Mr Samit Unadkat FRCS (ORL-HNS) IBCFPRS
Leading Rhinologist & Facial Plastic Surgeon
Consultant Rhinologist and Double Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon.
Mr Samit Unadkat is a Fellowship trained, Consultant ENT & Double Board-Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon. He sees a range of ear, nose and throat disorders but has a particular subspecialist interest in nasal and facial plastic surgery. He manages the full spectrum of complex sinonasal disorders and is fellowship trained in advanced rhinoplasty and sinus surgery. Within the NHS he works at the Royal National ENT & University College London Hospital – the UK’s national centre for complex sinonasal and facial plastic disorders.
He was awarded the Harold Edwards scholarship as the top-ranking candidate to read medicine at Imperial College London and has won numerous undergraduate and postgraduate prizes. His basic and higher surgical training was conducted in London at several centres of excellence including The Royal National ENT Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital and St Bartholomew’s & The Royal London Hospitals. The bulk of his training was focused on nasal and facial plastic disorders under leading international experts.
After completing his training, he secured the coveted Royal College of Surgeons of England advanced rhinology & facial plastic fellowship at Charing Cross & The Royal Brompton Hospitals; one of the few accredited fellowships dedicated to both complex rhinoplasty and advanced sinus surgery in Europe.
In 2023, following rigorous assessment, he successfully became one of the only Double Board-Certified Facial Plastic Surgeons in the UK, accredited by both the International & European Boards for Certification in Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (IBCFPRS/EBCFPRS).
Mr Unadkat is also fully trained and certified in all aspects of general ENT & head and neck surgery. He has authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters. As part of his ongoing research, he is looking at the interplay between functional nasal surgery, snoring and sleep disordered breathing.
He was the inaugural president of the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS) Junior Members Board (2018-21), is a full member of the British Society of Facial Plastic Surgery (BSFPS) and is invited speaker to several national and international meetings.
He is invited faculty to several instructional courses and is the current director of the UCL/Royal National ENT Rhinoplasty Course – the oldest rhinoplasty course in the UK. He is also director of the popular UCL FRCS Course in Otolaryngology which helps to prepare senior trainees for their final exams in ENT Surgery.
Mr Samit Unadkat FRCS
Mr Unadkat is a consultant ENT surgeon, super-specialised in nasal and facial plastic surgery. Within the NHS he works at the Royal National ENT & University College London Hospital– the UK’s national centre for complex sinonasal and facial plastic disorders.
He was awarded the Dr Harold Edwards scholarship as the top-ranking candidate to read medicine at Imperial College London and has won numerous undergraduate and postgraduate prizes. His basic and higher surgical training was conducted in London at several centres of excellence including The Royal National ENT Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital and St Bartholomew’s & The Royal London Hospitals.
Consultant Rhinologist, Facial Plastic and ENT surgeon
The bulk of his training was focussed on nasal and facial plastic disorders under leading international experts. After completing his training, he secured the coveted Royal College of Surgeons of England advanced rhinology & facial plastic fellowship at Charing Cross & The Royal Brompton Hospitals – one of the only accredited fellowships dedicated to both complex rhinoplasty and advanced sinus surgery in Europe. Although fully trained and certified in all aspects of ENT & head and neck surgery, Mr Unadkat’s practice is primarilyfocussed on disorders of the nose and sinuses. He has authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters with ongoing active research interests in functional nasal surgery and has secured industry funding to look at the interplay between nasal surgery, snoring and sleep disordered breathing.
He is the inaugural president of the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS) Junior Members Board and is invited speaker to several national and international meetings.
Frequently Asked Questions
This varies from patient to patient. For most patients there is marked swelling and/or bruising for the first few weeks which then rapidly reduces although will still change subtly for several months after surgery. Irregularities of the nose are not uncommon to feel at this stage. The final result following rhinoplasty generally becomes apparent at approximately one year after surgery, although in patients with thicker skin it can take even longer. Results vary from patient to patient based on individual factors such as healing, anatomy and skin type.
We would usually suggest no strenuous activity for four weeks, and no contact sports for six weeks. For the first week after surgery, patients will usually have a plaster cast on the nose which we will remove in our clinic. Avoid flying if possible for at least two weeks. For most of our patients, they are usually back to work after two weeks. Healing can vary from patient to patient based on individual factors such as healing, anatomy and skin type.
This is never an easy decision with such a wealth of options available. Increasingly, more rhinoplasty or nose surgeons in London and the UK are honing their skillset to a few key areas in order to provide the best possible outcomes to patients. We want patients to have a balance between function and aesthetics and with fellowship training in both sinus surgery and rhinoplasty surgery, Mr Unadkat is well-suited to provide this. Our goal is to provide patients with a balance of functional and aesthetic outcomes, ensuring the nose performs well while achieving desired cosmetic results, if necessary.
Patients with insurance
Mr Unadkat is recognised by most of the major insurance companies. If you are insured by a company not listed below, then please do let us know in advance and we will arrange the necessary registrations.
- BUPA
- BUPA Global
- HEALIX
- Vitality
- AXA
- AXA Global
- WPA
- Cigna
- Cigna Global
- Freedom
- Allianz
- Aetna
- The Exeter
- And more.
Publications
Jan 2024
Cheong RCT, Jawad S, Adams A, Campion T, Lim ZH, Papachristou N, Unadkat S, Randhawa P, Joseph J, Andrews P, Taylor P, Kunz H. Enhancing paranasal sinus disease detection with AutoML: efficient AI development and evaluation via magnetic resonance imaging. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2024 Apr;281(4):2153-2158. doi: 10.1007/s00405-023-08424-9. Epub 2024 Jan 10. PMID: 38197934; PMCID: PMC10942883.
Nov 2023
Cheong RCT, Unadkat S, Mcneillis V, Williamson A, Joseph J, Randhawa P, Andrews P, Paleri V. Artificial intelligence chatbots as sources of patient education material for obstructive sleep apnoea: ChatGPT versus Google Bard. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2024 Feb;281(2):985-993. doi: 10.1007/s00405-023-08319-9. Epub 2023 Nov 2. PMID: 37917165.
Feb 2022
Lechner M, Takahashi Y, Turri-Zanoni M, Liu J, Counsell N, Hermsen M, Kaur RP, Zhao T, Ramanathan M Jr, Schartinger VH, Emanuel O, Helman S, Varghese J, Dudas J, Riechelmann H, Sprung S, Haybaeck J, Howard D, Engel NW, Stewart S, Brooks L, Pickles JC, Jacques TS, Fenton TR, Williams L, Vaz FM, O’Flynn P, Stimpson P, Wang S, Hannan SA, Unadkat S, Hughes J, Dwivedi R, Forde CT, Randhawa P, Gane S, Joseph J, Andrews PJ, Royle G, Franchi A, Maragliano R, Battocchio S, Bewicke-Copley H, Pipinikas C, Webster A, Thirlwell C, Ho D, Teschendorff A, Zhu T, Steele CD, Pillay N, Vanhaesebroeck B, Mohyeldin A, Fernandez-Miranda J, Park KW, Le QT, West RB, Saade R, Manes RP, Omay SB, Vining EM, Judson BL, Yarbrough WG, Sansovini M, Silvia N, Grassi I, Bongiovanni A, Capper D, Schüller U, Thavaraj S, Sandison A, Surda P, Hopkins C, Ferrari M, Mattavelli D, Rampinelli V, Facchetti F, Nicolai P, Bossi P, Henriquez OA, Magliocca K, Solares CA, Wise SK, Llorente JL, Patel ZM, Nayak JV, Hwang PH, Lacy PD, Woods R, O’Neill JP, Jay A, Carnell D, Forster MD, Ishii M, London NR Jr, Bell DM, Gallia GL, Castelnuovo P, Severi S, Lund VJ, Hanna EY. Clinical outcomes, Kadish-INSICA staging and therapeutic targeting of somatostatin receptor 2 in olfactory neuroblastoma. Eur J Cancer. 2022 Feb;162:221-236. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.09.046. Epub 2021 Dec 31. PMID: 34980502; PMCID: PMC9554673.
May 2021
Devabalan Y, Cereceda-Monteoliva N, Lorenz H, Magill JC, Unadkat S, Ferguson M, Rennie C. Coronavirus disease 2019: changing the future of emergency epistaxis management. J Laryngol Otol. 2021 Aug;135(8):675-679. doi: 10.1017/S0022215121001456. Epub 2021 May 18. PMID: 34002682; PMCID: PMC8245333.
Apr 2021
Cereceda-Monteoliva N, Devabalan Y, Lorenz H, Magill JC, Unadkat S, Rennie C. Improving the management of suspected tonsillitis and peritonsillar abscess referred to ENT – a coronavirus disease 2019 service improvement. J Laryngol Otol. 2021 Jul;135(7):584-588. doi: 10.1017/S0022215121001213. Epub 2021 Apr 29. PMID: 33913412; PMCID: PMC8220009.
March 2021
Pendolino AL, Kaura A, Navaratnam AV, Pendolino M, Bianchi G, Unadkat S, Ottaviano G, Randhawa PS, Andrews PJ. Olfactory dysfunction in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides: A review of the literature. World J Methodol. 2021 Mar 20;11(2):15-22. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v11.i2.15. PMID: 33777721; PMCID: PMC7970017.
March 2021
Unadkat SN, Pendolino AL, Auer D, Khwaja S, Randhawa PS, Andrews PJ, Saleh HA. The Evidence Base for the Benefits of Functional Septorhinoplasty and its Future Post COVID-19. Facial Plast Surg. 2021 Oct;37(5):625-631. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1725162. Epub 2021 Mar 6. PMID: 33676375.
August 2024
Pendolino AL, Unadkat S, Cheong RCT, Patel A, Ferreira J, Scarpa B, Andrews PJ. Objective and Subjective Outcomes Following Radiofrequency of Inferior Turbinates in Patients with Sleep-Disordered Breathing. Diagnostics (Basel). 2024 Aug 21;14(16):1820. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14161820. PMID: 39202311; PMCID: PMC11353641.
Dec 2023
Cheong RCT, Pang KP, Unadkat S, Mcneillis V, Williamson A, Joseph J, Randhawa P, Andrews P, Paleri V. Performance of artificial intelligence chatbots in sleep medicine certification board exams: ChatGPT versus Google Bard. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2024 Apr;281(4):2137-2143. doi: 10.1007/s00405-023-08381-3. Epub 2023 Dec 20. PMID: 38117307.
July 2022
Lechner M, Takahashi Y, Turri-Zanoni M, Ferrari M, Liu J, Counsell N, Mattavelli D, Rampinelli V, Vermi W, Lombardi D, Saade R, Park KW, Schartinger VH, Franchi A, Facco C, Sessa F, Battocchio S, Fenton TR, Vaz FM, O’Flynn P, Howard D, Stimpson P, Wang S, Hannan SA, Unadkat S, Hughes J, Dwivedi R, Forde CT, Randhawa P, Gane S, Joseph J, Andrews PJ, Dave M, Fleming JC, Thomson D, Zhu T, Teschendorff A, Royle G, Steele C, Jimenez JE, Laco J, Wang EW, Snyderman C, Lacy PD, Woods R, O’Neill JP, Saraswathula A, Kaur RP, Zhao T, Ramanathan M Jr, Gallia GL, London NR Jr, Le QT, West RB, Patel ZM, Nayak JV, Hwang PH, Hermsen M, Llorente J, Facchetti F, Nicolai P, Bossi P, Castelnuovo P, Jay A, Carnell D, Forster MD, Bell DM, Lund VJ, Hanna EY. International Multicenter Study of Clinical Outcomes of Sinonasal Melanoma Shows Survival Benefit for Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Potential Improvements to the Current TNM Staging System. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2022 Jul 10;84(4):307-319. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1750178. PMID: 37405239; PMCID: PMC10317567.
Jul 2021
Chua E, Navaratnam AV, St Leger D, Lam V, Unadkat S, Weller A. Comparison of MRI and CT in the Evaluation of Unilateral Maxillary Sinus Opacification. Radiol Res Pract. 2021 Jul 9;2021:5313196. doi: 10.1155/2021/5313196. PMID: 34306753; PMCID: PMC8285193.
May 2021
Smith ME, Hardman JC, Mehta N, Jones GH, Mandavia R, Anderson C, Khan M, Abdelaziz A, Al-Dulaimy B, Amin N, Anmolsingh R, Anwar B, Bance M, Belfield K, Bhutta M, Buchanan R, Chandrasekharan D, Chu M, Chundu S, Conroy K, Crundwell G, Daniel M, Daniels J, De S, Dobbs S, Doshi J, Farr M, Ferdous T, Fragkouli E, Freeman S, Ghosh S, Gosnell E, Hannan SA, Heward E, Javed F, John D, Nicholls H, Kasbekar AV, Khan H, Khan H, Khwaja S, Kotecha B, Krishnan M, Kumar N, Lamb T, Lancer H, Manjaly JG, Martinez Del Pero M, McClenaghan F, Milinis K, Mistry N, Mohammed H, Morris E, Morris-Jones S, Padee J, Pal S, Patel S, Pericleous A, Qayyum A, Rouhani M, Saeed H, Santhiyapillai M, Seymour K, Sharma S, Siau R, Singh A, Stapleton E, Stephenson K, Stynes G, Subramanian B, Summerfield N, Swords C, Trinidade A, Tse A, Twumasi E, Ubhi H, Unadkat S, Vijendren A, Wasson J, Watson G, Williams G, Wilson J, Yao A, Youssef A, Lloyd SKW, Tysome JR; INTEGRATE (The UK ENT Trainee Research Network). Acute otitis externa: Consensus definition, diagnostic criteria and core outcome set development. PLoS One. 2021 May 14;16(5):e0251395. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251395. PMID: 33989313; PMCID: PMC8121300.
Apr 2021
Pendolino AL, Unadkat S, Navaratnam AV, Randhawa PS, Andrews PJ. A Single-Center 5-Year Experience Using the Triple-Layer Technique for Surgical Repair of Nasal Septal Perforations. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2022 Jul-Aug;24(4):326-327. doi: 10.1089/fpsam.2020.0623. Epub 2021 Apr 13. PMID: 33847509.
March 2021
Unadkat SN, Pendolino AL, Auer D, Khwaja S, Randhawa PS, Andrews PJ, Saleh HA. The Evidence Base for the Benefits of Functional Septorhinoplasty and its Future Post COVID-19. Facial Plast Surg. 2021 Oct;37(5):625-631. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1725162. Epub 2021 Mar 6. PMID: 33676375.
Jul 2020
Unadkat SN, Pendolino AL, Kwame I, Swift A, Pusey C, Gantous A, Andrews PJ. Nasal reconstructive surgery for vasculitis affecting the nose: our two-centre international experience. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Nov;277(11):3059-3066.
Jul 2020
Pendolino AL, Jaafar M, Unadkat S, Zhang H, Randhawa P, Andrews PJ. A Unilateral Mucoperichondrial/Mucoperiosteal Flap Including Inferior Turbinate with Contralateral Underlay Xenograft for a Large Nasal Septal Perforation Repair. Facial PlastSurgAesthet Med. 2020 May 22. doi: 10.1089/fpsam.2020.0022. Epub ahead of print
May 2020
Unadkat SN, Andrews PJ, Bertossi D, D’Souza A, Joshi A, Shandilya M, Saleh HA. Recovery of Elective Facial Plastic Surgery in the Post-Coronavirus Disease 2019 Era: Recommendations from the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery Task Force. Facial PlastSurgAesthet Med. 2020 Jul/Aug;22(4):233-237. doi: 10.1089/fpsam.2020.0258.
Feb 2020
Feb 2020
Unadkat SN, Pendolino AL, Joshi A, Bhalla R, Woolford T, D’Souza A, Randhawa PS, Saleh HA, Andrews PJ. A national survey of functional septorhinoplasty surgery performed in the United Kingdom: a clinician end-user questionnaire to assess current practice and help inform future practice. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2020;277(2):475-482
Jul 2019
Unadkat S, Rennie C, Saleh H. Cerebrospinal fluid leak post septorhinoplasty surgery. B-ENT. 2019;15:143-145
Dec 2018
Unadkat S, Rennie C, Grant W. Endoscopic transnasal image-guided approach to securing diagnosis in orbital apex and optic canal lesions. J Laryngol Otol. 2019;133(6):501-507
Dec 2018
Unadkat S (as co-author of INTEGRATE). Epistaxis and mortality. J Laryngol Otol. 2018;132:1061-1066
Aug 2018
Jan 2018
Unadkat SN, Kanzara T Watters GW. Necrotising otitis externa in the immunocompetent patient: a case series. J Laryngol Otol. 2018; 132:71-74
Jun 2017
Liu ZW, Fox R, Unadkat S, Farrell R. A retrospective study of ultrasound and FNA cytology investigation of thyroid nodules: working towards combined risk stratification. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2017; 274:2537-2540
Jan 2013
Raval P, Unadkat SN,Kirthi V, Gould S. Rare and unusual metastases of a Gastrointestinal
Stromal Tumour. J Pak Med Assoc 2013; 63:148-149
Dec 2010
UnadkatSN, Talwar R, Tolley NS. The eye in the neck: removal of a sewing needle from the posterior pharyngeal wall. Case Report Med 2010; 2010: 608343
Sep 2009
Unadkat SN. Interview with Antony Narula: an otorhinolaryngology surgeon. Student BMJ
2009; 17b:3 617 (DOI 10.1136/sbm j.63617)
Jul 2020
Magill JC, Unadkat S, Bullock E, Ferguson MS, Rennie C, Grant WE, Saleh HA. Rhinology in the COVID-19 era; our experience from a rhinology tertiary referral hospital and implications for future practice. ClinOtolaryngol. 2020 Jul 31. doi: 10.1111/coa.13617.
Jul 2020
Pendolino AL, Unadkat S, Zhang H, Pendolino M, Bianchi G, Randhawa PS, Andrews PJ. The role of surgery in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides affecting the nose and sinuses: A systematic review. SAGE Open Med. 2020 Jul 1;8:2050312120936731.
Jun 2020
Apr 2020
Unadkat SN (as co-author of INTEGRATE) INTEGRATE (The UK ENT Trainee Research Network). Nasal Packs for Epistaxis: Predictors of Success. ClinOtolaryngol. 2020 Apr 19. doi: 10.1111/coa.13555.
Feb 2020
Pendolino AL, Randhawa P, Unadkat S, Andrews PJ. Septoplasty for nasal obstruction. Lancet. 2020;15;395(10223):493
Sep 2019
Spinos D, Unadkat S, Grant W. Transnasaltranspterygoid approach to sphenoid wing meningoceles as treatment for refractory epilepsy.BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Sep 19;12(9). pii: e229661
Jun 2019
Pendolino AL, Kwame I, Poirrier A, Rouhani MJ, Unadkat S, Preti G, Ottaviano G, Andrews PJ, Kotecha B. A pilot study to determine the effects of nasal co-phenylcaine on drug-induced sedation endoscopy. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2019; 276(9):2603:2609
Dec 2018
Apaydin F, Stanic L, Unadkat S, Saleh HA. Postoperative care in aesthetic rhinoplasty patients. Facial Plast Surg. 2018;34:553-560
Aug 2018
Zhang, Y, Unadkat SN, Rennie CE, Saleh HA. Onodi cell mucocele causing unilateral visual loss: a case study. Open J Otolaryngol 2018;1:15-18
Feb 2018
Unadkat SN, Adams A, Richards P, Bajaj Y. Paediatric aneursymal bone cyst: not as easy as ABC. J Surg Case Rep. 2018(2):rjy008
Dec 2017
Unadkat S (as co-author of INTEGRATE). Epistaxis 2016: national audit of management. J Laryngol Otol. 2017;131:1131-1141
May 2013
Radford PD, Unadkat SN, Rollin M, Tolley NS. Disinfection of flexible fibre-optic nasendoscopes out-of-hours: confidential telephone survey of ENT units in England – 10 years on. J LaryngolOtol 2013; 127(5): 489-493
May 2012
Kar A, UnadkatSN. Letter: Tracing the roots of Advanced Trauma & Life Support in the US. Ann R Coll SurgEngl (Suppl) 2012; 94: 67-68
Mar 2010
UnadkatSN, Leff DR, Teoh TG, Rai R, Darzi AW, Ziprin P. Anorectal symptoms during
pregnancy: how important is trimester? Int J Colorectal Dis 2010 Mar; 25(3): 375-9
Jul 2009
UnadkatSN, Leff DR, McGinn K, Teoh TG, Rai R, Darzi A, Ziprin P. A longitudinal survey of anorectal symptoms during pregnancy: How important is trimester? Br J Surg 2008. 95(S4):23
