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


In conversation with Rosaleen Shine

Rosaleen Shine is synonymous with ENT and Audiology News. She was a key member of the team that founded what was then ENT News 25 years ago, and is well known to ORL and audiology colleagues all over the globe....


Tonsillectomy in adolescents

Tonsillectomy is one of the most common operations performed across the developed world. Salil Sood and Ray Clarke discuss the special considerations that apply when performing this procedure on adolescent patients. Tonsillitis in teenagers can be exceptionally painful and disruptive....


Welcome to BACO Liverpool: a city with deep roots in ENT

Liverpool is a city steeped in ENT history, so it is fitting that BACO is being held there once more. Ray Clarke, former editor of ENT and Audiology News, casts his eye over the historical legacy of that fine city....