Ben Hartley is Consultant Paediatric Otolaryngologist and Clinical Lead for ENT at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London. He is also Honorary Senior Lecturer at The Institute of Child Health, University College London.

He is director of the British Paediatric Otolaryngology Course and runs the Paediatric Otolaryngology section of the Advanced Course for the Intercollegiate FRCS Examination at The Institute of Laryngology and Otology, University College London. He lectures widely within the UK and Internationally including USA, Europe, Africa, Hong Kong and The Middle East.

He is a council member of The British Assocation of Paediatric otolaryngology, a member of ENT UK and The British Cochlear Implant Group. He is also an Honorary life member of The South African Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck surgery.

He reviews scientific papers for the Lancet, Clinical Otolaryngology and The Journal of Laryngology and Otology. He is a clinical editor for The CME Journal Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck surgery