Dr Rohani Omar is a Consultant Audiovestibular Physician specialising in the management of complex hearing and balance disorders, including acute, recurrent or chronic dizziness and vertigo, imbalance, tinnitus, hyperacusis, hearing loss and auditory processing difficulties. She runs adult neuro-otology clinics at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and is an Honorary Associate Professor at University College London (UCL).
Dr Omar gained her medical degree at Cambridge University, followed by an MD(Res) in Neurology (UCL) and was awarded a Royal College of Physicians/Dunhill Medical Trust Research Fellowship. She obtained a distinction for the PGCert in Otology and Audiology (UCL). She is the Chair of Education for the British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians (BAAP). Her research interests include the interface between hearing loss and cognition in older adults and the genetics of hearing loss. She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal Society of Medicine, BAAP, the Barany Society and ENT UK. She is in the steering committee of the British Society of Audiology Cognition and Hearing Special Interest Group, and contributed to the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership in Coexisting Dementia and Hearing Conditions.
Qualifications:
- BA Medical Sciences Tripos – Cambridge University, 1999
- MA Medical Sciences and Pharmacology – Cambridge University, 2002
- MBBChir – Cambridge University, 2002
- MRCP – Membership of the Royal College of Physicians UK, 2005
- MD(Res) Neurology – University College London, 2012
- PGCert Otology and Audiology (Distinction) – University College London, 2018
Awards:
- Wellcome Trust Research Studentship 1998
- Royal College of Physicians/Dunhill Medical Trust Joint Research Fellowship 2008
- British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians Dafydd Stephens Audit Prize 2020
- British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians Pat Jobson Prize 2021
- ENT UK Research Grant 2021
