Research

Research priorities: rhinosinusitis, paranasal sinus tumours, sinonasal tumours, head and neck surgery, endoscopic sinus surgery

Valerie J. Lund is an ear, nose and throat doctor. The focus of her research is diseases of the nasal mucosa and paranasal sinuses as well as nasal polyps. She has made groundbreaking studies identifying the causes of nasal and sinus problems and introduced important diagnostic methods.

Lund deals with all the diseases of the nose, from allergies and inflammations to infections and nasal tumours. One of her key focuses is chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), which is chronic inflammation of the nasal mucosa accompanied by inflammation of the nasal sinuses. She and her team conducted long-term studies on rhinosinusitis and developed considerable evidence concerning the efficacy of treatments.

Nasal sinus tumours (sinonasal tumours) represent a further priority in her work. Lund has decades long experience in endoscopic paranasal sinus operations and in ear, nose and throat surgery (otolaryngology). Her field of expertise ranges from open cancer surgery to tiny interventions with minimally invasive surgery using the most current state-of-the-art technology. In randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in medical and surgical therapy, her research group studied chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, and sinonasal neoplasia.

She and her team have also developed surgical techniques in this field and have played a significant role in increasing the use of endoscopic sinus surgery internationally. Her work on endoscopic treatment of sinus cancer has saved many patients from radical and disfiguring surgery.

Career

• 1995-2017 Professor of Rhinology, Ear Institute, University College London (UCL), London, UK
• 1993 Final Fellowship, Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), London, UK
• 1986 Medical Doctor
• 1986 Master in Surgery, University of London, London, UK
• 1982 Final Fellowship, FRCS, London, UK
• 1979 Primary Fellowship, FRCS, London, UK
• 1977 Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery (MB.BS.), University of London, London, UK

Functions

• since 2018 President, European Rhinologic Society Congress and organizer of the British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology, UK
• since 2018 Organizer, British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology, UK
• 2012-2015 President, British Association of Otorhinolaryngology, UK
• 2009 President, Section of Laryngology & Rhinology, Royal Society of Medicine, UK
• 2008-2016 General Secretary, European Rhinologic Society
• until 2007 Chairman, Board in Otolaryngology, The Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Examination (JCIE), Edinburgh, UK
• since 2005 Consultant, University College Hospital, London, UK
• 2004-2014 Chief Editor, Rhinology
• 2004-2005 Chairman, Women in Surgical Training (WiST), The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK
• 2002 Consultant, ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
• 1997-1999 Chairman, Women in Surgical Training (WiST), The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK
• 1995-2006 Member, Council, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK
• since 1990 Consultant, ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
• since 1987 Consultant, Surgeon Royal National ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) and Eastman Dental Hospitals, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK
• Co-Chairman, European Academy of Allergy & Clinical Immunology Taskforce on Rhinosinusitis, European Paediatric Ophthalmological Society (EPOS)
• Vice President, European Academy of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery (EAORL-HNS)
• Editor, Cummings Otorhinolaryngology

Honours and Memberships

• 2018 Co-President and member, Congress of the European Rhinologic Society
• 2018 BMA medical book awards, British Medical Association, UK
• 2017 Honorary Fellow, American College of Surgeons, USA
• 2017 Honorary Member, International Rhinologic Society
• 2016 Honorary Doctorate of Medicine, University of Brighton, and University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
• 2015 George Davey Howell Memorial Prize, University of London, London, UK
• 2012 W J Harrison Prize, Royal Society of Medicine, UK
• 2011 Snyderman International Ambassador, Head & Neck Surgery, American Academy of Otorhinolaryngology, USA
• since 2009 Member, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Germany
• 2008 Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for services to medicine in the Queen’s New Year Honours
• 2008 George Davey Howell Memorial Prize, University of London, London, UK
• since 2006 Honorary Member, Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Belgian Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Belgium
• 2002 Sir Arthur Sims Commonwealth Professorship, Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Australia and New Zealand, Canada, England and South Africa
• 1998 Award of Excellence, European Rhinologic Society Foundation
• 1996 Award of Merit, European Rhinologic Society Foundation
• 1993 Award of the Fellows, Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), UK
• 1990 George Davey Howell Memorial Prize, University of London, London, UK
• 1987 Scientific Exhibition Award, British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology, UK
• 1986 Special Prize, European Rhinologic Society