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Professor Philip Bloom is a reputable ophthalmologist based in London, with over 35 years of experience. His wide range of expertise includes cataract surgery (specialising in spectacle independence), glaucoma surgery, laser treatment for glaucoma, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, treatment of advanced glaucoma and patient-centred glaucoma care.
 
Professor Bloom first graduated with MB ChB from the University of Bristol in 1984. He then went on to receive an FRCS(Ed) from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and an FRCOphth from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in 1990. He completed his postgraduate training at Bristol Eye Hospital, the Western Eye Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital.
 
Professor Bloom currently practices privately at the Platinum Medical Centre at the Wellington Hospital, the Hillingdon Hospital Consulting Rooms and the Bishops Wood Hospital. He is also a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Western Eye Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, where he was previously Clinical Director.
 
Professor Bloom is dedicated to medical research, with a significant focus on glaucoma and cataract surgery; his specific research interests include minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (including cyclophotocoagulation), neuroprotection, surgical simulation/training, and spectacle independence after cataract surgery. His research has resulted in well over 100 peer-reviewed research papers, articles in scientific journals, books and other academic materials.

In addition to his clinical work and research, Professor Bloom has extensive experience in medical education. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College School of Medicine, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at University College London (UCL) and Associate Professor at Plymouth University School of Medicine & Dentistry.

He has a high profile within his profession. He is the immediate past Chairman of the charity Glaucoma UK (2017-22, formerly IGA, the International Glaucoma Association) and past President of the UK & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS, 2018-20). He was a Trustee and Board Member of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM, 2017-21), and past President of the RSM Ophthalmology Section (2012-14). He is currently a Keeler Scholarship Board Trustee (Royal College of Ophthalmologists), council member of the UKISCRS, course leader for Plymouth University’s Post-Graduate Diploma in Ophthalmology and a surgical tutor & microsurgical skills faculty member at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

In addition to his many qualifications, Professor Bloom's career has been recognised by numerous other significant achievements and markers of peer esteem. He received the Keeler Scholarship from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (1994 -1995) and was awarded the Muthusamy Gold Medal by the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) in 1990. In April 2020 he was made a Fellow in Glaucoma Surgery (FGS) in the Founding FGS class of the International Society of Glaucoma Surgery (ISGS), only the second individual globally to do so at the 'Distinguished' level. In 2021 he was appointed Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

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Mr Ricky Bhogal is a highly esteemed consultant hepatobiliary surgeon at The Royal Marsden Hospital. He specialises in cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder surgery, liver cancer, neuroendocrine tumors, pancreatic surgery and pancreatic cysts.
 
Mr Bhogal graduated from The University of Leicester in 2002, completing an additional BSc(Hons) 1^st class in 2000. After that, he joined the specialised surgical training program in the West Midlands, where he was trained at the renowned liver unit in Birmingham, focusing on HPB and liver transplant surgery. Throughout this timeframe, he held a position as a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at The University of Birmingham, successfully completing his PhD focused on liver ischaemia-reperfusion injury in the year 2011.

Following this, he held an NIHR clinical lectureship at the centre for liver research, also at The University of Birmingham. His research gained recognition through several esteemed awards, including The Syme Medal from The Royal College of Surgeons. During this time, Mr Bhogal was also supported by funding from the Academy of Medical Sciences.

After achieving his certificate of training completion, he embarked on a 2-year senior fellowship in HPB at the liver unit in Birmingham, placing extra focus on surgical oncology and techniques involving minimal access surgery. He continued his research efforts during this time, securing funding through peer review. He also took advantage of learning experiences at reputable institutions such as The University of Heidelberg in Germany and The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA.

Currently, he maintains his research pursuits at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and the National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical Research Centre at The Royal Marsden and ICR. Within this role, he is a faculty member and co-leads the Upper GI Surgical Oncology research group. He has authored over 90 peer-reviewed articles and several book chapters up to this point

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Mr Ashish Rohatgi is a highly proficient, skilled and well-regarded consultant upper gastrointestinal laparoscopic and general surgeon based in London. His areas of expertise include oesophageal and gastric cancer surgery, gallstones, gastric reflux, and hernias. He currently practises at the University College London Hospital as well as the Whipps Cross Hospital.

Mr Rohatgi, who is also an expert when it comes to biliary disease, obtained a MBBS from the prestigious Maulana Azad Medical College in India in 1993. This landmark propelled the revered doctor to go on to then successfully undertake and complete a FRCS at the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh in 2005. 

Mr Rohatgi successfully completed both his specialist training and fellowship in upper gastrointestinal laparoscopic and general surgery in the South East Thames region where he notably worked in two major oesophagogastric cancer units. During his specialist training, Mr Rohatgi treated various oesophageal and gastric conditions, developing a particular interest in different types of resection for oesophagogastric cancer, for which he is renowned for in his field today. On top of his clinical commitments, Mr Rohatgi is also actively involved in research, with more than 25 publications and presentations to his name thus far in his esteemed medical career. 

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Mr Andrew Coombes is a consultant eye surgeon based in London, specialising in oculoplastic procedures, cosmetic ophthalmology and cataract surgery alongside blepharoplasty, outpatient eyelid surgery and dry eye. He also has top expertise in eye trauma. Mr Coombes privately practices at HCA UK at The Shard and London Bridge Hospital. His NHS base is at the Royal London Hospital for Barts Health NHS Trust. Here, he is the current lead consultant for the Adnexal (eyelid, tear drainage and orbital disorders) and cataract and corneal services.

Mr Coombes' clinical experience also extends to other top roles at the trust. He was the department lead clinician from 2004 to 2016 and Trust ophthalmology clinical director from 2012 to 2016. Now, he is the college tutor and education supervisor there.  

Mr Coombes is highly qualified, with an MBBS from St Bartholomew's Medical College (1991), where he won several prestigious prizes, and an immunology BSc from St Thomas' Hospital (1989).

After graduating from St Bartholomew's, he underwent further training in his subspecialisms via fellowships at Sydney Eye Hospital, Australia, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital. He also gained an even broader ophthalmic repertoire in glaucoma, medical retina and strabismus as well as paediatrics and neuro-ophthalmology subspecialities as part of the ophthalmology SpR Rotation at Moorfields Eye Hospital, St George's NHS Trust and the south west Thames region. 

Mr Coombes' clinical research has been published widely in scientific journals and as a sole author and contributor to several books, most notably in the field of cataract and trauma. He is actively involved in teaching both under- and post-graduates and is regularly invited to lecture, particularly on the subject of ocular and orbital trauma. He has also presented his findings for various respected associations in the ophthalmology field, including the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS). 

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Dr Charis Costopoulos is a highly esteemed and experienced consultant cardiologist who specialises in both general and interventional cardiology. His main areas of expertise include the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease, chest pain, palpitations, breathlessness, heart failure, and valvular heart disease. He performs a variety of interventional procedures including coronary angiopasty (stent insertion), transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), MitraClip implantation and patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure amongst many others. He currently practises at the world-renowned Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge and at the prestigious London-based OneWelbeck and One Heart Clinic.

Dr Costopoulos graduated from the University of Cambridge with distinction after successfully completing an MA MB MBChir in medicine in 2006. Following this, Dr Costopoulos undertook his core medical training throughout Cambridge, Oxford and London. Impressively, whilst in the middle of completing his training, he managed to obtain a part-time MPhil (Master of Philosophy) in translational medicine and therapeutics, also from the University of Cambridge.

He would then go on to begin his general cardiology training in the North West London area and, specifically, Hammersmith Hospital, London, which would later allow him to take up the position as chief interventional fellow. Dr Costopoulos' medical journey continued to go from strength to strength, as he decided to undertake an interventional cardiology fellowship at one of the best European cardiology centres, San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan, Italy from 2012 to 2013. He would then later complete a PhD at the University of Cambridge, which focused on the role of biomechanical forces in coronary atherosclerosis as well as a British Heart Foundation Clinical Lectureship which allowed him to pursue both his academic and clinical interests prior to his appointment as a consultant at the Royal Papworth Hospital.

His research has been published in highly estemeed cardiology journals which include the European Heart Journal and Journals of the American College of Cardiology. He has also presented his work across a variety of conferences across Europe, North America and Asia. Dr Costopoulos is available to see private patients both in Cambridge and London.

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Dr Monica Cain is a vastly experienced psychologist who attends to patients at Balance Psychology in London and her private practice in St Albans. She specialises in teaching a wide range of psychological conditions such as anxiety, depression and eating disorders.

She has over ten years of experience during which she has developed her expertise via a number of roles. Since 2008 she has held the position of counselling psychologist at Capio Nightingale Hospital, where she has also been a lead psychologist since 2014. 

Dr Cain favours the latest treatment techniques such as mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and virtual behavioural therapy.

She regularly speaks at psychology conferences and has even had her advice published in Glamour magazine.

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Ms Evangelia Bakali is a leading consultant gynaecologist based in Birmingham who specialises in colposcopy and laparoscopic (keyhole surgery) hysterectomy procedures, having performed over 600 laparoscopies and 1,000 hysteroscopies since 2008. With expertise in gynaecological conditions, she is qualified in the treatment and management of gynaecological cancers as well as endometriosis, menopause and menstrual disorders.

Ms Bakali qualified from the University of Leicester in 2006. An accredited colposcopist, Ms Bakali is a core member of the oncology and colposcopy MDTs at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS, where she is also the hysteroscopy lead. Further to her main areas of expertise, Ms Bakali is able to perform smear tests, cervix treatments for cervical pathology and post coital bleeding in addition to operative outpatient procedures such as endometrial polyp, fibroid resection and endometrial ablation.

Alongside her practice at Spire Parkway Hospital and Spire Little Aston Hospital, Ms Bakali currently sees patients through e-Consultation.

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Mr Jonathan Walczak is a highly experienced consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon, with private clinics at BMI Chelsfield Park Hospital, BMI The Sloane Hospital, BMI Shirley Oaks and KIMS Hospital in Kent. Mr Walczak specialises in hip and knee replacements, keyhole knee surgery, sports injuries, anterior cruciate ligament repair and bursitis. He is also experienced in the management of knee arthritis. A keen runner and cyclist, he understands the needs of athletes and is committed to helping people of all abilities to return to sports and physical activity where possible.

Mr Walczak trained at Guy's Hospital Medical School from 1981-1987. His postgraduate training included a specialist training fellowship in hip surgery. He has held the post of consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Bromley NHS Trust since 1999 and is now employed by Kings College NHS Trust, working at Farnborough, Beckenham and Orpington Hospitals.

His special interests are lower limb joint replacement including minimal access hip and knee replacements. He has developed a minimal access approach to the hip which has been used in over 1000 cases of hip replacement. The use of this approach has drastically reduced the need for blood transfusions in hip replacement surgery to less than 1 in 8 patients.

Mr Walczak is keen to treat both his private and NHS patients promptly with a very patient-focused approach. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a member of the British Orthopaedic Association.

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Mr Radwan Almousa is a highly skilled consultant ophthalmologist based in London. He specialises in refractive surgery, including the SMILE (small incision lenticule extraction) procedure, and ICL lens implant. His areas of expertise include treating cataracts, corneal problems, ​eyelid malposition, glaucoma and dry eye.

Mr Almousa has trained and honed his skills around the world. He qualified from the University of Damascus, then he undertook basic ophthalmic training in Devon and Cornwall,  before completing a fellowship in oculoplastic surgery at the National University Hospital in Singapore, well-known as one of he most prestigious teaching hospitals in the world. This was followed by a fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at the Queen Victoria Hospital in London.

Mr Almousa has a special interest in treating anterior segment disease and endeavours to provide the most modern treatments possible to help his patients' vision and reduce discomfort in the front of the eye. He was an early publisher on the use of the femtosecond laser in corneal grafting.

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Mr Kostis Nikolopoulos is an expert consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist based in Windsor and Slough, specialising in urogynaecology, pelvic floor prolapse and incontinence. He also has top experience in laparoscopic surgery and treating menorrhagia (abnormally heavy or prolonged periods) and fibroids. Mr Nikolopoulos practices at BMI The Princess Margaret Hospital in Windsor and the Parkside Suite at Wexham Park Hospital privately, as well as for the NHS at the same centre.

He performs various complex operations including laparoscopic/vaginal, abdominal  hysterectomy (uterus removal), pelvic floor repair (vaginal reconstruction), among many others. 

Mr Nikolopoulos is a highly-qualified professional with an MSc, an MA in high risk pregnancies and a PhD in Urogynaecology. He is also certified by the European Academy of Gynaecological Surgery with a diploma in endoscopy. After completing his training in obstetrics and gynaecology in 2016, he undertook a fellowship with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology. Here he received advanced training in urogynaecology and vaginal surgery.

Mr Nikolopoulos also has a senior clinical fellowship in laparoscopic surgery, has conducted research projects on urinary incontinence and has had his work published in leading peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. Furthermore, he has participated in various national and international conferences. 

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