Episode 1: ENT/Otorhinolaryngology - Coffee with Dr Mark Torres-Holmes

In this week’s “Coffee with Consultants” feature, we hear from Dr Mark Torres Holmes, about his specialty and his path in medicine. Dr Mark Torres-Holmes is an oto-rhino-laryngologist with further training as a head and neck surgeon. He specifically focuses on benign and malignant tumours and conditions of structures within the head and neck, as well as rare paediatric airway and neck lump problems. He graduated from the University of Pretoria Medical School in 2001, and completed his internship training at Tygerberg, before returning to Johannesburg to complete comm serve at Helen Joseph Hospital. Dr Mark currently works as a consultant surgeon with the Morningside Head and Neck Multidisciplinary Team who meet weekly to discuss patient’s head and neck problems. He is also a sessionary consultant at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria.  If you know of a consultant or senior registrar in a specialty that YOU would like featured on the Dr Coffee Podcast, please get in touch at the email address [email protected]. We’re also on Instagram, Twitter and Youtube, with the username “@DrCoffeeZA”. If you’ve got anything else on your mind, such as a request for additional topics, further information on how to engage with our guests, feedback on the show, or anything else, please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you. *this episode was originally released on the 30th June 2022. It was enhanced using Adobe Podcast AI enhancement on 21 May 2023