Claire Hopkins

Consultant ENT Surgeon

FRCS (ORLHNS) DM (Oxon), BACO 2023 Academic Chair; Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, SE1 9RT; Reader in ENT Surgery, King’s College London, UK.

Latest Contribution

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

5 July 2022 | | ENT

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...

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

1 July 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, COVID-19

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...

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In conversation with Professor Claire Hopkins

3 March 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, COVID-19

There can be few ENT surgeons who have had such a pivotal role in the COVID pandemic as Claire Hopkins. She has been instrumental in changing the diagnostic criteria, and has been a frequent presence in the media, as Sean...