Mr Walijee is a fellowship trained ENT Consultant with a special interest in Ear Surgery at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, where he also holds the responsibility of paediatric ENT Lead. His special interests are removal of cholesteatoma, ear drum repair, reconstruction of ear canal and hearing bones, pinnaplasty, tinnitus, balance problems and Paediatric ENT surgery. Mr Walijee also has extensive experience in the treatment of general ENT conditions having performed over 3000 operations over the last decade.
Mr. Walijee obtained his undergraduate medical degree in 2011 from Cardiff University. Due to his passion for education, he completed a postgraduate certificate in Teaching and Learning in Health Professions (TLHP) from Bristol University. In 2021, he obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) in Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (ORL-HNS). In 2023, he was recognised and accredited specialist status by the specialist advisory committee in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and the General Medical Council. He is a faculty member at the RCS England, Liverpool ExcellENT courses, Wales ENT registrar Vivas and an examiner at Cardiff University.
Mr. Walijee's broad clinical experience, reflects his dedication and commitment to ENT, having completed junior doctor rotations in Wales and South West England before embarking on higher surgical training in the North West (Mersey) and Wales Deaneries as well as attending training courses in Dubai, Netherlands and Spain. Due to his interest in middle ear and mastoid surgery, Mr. Walijee undertook a fellowship in Otology at Gloucester. Here, he gained proficiency in laser-assisted cholesteatoma surgery and minimally invasive endoscopic ear surgery with an emphasis on hearing preservation. During his fellowship, he travelled with a team of ENT surgeons to Zambia to establish a training partnership between ENT UK and ZENTAS (Zambia ENT, Audiology and Speech Therapy Society).
Mr. Walijee was awarded the Tarabichi and Stammberger Ear and Sinus Institute (TSESI) scholarship in 2016 to train in endoscopic ear surgical techniques in Dubai and the Thomas Wickham Jones (TWJ) Foundation Grant in 2024 to attend the prestigious Nijmegen Ear Surgery Course and observership in the Netherlands.
He is an active member of ENT UK, BSO, BAPO and a specialist advisor for RCS England ENT updates. Mr Walijee has previously held committee roles in the Association of Otolaryngologists in Training (AOT), British Society of Otology Juniors (BSOJ) and Mersey ENT Research Collaborative (MERC).
Mr. Walijee has recruited patients into National clinical trials including PATHOS, CAVA and STARFISH and published in peer-reviewed journals as well as a book chapter.
MBBCh, FCRS (ORL-HNS), PGCert TLHP
Year of first medical qualification: 2011
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in England
• ENT UK
• ENT Wales
• British Society of Otology
• Young Consultants in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
• British Association of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Outside of work, Mr. Walijee is an amateur golfer and cyclist. He enjoys spending time with his two young children, engaging in DIY projects, learning languages, and travelling.
Consultant Otologist and ENT Surgeon
1. Patel S, Walters B, Kim V, Walijee H. Immediate Facial Nerve Palsy Secondary to Otological Surgery: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis. Otol Neurotol. 2024 Jul 1;45(6):619-626. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000004219.
2. De Castro F, Mahamud I, Garg J, Walijee H. Tonsillitis. InnovAiT. 2023;16(6):278-285. doi:10.1177/17557380231163604
3. Walijee H, 2022, Adenotonsillar conditions and OSAS in R. James A. England, Eamon Shamil eds. Scott-Brown’s Essential Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, 1st edition, CRC Press, ISBN: 9781032008301
4. Andrew S. Lau, Kristijonas Milinis, Mila Roode, Stephen P. Williams, Colette Cook, Hussein Walijee, Matthew Zammit, Richard Siau, Hannah Emerson, Rosanna Wright, Thomas Hampton. The prevalence of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in patients admitted with symptoms of peritonsillar abscess or cellulitis: A retrospective multicentre study. Clin Otolaryngol 2021 Nov;46(6):1362-1367. doi: 10.1111/coa.13851. Epub 2021 Aug 24.
5. Joshi N, Ahmed M, Mandavia R, Walijee H (Collaborative author). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the SeaSHeL study. BJS Open, Volume 5, Issue Supp_1, April 2021, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrab032.061
6. Mahalingam S, Green R, Mohd Slim MA, Alatsatianos A, Ramakrishnan Y, Stew B, Hopkins C, (Walijee H - Collaborator/regional lead). The British Rhinology Society National COVID-19 Study: Resuming Elective Surgery. Rhinology Online, Vol 4: 36 - 48, 2021. http://doi.org/10.4193/RHINOL/21.004
7. Walijee H, Vaughan C, Munir N, Youssef A, Attlmayr B, Microvascular compression of the Vestibulocochlear nerve, Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-020-06586-4
8. Mandavia R, Hannink G, Ahmed MN on behalf of the SeaSHel Collaborative (Walijee H. Collaborator), Prognostic factors for outcomes of Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss: protocol for the SeaSHel national prospective cohort study, BMJ Open 2020;10:e038552
9. David Selwyn, Ding Yang, Elliot Heward, Ashwin Kerai, Elinor Thompson, Abulgasem Shommakhi, Scott Faulkner, Richard Siau, Hussein Walijee, Tom Hampton, Dorota Chudek, Supriya Singhera, Waqas Din, Andrew S Lau, A prospective, multi-centre external validation study of the Liverpool Peritonsillar abscess Score (LPS) with a no-examination Covid-19 modification, Clin Otol. Sept 2020; https://doi.org/10.1111/coa.13652
10. Walijee H, Sood S, Markey A, Krishnan M, Lee A, De S, Is nurse-led telephone follow-up for post-operative obstructive sleep apnoea patients effective? A prospective observational study at a paediatric tertiary centre, International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Volume 129, 2020, 109766, ISSN 0165-5876, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109766
11. Krishnan M, Walijee H, Jesurasa A, De S, Sinha A, Sharma A, Donne A, Clinical outcomes of intracranial complications secondary to acute mastoiditis: The Alder Hey experience, International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Volume 128, 2020, 109675, ISSN 0165-5876, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109675
12. Junaid, M., Sood, S., Walijee, H., Dorgham, J., & De, S. (2019). Pain scores and recovery post tonsillectomy: Intracapsular versus extracapsular coblation. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 133(9), 775-781. Doi:10.1017/S0022215119001610
13. Kanzara, T., Walijee, H., Badar Sheikh, R. et al. Long-term soft tissue outcomes for hydroxyapatite-coated bone-anchored hearing implant surgery, Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol (2019) 276: 3067. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-019-05609-z
14. Shelton FR, Ishii H, Mella S, Chew D, Winterbottom J, Walijee H, Brown R, Chisholm EJ. Implementing a Standardised Discharge Analgesia Guideline to Reduce Paediatric Post Tonsillectomy Pain. IJPO Vol 111, Aug 2018, 54–58
15. Walijee H, Krishnan M, De S, Sharma R. Indirect visualisation of the upper pole during tonsillectomy, JLO 2018 DOI 10.1017/S0022215118000312
16. Walijee H, Patel C, Brahmabhatt P, Krishnan M. (May 2017), Tonsillitis. Innovait. Volume: 10 issue: 10, page(s): 577-584 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1755738017717752
17. Walijee HZ, Morgan A, Berry S, Gibson B, Jaffery A. Critical care admissions following total laryngectomy: Is it time to change our practice? International Journal of Otolaryngology, Vol 2016, PMID 27752264
18. INTEGRATE (The National ENT Trainee Research Network, Walijee H (collaborator)), Epistaxis 2016: National audit of management. (2017). The Journal of Laryngology & Otology,131(12), 1131-1141. Doi:10.1017/S002221511700202X
19. Walijee H, Al-Hussaini A, Drew AH, Owens D, What Are the Trends in Tonsillectomy Techniques in Wales? A Prospective Observational Study of 19,195 Tonsillectomies over a 10-Year Period International Journal of Otolaryngology, Vol 2015, PMID: 26693228
20. Walijee HZ, Berry S, Quine S, Lane C, Morris DS, Bowman B, Inverted Papilloma Originating Primarily from the Nasolacrimal Duct: A Case Report and Review of the Pertinent Literature Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2015; 2015: 123694. PMID: 26649215
21. Walijee HZ, Leach RA. Tinnitus – Ring It On. Innovait. Volume: 9 issue: 7, page(s): 422-430 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1755738016633887
22. Walijee HZ, Leach RA. Diagnostic Algorithm for patients presenting with Tinnitus. Journal of Laryngology & Otology 130(S3):S242 · May 2016
23. Al-Hussaini A, Walijee H, Khan A, Cuddihy P, Day-case septoplasty: a default pathway or is case selection the key? Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2015 Jan ;272(1):91-5. PMID: 24777566
24. Al-Hussaini A, Walijee H, Owens D. The uptake of day-case septoplasty in England and Wales from 2000-2012; Is there a relationship between day-case rates and waiting list times?’ Annals RCS England Jan 2015.