Professional background

Mr Jonathan Fishman is a consultant ENT surgeon at the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals. He graduated with a triple first class honours degree in pre-clinical medicine from the University of Cambridge and completed his clinical training at the University of Oxford.

He completed his higher surgical training in both London and Oxford. During his training he was awarded a PhD from University College London.

He has received numerous awards, grants, prizes and research fellowships and has published widely in the field of ENT. He has lectured both nationally and internationally and has organised and chaired sessions at National, European and International meetings. He is senior editor for the Journal of Laryngology and Otology, a current leading UK ENT journal, established in 1887.

He has a sub-specialty interest in laryngology. He is an elected member of the Council of the British Laryngological Association, a council member of the British Voice Association and an executive council member and scientific committee member of the European Laryngological Society.

Research interests

His research interests lie in understanding and developing new treatments for patients with voice disorders. 

Publications

  • Fishman, J. M., & Cullen, L. (2018). Investigating sudden hearing loss in adults. BMJ, 363, k4347.
  • Lechner, M., Sutton, L., Fishman, J. M., et al (2018). Otorhinolaryngology and Diving - Part 1: Otorhinolaryngological Hazards Related to Compressed Gas Scuba Diving A Review. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 144 (3), 252-258.
  • Lechner, M., Sutton, L., Fishman, J. M., et al (2018). Otorhinolaryngology and Diving - Part 2: Otorhinolaryngological Fitness for Compressed Gas Scuba Diving A Review. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 144 (3), 259-263.
  • Tatla, T. S., & Fishman, J. M. (2018). What’s new in laryngology: the next 10 years!. ENT News, 27 (2), 63-66.
  • Muzaffar J and Fishman J.M. Chapter 46: Recent Advances in Technology – Optical coherence tomography in Scott Brown’s: Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (8th Edition). 2018.
  • Van der Meulen Jan HP, Lowe DA, Fishman J.M. Chapter 41: Interpretation and Management of Data – Epidemiology in Scott Brown’s: Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (8th Edition). 2018.
  • Krishnan, G., Du, C., Fishman, J. M., et al. (2017). The current status of human laryngeal transplantation in 2017: A state of the field review. Laryngoscope, 127 (8), 1861-1868.
  • Goudakos, J. K., Fishman, J. M., & Patel, K. (2016). A systematic review of the surgical techniques for the treatment of internal nasal valve collapse: Where do we stand?. Clinical Otolaryngology, 42 (1), 60-70.
  • Fishman, J. M., Long, J., Gugatschka, M., et al. (2016). Stem cell approaches for vocal fold regeneration. Laryngoscope, 126 (8), 1865-1870.
  • Wiles, K., Fishman, J. M., De Coppi, P., & Birchall, M. A. (2016). The host immune response to tissue-engineered organs: Current problems and future directions. Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews, 22 (3), 208-219.
  • Verkerk, M., Fishman, J. M., Browning, G. G., & Schilder, A. G. M. (2015). Interventions for the prevention of postoperative grommet (ventilation tube) obstruction. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015 (5). doi:10.1002/14651858.CD011685
  • Mozaffari, M., Fishman, J. M., & Tolley, N. S. (2016). How advances in light technology have shaped ENT. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 130 (2), 112-115.
  • Wormald, J. C. R., Fishman, J. M., Juniat, S., Tolley, N., & Birchall, M. A. (2015). Regenerative medicine in otorhinolaryngology. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 129 (8), 732-739.
  • Fishman, J. M., De Coppi, P., & Birchall, M. A. (2015). Stem cells in regenerative medicine. In S. Standring (Ed.), Gray's Anatomy (41st Edition). Elsevier.
  • Fishman, J. M., Wiles, K., & Wood, K. J. (2015). The Acquired Immune System Response to Biomaterials, Including Both Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Biomaterials. In S. Badylak (Ed.), Host Response to Biomaterials (pp. 151-187). Elsevier.
  • Fishman, J. M., Wiles, K., Lowdell, M. W., De Coppi, P., Elliott, M. J., Atala, A., & Birchall, M. A. (2014). Airway tissue engineering: an update. Expert Opin Biol Ther, 14 (10), 1477-1491.
  • Fishman, J. M., De Coppi, P., & Birchall, M. A. (2014). Emerging approaches to laryngeal replacement and reconstruction in Diagnosis and Treatment of Voice Disorders. In Rubin (Ed.), Diagnosis and Treatment of Voice Disorders, 4th Edition (pp. 871-886). Plural Pub Incorporated.
  • Fishman, J. M., Wormald, J. C., Lowdell, M. W., Coppi, P. D., & Birchall, M. A. (2014). Operating RegenMed: development of better in-theater strategies for handling tissue-engineered organs and tissues. Regen Med, 9 (6), 785-791.
  • Fishman, J. M., Lowdell, M., & Birchall, M. A. (2014). Stem cell-based organ replacements—Airway and lung tissue engineering. Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, 23 (3), 119-126.
  • Fishman, J. M., Lowdell, M., Ansari, T., Sibbons, P., De Coppi, P., & Birchall, M. A. (2013). Characterisation and immunogenicity of a decellularised skeletal muscle scaffold for laryngeal tissue engineering. Lancet, 381, 42.
  • Fishman, J. M., Lowdell, M. W., Urbani, L., Ansari, T., Burns, A. J., Turmaine, M., et al. (2013). Immunomodulatory effect of a decellularized skeletal muscle scaffold in a discordant xenotransplantation model. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 110 (35), 14360-14365.
  • Fishman, J. M., Urbani, L., Ramesh, B., Loizidou, M., Seifalian, A. M., De Coppi, P., & Birchall, M. A. (2013). Tracking Myoblasts in the Development of Laryngeal Cellular Engineering Using Fluorescence Nanoparticles ("Quantum Dots"). Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery, 149 (2 Suppl), 90-91.
  • Sheena, Y., Fishman, J. M., Nortcliff, C., Mawby, T., Jefferis, A. F., & Bleach, N. R. (2012). Achieving flying colours in surgical safety: audit of World Health Organization 'Surgical Safety Checklist' compliance. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 126 (10), 1049-1055.
  • Lakhani, R., Fishman, J. M., Bleach, N., Costello, D., & Birchall, M. (2012). Alternative injectable materials for vocal fold medialisation in unilateral vocal fold paralysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 10, CD009239.
  • Fishman, J. M., Ansari, T., Sibbons, P., De Coppi, P., & Birchall, M. A. (2012). Decellularized rabbit cricoarytenoid dorsalis muscle for laryngeal regeneration. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, 121 (2), 129-138.
  • Fishman, J. M. (2011). Corticosteroids effective in idiopathic facial nerve palsy (Bell's palsy) but not necessarily in idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis). Laryngoscope, 121 (11), 2494-2495.
  • Fishman, J. M., Burgess, C., & Waddell, A. (2011). Corticosteroids for the treatment of idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (May 2011), CD008607.
  • Fishman, J. M., Sood, S., Chaudhari, M., Martinez-Devesa, P., Orr, L., & Gupta, D. (2011). Prospective, randomised controlled trial comparing intense endoscopic cleaning versus minimal intervention in the early post-operative period following functional endoscopic sinus surgery. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 125 (6), 585-589.
  • Fishman, J. M., Brooks, A., & Banfield, G. (2009). Patient perceptions of appropriate first aid measures in epistaxis management and the effect of brief interventions. Rhinology, 47, 330-332.
  • Fishman, J. M., Ellis, S. R., Hasser, C. J., & Stern, J. D. (2008). Effect of reduced stereoscopic camera separation on ring placement with a surgical telerobot. Surgical Endoscopy, 22 (11), 2396-2400.
  • Fishman, J. M., Slovick, A., & East, C. A. (2008). Wegener's granulomatosis of the orbit: two cases requiring endoscopic surgical decompression. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 122 (11), 1257-1259.