Claire Hopkins

Professor of Rhinology, Consultant ENT Surgeon

FRCS (ORLHNS), DM (Oxon), Professor of Rhinology, King's College London; Consultant ENT Surgeon, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK.

Latest Contribution

Endoscopic view of PRP injection into the right olfactory cleft.

Management of olfactory dysfunction

4 November 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus

An evidence-based update on olfactory dysfunction: who to image, how to test and what works – OT, CRS surgery, biologics and PRP. Olfactory dysfunction (OD) is highly prevalent, affecting more than 20% of the adult population with a clear age-related...

Photos showing Joseph Manjaly and his band, The Arrhythmics.

What I look for at a conference (and why you should go to BACO 2023)

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - General

Professor Claire Hopkins has attended more than her fair share of international meetings, and she shares her top tips. COVID has changed the face of medical education forever – who would have thought only a few years ago that we...

Animated graphic for Claire Hopkins article.

Sniffing out the evidence – COVID-19 and loss of sense of smell and taste

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus

Louis Pasteur once observed: “In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.” Professor Hopkins was certainly prepared when a few anecdotes of smell problems started to accumulate early in the pandemic’s course. Post-viral olfactory loss is nothing...