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Mr Derbyshire was brought up in Surrey but completed his training further afield in the Northwest of England, predominantly in Merseyside, at one of the largest head and neck cancer departments in Europe. In 2016, he was awarded the Certificate of Completion of Training by the Postgraduate Medical Education Training Board (UK). He underwent paediatric training at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and has also been trained in facial plastic surgery for the treatment of skin cancer.
He was appointed as Consultant ENT and Head and Neck Surgeon at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford and at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey in 2016.
Stephen’s special interests are in disorders of the head and neck, including parathyroid and thyroid surgery as well as disorders of swallowing and voice. He is also trained in surgical excision of skin cancers in the head and neck region.
Stephen is a core member of the regional head and neck cancer multi-disciplinary team (MDT), as well as the regional thyroid MDT and parathyroid MDT.
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