Adam Shakir (MB ChB, MSc, MRCS, DO-HNS) graduated from the University of Bristol Medical School in 2007 and University of Edinburgh in 2011, with his postgraduate training initially in West of Scotland, followed by the North East of England.
He is currently a Otolaryngology Specialist Registrar in the Wales Deanery, and has an interest in Head & Neck oncology as well as the law as applied to medical practice.
JOURNAL REVIEWED: BRITISH JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY – Aug 2015 - Jan 2016
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Two for the price of one - multiple parotid neoplasms
With advancing years come many benefits, but one drawback is the acquisition of parotid (or thyroid) neoplasms. Conventional teaching is that most are benign and slowly enlarge, and not infrequently are found bilaterally as in Warthin’s. Pleomorphic adenomas are also...
Righting the paralysed lip
Many surgical procedures that otolaryngologists perform put the facial nerve at risk of injury, a complication that the surgeon and patient fear alike. Unfortunately, injuries to the nerve can and do happen despite adequate precautions, and facial paralysis may be...
Amount of dietary iodine and thyroid cancer
Two molecular scientists from Zurich wrote this paper as a systematic review, asking the question of whether dietary iodine intake is a risk factor for developing thyroid cancer later on life. They speculate that low iodine intake is a risk...
