Mr Florian Bast, Consultant ENT Surgeon
Mr Florian Bast
Consultant ENT Surgeon
Mr Florian Bast MD FRCS
Consultant ENT Surgeon
Areas of expertise
- Facial plastic surgery
- Rhinoplasty
- Revision rhinoplasty
- Septo-rhinoplasty
- Rhinology
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Address
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Sydney Street Outpatients
102 Sydney Street, London, SW3 6NJ
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The Lister Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK
Chelsea Bridge Road, London, SW1W 8RH
About Mr Florian Bast
GMC number: 7381518
Year qualified: 2006
Place of primary qualification: Ruprecht Karl Universität Heidelberg
Dr Florian Bast is a Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Surgeon based in London, specialising in rhinology, nasal surgery and facial plastic surgery. He has over 20 years of experience and holds a substantive consultant position at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital.
Dr Bast qualified in medicine at the University of Heidelberg in Germany and completed advanced specialist training across internationally recognised centres, including New York University, the University of Sydney and the University of Zurich. He later completed higher surgical training in Germany and achieved board certification in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery, followed by subspecialisation in facial aesthetic and reconstructive surgery.
His clinical expertise focuses on rhinology and facial plastic surgery, including the management of chronic rhinosinusitis, nasal obstruction and sinus disease. He performs a wide range of procedures such as septoplasty, septorhinoplasty, rhinoplasty and balloon sinuplasty, as well as surgery for snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea.
Dr Bast also has extensive experience in cosmetic and reconstructive facial procedures, including the use of dermal fillers and other non-surgical treatments. He is recognised for his expertise in advanced techniques such as endoscopic balloon dilatation of the eustachian tube.
Alongside his clinical work, Dr Bast is actively involved in research and education. He has published widely in leading medical journals, contributes as a reviewer for scientific publications and regularly presents at national and international conferences in ENT and facial plastic surgery.
Areas of expertise
- Allergic rhinitis (hayfever)
- Balloon sinuplasty
- Biopsy procedures
- Breathing disorders
- Broken nose
- Deviated septum
- Ear microsuction
- Ear reconstruction
- Ear wax removal
- Epistaxis (nose bleeding)
- Eustachian balloon tuboplasty
- Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD)
- Excision of benign lesions
- Excision of lesion of lip
- Excision of sebaceous cysts
- Facial reconstruction
- Facial surgery
- Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS)
- Functional nasal surgery
- Nasal blockage
- Nasal deformities
- Nasal polyps
- Noisy breathing
- Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)
- Obstructive sleep apnoea surgery
- Otoplasty
- Pinnaplasty
- Prominent or protruding ears
- Rhinitis
- Rhinology (nose)
- Rhinoplasty (nose job)
- Scar revision surgery
- Scar treatment
- Septoplasty
- Septorhinoplasty
- Sinus surgery
- Sinusitis
- Skin lesion removal (warts, moles and skin tags)
- Smell disorders
- Snoring problems
- Stopping nose bleeds (nasal cautery)
- Surgery for nasal blockage & polyps
- Tongue tie
- Tongue tie excision
- Tonsillectomy
- Uvulopalatoplasty (snoring surgery)
Professional memberships
Articles by Mr Florian Bast
Correlation of skin test results and specific immunoglobulin E blood levels with nasal provocation testing for house-dust mite allergies
The relationship between preoperative tympanograms and intraoperative ear examination results in children