatric Otolaryngology (BAPO), British Society of Facial Plastic Surgery (BSFPS), ENT UK and the Cleft and Craniofacial Society of the UK and Ireland.