Meet The Team
Amy Lennox-Bowley
Founder - Consultant Audiologist
Amy is the founder of Hypatia Specialist Clinics and Hypatia Training, which aims to help improve audiology and neuro-vestibular care by providing innovative clinics and training for clinicians worldwide. She is an executive committee member of the International Vestibular Society and Vertigo Academy International. In addition to seeing patients, she mentors and assists clinicians from various NHS and private services, providing regular training programmes and service support. Considered a key opinion leader with an equipment manufacturer, she frequently makes recommendations that reach final production.
She is currently researching Visual Vertigo, providing patients with new techniques to help relieve these symptoms, and is involved in several multi-centre research projects.
After completing a Bachelor's in Audiology at the University of Manchester in 2009, Amy worked in the NHS until 2011, when she had the opportunity to emigrate to Australia. Here, she completed her Master's equivalent and became Head of Service in Queensland, looking after patients in the public and private sectors.
In 2012, she joined Otometrics as Clinical Lead for Australia. She worked on research and development projects for the ICS Impulse and produced the interpretation guide for Head Impulse. Alongside working for Otometrics she developed the “Vestibular Forum” an online community for multidisciplinary clinicians and regularly hosted vestibular and electrophysiology lectures at La Trobe and Flinders University. She lectures at the University of Middlesex, Manchester and Edge Hill University in the U.K.
Amy lives at home with her husband and 11-year-old son and enjoys family activities and adventures at the weekend.
Consultant Audiovestibular Physician/Neurotologist and Clinical Lead in Hypatia Dizziness & Balance Clinic, Liverpool
Consultant Audiovestibular Physician/Neurotologist and Clinical Lead in Paediatric Audiology Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool
Honorary Visiting Professor, Otology and Skull Base Surgery, University of Siena, Italy
Honorary Lecturer, Audiology and Deafness, University of Manchester
Visiting Lecturer, Sheffield Institute of Translational Neurosciences, University of Sheffield
Secretary, Vertigo Academy International
Education and Academic Hallpike Secretary, British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians
Prof. Dr Soumit Dasgupta
Consultant Audiovestibular Physician/Neurotologist and Clinical Lead
I am a fully accredited Audiovestibular Physician with more than 25 years of combined experience in Otorhinolaryngology and Audiovestibular Medicine. I am a senior consultant and clinical lead for neurotology in a tertiary/quaternary hospital in the United Kingdom with an elaborate academic, administrative and clinical portfolio.
My adult practice is in the private sector. I have established a unique and dedicated paediatric vestibular services in the hospital with a dedicated laboratory.
I am well published in peer reviewed journals, contributed in text books and have presented extensively at the regional, nationaland international levels as invited lecturer and as faculty.
I am an acknowledged global leader in paediatric and adult audiovestibular medicine. I am part of both national and international research projects. I also hold key leadership roles in clinical and academic medicine nationally and internationally and review for 6 highimpact index journals.
I have been bestowed with awards and honorary fellowships for outstanding contributions to the field of audiovestibular medicine. My special interests are vestibular medicine, noise-induced hearing loss and ototoxicity.
Ciara Clugston
Ciara has worked for Hypatia Training Ltd. since January 2022 and has helped the business develop over the years. She is the first point of contact for all clinic and training enquiries, helping Mrs Amy Lennox-Bowley organise and manage her day-to-day operations.
Ciara loves networking and meeting new people. She is very helpful and friendly If you wish to get in touch, her number is +44 7355 233461.
Executive Assitant
Denise Laughton
In Loving Memory of 'Our Flower' Denise