Martin Bailey was a Consultant Paediatric Otolaryngologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London for 35 years. He retired from clinical practice in 2017. He has published widely with more than 135 peer-reviewed papers and textbook chapters, and has lectured internationally on various aspects of paediatric otolaryngology. He is currently Vice-President of the Royal Society of Medicine, Secretary-General of the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ESPO), and Executive Chairman of the TWJ Foundation.

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History of ESPO

Martin Bailey, Secretary-General of ESPO, narrates the story of a society which has promoted and supported the development of paediatric otolaryngology in Europe. In the early 1950s, pioneers in paediatric otorhinolaryngology became active in European countries such as Poland, Hungary,...


The Graham Fraser Foundation

Graham Fraser (1936-94) was a pioneering otolaryngologist, in whose memory the Graham Fraser Foundation was set up, and an eponymous annual lecture and a travelling fellowship in otology were established. It’s an honour to profile the Foundation in this extended...