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Mr Declan Costello MA, MBBS, FRCS (ORL-HNS)Declan Costello
GMC registration number: 4630120
Entry onto GMC Specialist Register: 1 May 2009
Current Appointments
- Consultant ENT Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough (2018 -)
- Editor of ENT News magazine - bimonthly magazine with circulation 35,000 worldwide (2014 -)
- President of the British Laryngological Association
- Industry Partnership lead for BACO 2023 (and member of the Executive Committee)
- Senior Editor (Head & Neck) of e-lefENT - the e-learning initiative of ENT-UK
- Reviewer of articles for Laryngoscope, Journal of Laryngology and Otology, Clinical Otolaryngology and Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology
- Member of the Scientific Council of the European Laryngological Association
- Media manager (and member of Presidential Council) of the European Laryngological Society (ELS)
- Examiner for the European Board Examination in Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (EBE ORL-HNS)
- Regular singing with assorted groups: Holst Singers, Oxford Bach Soloists, Polyphony, Ex Cathedra
- Member of Musicians Health Advisory Board for Help Musicians UK (2017 -)
- Member of Medical Committee of British Association of Performing Arts Medicine and chair of Vocal Rehabilitation Committee (2019 -)
- Programme Manager of the Holst Singers (2019 -)
Previous Appointments
- Consultant ENT Surgeon and Clinical Service Lead, ENT Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Jan 2014–2018) – recipient of three clinical excellence awards
- Clinical Tutor to year 3 Medical Students (Jan 2012–18) - University of Birmingham
- Chair of Continuing Professional Development Committee for ENT-UK (2015–2021)
Postgraduate Awards/Scholarships
GlaxoSmithKline Fellowship of the Royal Society of Medicine
Postgraduate award providing Fellowship of the RSM until 2011. Presented at the RSM ’s Foundation Dinner.
Sponsor: Mr N.A. Theodorou, Jan 2003
Winning presentation at the Parker Prize Meeting, St Catherine’s College, Oxford: “Glandular fever: what advice should we give our patients?”, Jan 2004
Winner of the Surgical Prize of the Worshipful Company of Cutlers: “The Oxford Universal Pouch Scope.”
Co-winners: Mr R. Corbridge & Mr G.J. Bates, Mar 2008
Winning presentation at the Oxford Regional Airway Group (ORAG) meeting: “A difficult airway: what would you do?”,
Jun 2009
BMA Medical Book Awards 2014: “Highly Commended” for publication Viva training in ENT.
BMA Medical Book Awards 2016: “Highly Commended” for publication Practical Laryngology.
Professional Qualifications/Examinations
- MRCS (England) (Oct 2002)
- Certified trained at basic level in intensive care, Intercollegiate Board of Intensive Care Medicine (Jan 2003)
- FRCS (ORL-HNS) (Apr 2007)
Fellowships
- Oct 2007- Mar 2008: Laryngology fellowship with Mr Meredydd Harries, Brighton
- Aug 2009-Dec 2009: Laryngology and airway reconstruction fellowship with Mr Guri Sandhu, Charing Cross; Prof Martin Birchall, RNTNE; Mr John Rubin, RNTNE; Mr Meredydd Harries, Brighton
Publications
Florence K. A. Gregson, Natalie A. Watson, Christopher M. Orton, Allen E. Haddrell, Lauren P. McCarthy, Thomas J. R. Finnie, Nick Gent, Gavin. C. Donaldson, Pallav L. Shah, James D. Calder, Bryan R. Bzdek, Declan Costello & Jonathan P. Reid Comparing aerosol concentrations and particle size distributions generated by singing, speaking and breathing. Aerosol Science and Technology 2021 https://doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2021.1883544
Lauren P. McCarthy, Christopher M. Orton, Natalie A. Watson, Florence K. A. Gregson, Allen E. Haddrell, William J. Browne, James D. Calder, Declan Costello, Jonathan P. Reid, Pallav L. Shah & Bryan R. Bzdek (2021) Aerosol and Droplet Generation from Performing with Woodwind and Brass Instruments, Aerosol Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2021.1947470
Review Articles
Costello, D. and Harries, M. Current surgical management of unilateral vocal fold paralysis. ENT Master Class, 2010
Costello, D. Spasmodic dysphonia. The Otorhinolaryngologist, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2014
Costello, D. Paralytic dysphonia. ENT Masterclass, 2013
Case reports
Costello, D., Schofield, A., Stirling, R. and Theodorou N. Extrarectal mass: a tailgut cyst. J R Soc Med 2000;93:85-86
Costello, D. and Abramovich, S. Two cases of oesophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis. [Abstract] J Laryngol Otol 2004;117:921-924
Costello, D. and Abramovich, S. Two cases of oesophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis. CME Bulletin Oto Head Neck Surg 2004;8(1):29-31
Costello, D., Salmon, J., Milford, C. and Pretorius, P. An unusual cause of Horner syndrome. J Laryngol Otol 2010 Aug;124(8):925-7
Nevani, N., Costello, D., Brown, J., Sandhu, G., Janes., S and George, J. A rare asthma mimic exposed by basic physiology. QJM 2011 Jan;104(1):59-60
Osborne, M., Saunders, F., Costello, D., Dhesi, B. A man with absolute dysphagia after eating a steak. BMJ 2014;349:g5462
Tikka T, Al Abduwani J, Costello D. Deliberate self-harming application of superglue in the nose: case report and literature review. J Laryngol Otol. 2015 Jan 12:1-3. [Epub ahead of print]
Daultrey C, Colley S, Doctor, I have a frog in my throat. J Laryngol Voice 2013: 3(1): 18-21
Bajalan, M, Nankivell, P and Costello D. Penetration of the neck by an unusual foreign body. Oral presentation at the 23rd International Conference on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2017, Hong Kong
Osborne, M., Saunders, F., Costello, D., Dhesi, B. A man with absolute dysphagia after eating a steak. BMJ 2014;349:g5462
Tikka T, Al Abduwani J, Costello D. Deliberate self-harming application of superglue in the nose: case report and literature review. J Laryngol Otol. 2015 Jan 12:1-3. [Epub ahead of print]
Sachdev A, Costello D, Madge S. Botulinum toxin-B injection into the lacrimal gland and posterior cricoarytenoid muscle for the treatment of epiphora and abductor spasmodic dysphonia secondary to Parkinson's disease. Orbit. 2019 Jun;38(3):248-251
Technical tips
Costello, D. How to lengthen a tracheostomy tube. ENT Journal, June 2005
Costello, D., Winter, S., Whiteside, O. and Sneddon., L. How we did it: revision for Section 2 of the FRCS (ORL-HNS) exam. [Correspondence] Clin Otol, 2008
Costello, D. Training in voice and phoniatrics in the UK. ENT News, 2008
Mendis D, Haselden K, Costello D. Short case report: 'Speaking in tongues'--foreign accent syndrome. Logoped Phoniatr Vocol. 2013 Jul;38(2):79-81
Osborne MS, Mitchell-Innes A, Costello D. A helpful technique for manual stability and avoiding fatigue during microlaryngoscopy. Clin Otolaryngol. 2015 Apr;40(2):169-70
Jayaram SC, Costello D. Technical tip for difficult injection laryngoplasty: The use of a hypodermic needle as a retractor. Laryngoscope. 2015 Sep;125(9):2157-8. doi: 10.1002/lary.25016. Epub 2015 Jul 7
Chapters
Costello, D. and McGlashan, J. Hoarseness and voice problems – Chapter in ABC of ENT, (BMJ publications), May 2007
Costello, D. chapter in Chamberlain’s Symptoms & Signs in Clinical Medicine 13th edition (Hodder Arnold), 2009
Wells, C. and Costello, D. Specialist SLTs in voice – chapter in GPSI ENT textbook. 2008
Costello, D. and Gibbins, N. The evaluation of voice outcome and quality of life measures. Chapter in Volume 4 of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Thieme Publishers), 2016
Costello, D. Special considerations for the Professional Voice User – UK perspective. Chapter in Volume 4 of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Thieme Publishers), 2016
Costello, D. and Rubin, J. Movement disorders of the larynx. Chapter in Scott-Brown, 8th edition, 2018
Costello, D. and Harries, M. The Professional Voice. Chapter in Scott-Brown, 8th edition, 2018
Costello, D. Anatomy and physiology. Chapter in “International Laryngeal Framework Surgery Guide”. 2017
Costello D, Acoustic assessment of voice. Chapter in “Neurolaryngology – Advances in Otorhinolaryngology”. In press, 2017
Costello D. Larynx. Chapter in “Gray’s Anatomy”. In press, 2019
Costello D, Sharma N. Larynx. Chapter in “Gray’s Surgical Anatomy”. In press, 2019
Costello D. Vocal fold granuloma. Chapter in Laryngology: a case-based approach. In press, 2018
Costello D, Desuter G, Surgery for unilateral vocal fold immobility. Chapter in “Atlas of Head & Neck Surgery”. In press, 2019
Costello D. Vocal fold paralysis. Chapter in “ENT Key Topics”. Thieme, 2019
Costello D. Voice disorders. Chapter in “ENT Key Topics”. Thieme, 2019
Online publications
Sessions for e-Learning for Healthcare – www.e-lefent.org.uk
Swallowing, phonation and articulation modules for www.anatomy.tv
Research
Little M., McSharry P., Roberts S., Costello D. and Moroz I. Exploiting Nonlinear Recurrence and Fractal Scaling Properties for Voice Disorder Detection Biomedical Engineering Online 2007 Jun 26;6:23
Little M., Costello D., McSharry P. and Roberts S. Recurrence and scaling analysis for disordered speech characterisation Biomedical Engineering Online 2007 Jun 26;6:23.
Little, M., Costello, D. and Harries, M. Objective dysphonia quantification in vocal fold paralysis: comparing nonlinear with classical measures. J Voice. 2011 Jan;25(1):21-31.
Lakhani R, Fishman JM, Bleach N, Costello D, Birchall M. Alternative injectable materials for vocal fold medialisation in unilateral vocal fold paralysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews2012, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD009239. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009239.pub2.
Nassimizadeh A, El-Shummar S, Emery K, Costello D. Vocal fold medialization-A 5-year series of single surgeon consecutive medialization with review of literature. J Eval Clin Pract. 2019 Jun 5
Books
Winter, S. and Costello D., MCQs for ENT – Specialist Revision Guide for the FRCS. (Oxford University Press), 2008
Costello, D. and Winter, S. Viva preparation for ENT – Specialist Revision Guide for the FRCS. (Oxford University Press), 2012
Costello, D. and Sandhu, G. (eds) Practical laryngology. (CRC Press). 2016 Available here
Costello, D. and Winter, S. MCQs for ENT – Specialist Revision Guide for the FRCS. (Oxford University Press), second edition. In press, 2019
