Mr. Mark Adams

Consultants

Profile

Mr Adams graduated from Queen’s University, Belfast in 2007 and subsequently undertook foundation training & basic surgical training across all of Northern Ireland’s major teaching hospitals. He also gained experience working for 1 year in accident & emergency medicine in Melbourne, Australia.

In 2016 he was admitted to the higher surgical training programme for otolaryngology (ENT). Through his higher training he quickly developed a keen interest in the management of complex tumours of the head & neck and thyroid. He has conducted clinical research in areas such as early stage cancer of the larynx (voicebox) and post-treatment surveillance and has presented his work in these areas at both national and international forums.

In 2022 he returned to Melbourne to undertake a one year fellowship in advanced head & neck and thyroid cancer surgery at Monash Medical Centre, globally recognised as a leading world centre for the management of these conditions. In 2023 he was appointed as consultant in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. He is a core member of the regional head & neck tumour board for Northern Ireland.

He is a member of ENTUK, the UK’s representative body for ENT surgeons, as well as various other national & international societies for the management of cancer of the head & neck. He also has a keen interest in benign growths of the salivary glands & thyroid, as well as maintaining a practice in general ENT.