Ray Clarke is an honorary consultant paediatric ENT surgeon in Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Liverpool, and President of ESPO (European Society of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology). He is the joint Editor-in-Chief of Scott Brown’s Otolaryngology. Ray is Past-President of BAPO (British Association for Paediatric Otolaryngology) and of the North of England Otolaryngology Society.

Latest Contribution


Breath – The New Science of a Lost Art

‘Popular science’ has become a discrete genre in the publishing world and there seems to be an insatiable desire for well-written books that explain the mysteries of human physiology to ‘lay’ readers. This is one such book, and the author...


Andreas Wagner: ESPO 2025 keynote speaker

The keynote speaker for ESPO 2025 in Stuttgart is renowned evolutionary biologist and author Professor Andreas Wagner, from Zurich. Prof Wagner will focus on the congress theme of ‘Innovation’, giving us his unique perspective on how evolution drives human creativity....


In conversation with Peter Prinsley: Norwich ENT surgeon elected as the Labour MP

A new Labour Government won a landslide election victory on 4 July this year. Much to his surprise, Norwich ENT surgeon Peter Prinsley was elected as the Labour MP (Member of Parliament) for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket in Suffolk....