WENTS & Friends

A podcast series by Women in ENT Surgery UK. WENTS & Friends is about stimulating discussions that revolve around diversity and inclusivity with a view to learning more about the traits that make us unique. Through dialogue, we celebrate the experiences of all peoples within and beyond medicine, with a view to fostering better understanding of our individual journeys and fellowship in our commonalities. Hopefully, leading to a more equitable and thriving healthcare space. WENTS & Friends ...come join us!

Contributors

Host

Alex Ashman

Dr Alex Ashman is an ENT Surgeon in the south of England. They have interests in subspecialty rhinology, medical education, leadership, academic writing, and service improvement. They have experience of Less Than Full Time training. They are a co-founder of the Oxford Head & Neck Trauma Course, and they are an alumnus of RCS England Emerging Leaders Programme. They have had national committee roles with WENTS UK, RCS England PRiSM, and the BMA EDI Advisory Group. They were AOT ENT Treasurer 2019-2021. They are currently undertaking an MSc in Medical Education with Cardiff University.

https://about.me/alexashman

Guests

Guest

Elinor Warner

Elinor is a consultant in otology and lateral skull base at Bart's Health NHS Trust. She completed her training in North Thames before being awarded the TWJ fellowship in Auditory Implants and lateral skull base in Auckland, New Zealand. She has a husband who is a GP and 2 kids, 4 &2.

Guest

Lizzie Maughan

Lizzie is an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric ENT Surgery in the North Thames (London) Deanery, with a Completion of Training date of April 2027. Her research is based between Great Ormond Street Hospital and UCL, within the Epithelial Cell Biology in ENT Research Group (EpiCENTr). She focusses on developing epithelial cell therapies for paediatric airway stenosis