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Mr Frank Agada

Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon

MBBS, DLO, FRCS Ed (Surg. Gen), FRCS Ed (ORL-HNS)

Practises at: The Duchy Hospital

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Personal profile

Mr Agada is currently a Consultant Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon at York Teaching Hospital York and Honorary Consultant to the Harrogate District Hospital.

He holds an MBBS degree from Zaria and subsequently completed higher surgical training between 2004 and 2010 in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery in the Yorkshire Deanery. 

Mr Agada undertook a travelling fellowship to John Hopkins, Baltimore USA, and New York Hospitals in Head and Neck Surgery and is currently a member of the Advisory Committee at The Duchy Hospital.

He is committed to training the next generation of the specialists and is the College Tutor for ENT in York and, since 2012, has been a faculty member on the FRSCS Bradford course.

Mr Agada has over 35 peer-review publications and has written chapters in four textbooks.

Current NHS and /or University Posts
York and Harrogate Hospitals

Clinical interests

  • Head and neck lumps
  • Thyroid swellings
  • Salivary gland lumps
  • Swallowing
  • Parathyroid
  • Tonsillectomy
  • Adenoidectomy
  • Grommets for glue ear
  • Cautery for nosebleeds/epistaxis
  • Sinusitis, sinus surgery
  • Blocked nose
  • Deviated septum
  • Polyps and septal perforation
  • Snoring
  • Hearing loss
  • Noise in the ears
  • Tinnitus
  • Dizziness
  • Feeling of lump in the throat and change in voice

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
  • Edinburgh ENT - UK
  • British Association of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgeons

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