Bhik Kotecha

• 41 years of experience
• Consultant ENT surgeon, Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital (1995 to present)
• Consultant ENT surgeon, Spire Hartswood Hospital (present)
• Consultant ENT surgeon, UME Health (2015 to present)
• Consultant ENT surgeon, Westland Medical Centre (present)
• Consultant ENT surgeon, Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital (1995 to 2019)
• Consultant ENT surgeon, Queens University Hospital (1995 to 2021)
• ​Consultant ENT surgeon, BHR Hospital NHS Trust (1995 to 2019)

• GG2 Professional of the Year Award (2014)
• Winner of Hospital Doctor Team of the Year Award, Sleep Medicine section (2004)
• First Prize Barking Havering and Redbridge Trust Innovation Award Scheme funded by NHS Modernisation Agency (2003)
• Finalist for Hospital Doctor Team of the Year Award, Sleep Medicine section (2002)
• Prize for best presentation 17th International Conference of Young Otorhinolaryngologist, Russia (1993)
• TWJ Fellowship to Beziers, France (1992)
• Gold Medal at British Academic Conference of Otolaryngology, Dublin (1991)
• Block Prize in Respiratory Medicine (1984)
• D.J. Harries Prize in Surgery (1984)

Professor Bhik Kotecha is an awarded and internationally renowned consultant ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgeon practising in the Essex area at his private clinics. His primary focuses in his specialty are snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea. Other specialty interests of Professor Kotecha's include assessing and treating sleep-related breathing disorders, upper airway obstruction, and voice and swallowing disorders. He also treats most ENT disorders that affect children and adults. Professor Kotecha now practises at private clinics with Nuffield Health, Spire, Harley Street, and Westland Medical Centre.

After receiving his medical qualification in 1984 from the University of Wales, Professor Kotecha went on to further his training at prominent hospitals such as the Great Ormond Street Hospital, Hope Hospital, The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, and The Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital. It was at these institutions he completed is training as a registrar and senior registrar.

In 1995, Professor Kotecha was first appointed as a consultant ENT surgeon. His passion in his field later resulted in Professor Kotecha and his team at The Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital receiving the Hospital Doctor Award in the 'Sleep Medicine Team of the Year' category. Over the years practising, Professor Kotecha has been the recipient of various awards, representing his efforts and strides to have an impact on otolaryngology.