ProfessorJohn Russell

I have been a Consultant   Otorhinolaryngologist /Head and Neck surgeon for the last 28 years. In 2013 I became the  first fulltime Paediatric Otolaryngologist  in Ireland. My special areas of interest are Paediatric Airway and Paediatric Head and Neck Surgery.

In the first 10 years of my consultancy I was very active in teaching , training and contributing to the specialty on a National level,

(1)Secretary of the ENT section of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland 2001-2003,(2) Secretary to the Irish Institute of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2004-2007.(3) Programme Director of the Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck training programme Royal College of Surgeons 

Ireland,( RCSI) 2001-2006.(4) Clinical lead in Paediatric Otolaryngology, 2013-2020.

In 2010 I started to develop an International profile.

(1) I became a member of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)2010

(2)I was invited to be  a Board member of the European  Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ESPO) 2010

(3) I organised the 12th International  Congress of the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland, 31st May to 3rd June, 2014.

(4) I was President of the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology ESPO) 2014-2016

(5) I was invited on to the Presidential Council of the Confederation of European Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (CEORL-HNS) as Secretary-General  2017-2019.

(6) I organised and was President of the 7th Congress of  the Confederation of European Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (CEORL-HNS),

Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland ,June 15th- 19th, 2024.  3400 Delegates attended and there were 16 Parallel sessions over the 3 and 1/2 days.