Simione Lew-Gor

Senior UK-trained Consultant Otolaryngologist and Facial Plastic Surgeon with more than 30 years of medical experience, including 18 years as a Royal Navy Medical Officer and more than 15 years at consultant level. Combines consultant clinical expertise with extensive medical command, operational planning, clinical governance, remote and austere medicine, and independent decision-making in complex environments.

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Navy career included appointment as Senior Medical Officer to 45 Commando Royal Marines, with responsibility for healthcare provision to approximately 1,500 personnel and leadership of a multidisciplinary medical team. Experienced in high-trust environments requiring absolute discretion, composure and professional judgement.

Senior Medical Officer, 45 Commando Royal Marines - Royal Navy - Worldwide

(1992-01 - 2011-12)

Senior medical officer for a Royal Marines Commando formation of approximately 1,500 personnel. Worked with a high degree of autonomy in remote and austere environments, often with limited infrastructure and delayed access to definitive medical care. Served in senior medical-officer roles requiring discretion, cultural awareness and professional representation at official functions involving senior UK and foreign diplomats and members of Royal Families.

• Led a multidisciplinary medical team of 21 personnel, with responsibility for clinical delivery, professional development, appraisal and welfare.
• Planned and organised pre-deployment medical support, including medical reconnaissance, contingency planning and casualty-evacuation arrangements.
• Liaised directly with local, host-nation and deployed medical services to establish medical support and referral pathways during overseas operations.
• Provided direct medical advice to executive military leadership and Commanding Officers, supporting operational decisions involving medical risk and personnel readiness.
• Operational and training experience across diverse international environments, including Arctic/Northern Norway and jungle environments in Brunei, each requiring adaptation to distinct environmental and medical challenges.
• Participated in worldwide deployments and exercises and supported medical planning in complex, rapidly changing operational environments.
• Commando-qualified and trained in operational medical support, battlefield trauma, evacuation and survival in demanding environments.

Consultant Otolaryngologist / Head & Neck Surgeon / Facial Plastic Surgeon - Multiple (UK, Ireland & Australia) - UK, Ireland & Australia

More than 15 years' consultant-level specialist practice across UK, Ireland and Australia.

• Regional ENT/Head & Neck leadership with responsibility for services serving a population of approximately 1.2 million.
• Chair/Clinical Lead for a regional thyroid service for five years, providing clinical and strategic leadership.
• ENT Clinical Lead at Homerton University Hospital, including clinical governance, service development and departmental leadership.
• Academic Lead with responsibility for departmental research activity; increased research output approximately threefold over five years.
• Experience developing clinical services, integrating multidisciplinary teams, establishing governance processes and coordinating specialist care.

Consultant Otolaryngologist and Facial Plastic Surgeon - Current Practice - Australia - Australia

Current consultant practice spanning public and private healthcare, with specialist interests in rhinology, facial plastic surgery and aesthetic facial surgery. Maintains international professional relationships and specialist credentials across Australia, UK and Ireland. Consultant-level experience in facial plastic surgery within an ENT/head and neck surgical practice, supported by additional formal training in cosmetic and reconstructive facial surgery, anatomical nasal surgery and facelift surgery.

Medical degree - Medicine - United Kingdom

Postgraduate medical training - Medicine - United Kingdom