Dr Robert Mills

Medicine, 1973

Employment details
Consultant/Honorary Reader
Lothian Health Board

Impact of degree on career choice and current opportunities 
The Royal London gave us a sound grounding in medicine which was important in my later career development.

I am now an Ear Surgeon and also Director of Year Four of the undergraduate medical curriculum of Edinburgh Medical School. I am also involved in research aimed at developing an implantable hearing aid. In the year 2005/6 I was President of the Otology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. I am also a team leader for the Britain Nepal Otology Service which is dedicated to treating deafness and ear disease in Nepal.

Advice to current student 
A career in hospital medicine in general and otolaryngology in particular is hard work and the competition is stiff. However, it is worth all the effort.