Our Doctors
Meet Our Doctors
The specialists at Adelaide & Hills ENT are highly trained, and provide expert care to help you, and your family achieve better health.
Dr Theo Athanasiadis
Dr Theo is an internationally recognised Laryngologist. Upon completion of his advanced training in adult and paediatric ENT, he undertook a further year of training in voice, swallow and airway disorders (laryngology) working and observing at the leading international laryngology centres. He lectures nationally and internationally on voice, airway and swallow disorders, and has written numerous articles and papers for international peer reviewed laryngology journals. He is director of the Flinders Medical Centre voice clinic and director of the Flinders Voice fellowship for advanced voice training. Dr Theo is an inaugural board member of the Laryngology Society of Australasia as well as Past President of the LSA.
Clinically he has specialist multidisciplinary clinics for chronic cough, airway stenosis, voice disorders, gender voice surgery, swallow disorders and works closely with other specialists in these fields to provide broad high-level care. He has specific expertise in treating a range of conditions in the clinic or under sedation without requiring a general anaesthetic.
Conditions Treated
- Care of professional voice
- Vocal cord injections in office or sedated
- Vocal strain, weakness, pain
- Spasmodic dysphonia
- Voice feminization & tracheal shave
- Vocal cord dysfunction
Airway
- Subglottic stenosis – including management in practice
- Laryngeal obstruction
- Laryngeal hypersensitivity and chronic cough
- Inducible laryngeal obstruction
Swallow
- Dysphagia assessment
- Pharyngeal pouch – dilation, laser surgery & Stapling
- Trans nasal oesophagoscopy
General ENT
- Sinus disease
- Nasal obstruction
- Grommet insertion
- Tonsillectomy
Dr Sam Boase
Sam is a specialist in ear nose & throat surgery. He trained in South Australia in paediatric & adult ear, nose & throat, head & neck surgery and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He undertook a PhD in advanced sinus disease, as well as a head & neck oncology & microvascular fellowship in Auckland.
He treats all ear nose & throat conditions in children & adults, and is based in Metropolitan Adelaide, the Adelaide Hills region, and Port Lincoln
Conditions Treated
- Tonsillectomy
- Grommet insertion
- Paediatric breathing issues
- Adenoidectomy
- Nasal blockage
- Chronic sinusitis/ Acute sinusitis
- Nasal cautery
- Snoring & Sleep Apnoea
- Mouth breathing / blocked nose
- Hayfever / allergic rhinitis
- Neck Lumps
- Head & neck cancer
- General Ear Nose and Throat disorders
Dr John Wood
Dr Wood has a special interest in Paediatric ENT and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Having completed his specialty training Ear, Nose and Throat, Head and Neck surgery, he conducted a fellowship in paediatric ENT at the prestigious Starship Childrens Hospital. His areas of interest include sleep disordered breathing, head and neck masses, nasal disorders and salivary gland disease. His area of expertise includes the management of complex paediatric airway disorders, airway reconstruction and paediatric dysphagia. He has a strong research focus, completing a Masters of Surgery investigating the effect of reflux on the larynx, and is a senior lecturer in the School of Medicine at Flinders University of South Australia. He instigated the first multi-disciplinary paediatric airway clinic in the state, and is a member of the vascular malformations team at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
Conditions Treated
- Tonsillectomy
- Grommet insertion
- Adenoidectomy
- Nasal cautery
- Paediatric sleep apnoea and sleep disordered breathing
- Paediatric airway and swallowing disorders
- Vascular malformations
- Hayfever / allergic rhinitis
- General Ear Nose and Throat disorders
Dr Lauren Cooper
Dr Lauren Cooper is a highly trained Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeon based in Adelaide. Lauren is passionate about providing a considered, caring approach to the management of paediatric and adult ENT conditions.
On completion of the ENT training program and becoming a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Lauren went on to complete further advanced speciality training.
Laurens first fellowship was in advanced paediatric care, completing a Paediatric Fellowship at the Queensland Children’s Hospital, the major specialist children’s Hospital for Queensland and Northern New South Wales families.
Following the Paediatric Fellowship, Lauren and her family moved to Adelaide so that she could undertake further advanced training at the Flinders Medical Centre. At Flinders, Lauren completed a Fellowship in Rhinology, Head & Neck and Anterior skull base surgery. In addition to private work, Lauren has public positions at Flinders Medical Centre and Women & Children’s Hospital.
Conditions Treated
- Obstructive Sleep Disordered breathing/snoring
- Nasal obstruction
- Recurrent tonsillitis
- Recurrent ear infections
- Glue ear/hearing loss
- Laryngomalacia
Rhinology
- Sinus disease
- Nasal obstruction and septal deviation
- Epistaxis
- Allergic rhinitis
Anterior Skull Base
- CSF leaks
- Encephalocoeles
General ENT
- Adult tonsillitis/tonsil stones
- Otitis externa
Our Vision
Providing world class care for both
Adult and Paediatric ENT patients.