Mr David Ellul

Speciality: ENT Surgeon

Qualifications: MD, DOHNS, MMEd, FRCSEd (ORL-HNS)

Specialist in: Breast Reconstruction and Children’s Burns

Mr David Ellul

Mr David Ellul is a Consultant ENT Surgeon who specialises in nasal reconstruction, rhinoplasty, septoplasty, disorders of the nose and sinuses, and facial skin lumps.

Clinical Interests

Blocked nose
Allergies, sinus inflammation, polyps, and tumours
Endoscopic sinus surgery
Septoplasty and septorhinoplasty (functional and cosmetic)
Disorders of the sense of smell – absent, reduced, or altered smell
Nosebleeds
Facial pain
Tonsillitis, hoarseness, and other throat problems
Skin tumours / lumps on the face, nose and ears
Ear infections, wax impaction, glue ear
Surgery for prominent ears
Split ear lobe repair
General ear, nose, and throat conditions

Treatments Carried Out at Elanic Hospital:

Septorhinoplasty / Rhinoplasty (cosmetic and functional)
Septoplasty (open, closed, and endoscopic)
Nasal turbinate reduction – surgical or radiofrequency (under general or local anaesthetic)
Nasal septal perforation repair (closure of holes in the nasal septum)
Nasal reconstructive surgery following trauma (injuries) or tumour surgery
Nasal remodeling/contouring for Rhinophyma
Tonsillectomy (removal of tonsils)
Split ear lobe repair

Research and Training

He qualified in 2003 and after completion of his basic surgical training in Glasgow, he entered a 6-year higher surgical training program in Otolaryngology (ENT) in the East of Scotland Deanery with training in all aspects of ear, nose, and throat surgery. He subsequently completed a further 1-year advanced Rhinology training fellowship in Brisbane, Australia.

Mr Ellul was appointed a Consultant in ENT with a subspecialty interest in Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in 2019. He is involved in postgraduate training of ENT surgeons in Scotland and is a faculty member of nasal and sinus surgery training courses at the Surgical Skills Centre in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, and the Facial Aesthetic Rhinoplasty course with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is an active member of the British and European Rhinological Societies, the British Society of Facial Plastic Surgery, and ENT UK.

Memberships

British Orthopaedic Society (BOA)

British Limb Reconstruction Society (BLRS)

European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)