Staff Profile

James O’Hara is an Ear Nose and Throat consultant, with a specialist interest in head and neck cancer. He is a co-applicant on four NIHR funded clinical randomised-controlled trials; exploring chronic throat symptoms, adult tonsillitis, nasal surgery and laser therapy during head and neck radiotherapy. 

Area of expertise

Ear, Nose and Throat Conditions
Head and Neck Cancer
Clinical Trials

• Articles

  • Wilson JA, O'Hara J, Fouweather T, Homer T, Stocken DD, Vale L, Haighton C, Rousseau N, Wilson R, McSweeney L, Wilkes S, Morrison J, MacKenzie K, Ah-See K, Carrie S, Hopkins C, Howe N, Hussain M, Mehanna H, Raine C, Sullivan F, von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff A, Teare MD. Conservative management versus tonsillectomy in adults with recurrent acute tonsillitis in the UK (NATTINA): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 2023, 401(10393), 2051-2059.
  • Carrie S, O'Hara J, Fouweather T, Homer T, Rousseau N, Rooshenas L, Bray A, Stocken DD, Ternent L, Rennie K, Clark E, Waugh N, Steel AJ, Dooley J, Drinnan M, Hamilton D, Lloyd K, Oluboyede Y, Wilson C, Gardiner Q, Kara N, Khwaja S, Leong SC, Maini S, Morrison J, Nix P, Wilson JA, Teare MD. Clinical effectiveness of septoplasty versus medical management for nasal airways obstruction: multicentre, open label, randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2023, 383, e075445.
  • Parker SM, Smith JA, Birring SS, Chamberlain-Mitchell S, Gruffydd-Jones K, Haines J, Hennessey S, McGarvey LP, Marsden P, Martin MJ, Morice A, O'Hara J, Thomas M. British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on chronic cough in adults. Thorax 2023, 78(6), s3-s19.
  • O'Hara J, Stocken DD, Watson GC, Fouweather T, McGlashan J, MacKenzie K, Carding P, Karagama Y, Wood R, Wilson JA. Use of proton pump inhibitors to treat persistent throat symptoms: multicentre, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial. British Medical Journal 2021, 372, m4903.
  • O'Hara J, Warner L, Fox H, Hamilton D, Meikle D, Counter P, Robson A, Goranova R, Iqbal S, Kelly C, Robinson M, Paleri V. Primary transoral robotic surgery +/- adjuvant therapy for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma—A large observational single-centre series from the United Kingdom. Clinical Otolaryngology 2021, 46(5), 1005-1012.