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Mr Habib Ellamushi is a leading London consultant neurosurgeon and spinal surgeon. He currently sees patients at BMI The London Independent Hospital, LycaHealth Canary Wharf, The London Clinic, Harley Street,  Spire Hartswood Hospital, Spire London East Hospital and The Holly Private Hospital.

He specialises in treatment of spinal and brain conditions. 

He offer treatment for spinal conditions such as back and neck pain, cervical and lumber disc problems, laser disc treatment,  artificial disc replacement surgery, spinal injections, spinal cord stimulator, minimal access spinal surgery,  vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.

Mr Ellamushi also offers treatment of brain conditions such as brain tumour, Brain Aneurysm, Brain injury, Hydrocephalus and Cyberknife.

Mr Ellamushi trained in general surgery in Glasgow, and in Neurosurgery in London at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospitals and Charing Cross Hospital.

He had international fellowships in spinal and cranial neurosurgery in Canada, USA, Australia and France. Mr Ellamushi also has more than 45 publications and book chapters on various aspects of spine and brain conditions.

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Mr James Wokes is a leading consultant plastic, reconstructive, head and neck, and aesthetic surgeon based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear and Darlington. He specialises in breast augmentation, breast lift and breast reduction, alongside tummy tuck, blepharoplasty and face lifts. He privately practises at LASE CLINIC, Spire Washington Hospital and Woodlands Hospital. His NHS base is County Durham and the Darlington Foundation Trust. 

Mr Wokes is highly qualified with an MB BS in Medicine and PGCert in Clinical Leadership from Newcastle University. Furthermore, after graduating from medical school with a distinction, he completed a decade of national and international plastic surgery training which culminated in being awarded the prestigious Ian McGregor Gold Medal for outstanding performance in his FRCS(Plast.) consultant examination in 2018. He also successfully completed the highly-coveted British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) Aesthetic Surgery fellowship. 

On returning to the north-east as a consultant, Mr Wokes established his name in the field and complementary to his surgical expertise he has extensive non-surgical aesthetic experience. This allows for a multifaceted approach to his work and for him to provide bespoke, patient-centred consultations to those pursuing aesthetic procedures.

Mr Wokes, who also specialises in neck lifts, is a leading academic figure. He is a plastic surgery trainee clinical supervisor and educational supervisor for Health Education North East, and is part of the national selection committee for plastic surgery specialist registrars. Also, he's an associate lecturer at Newcastle University Medical School, and faculty member of various national and international plastic surgery courses. These include the International North East Flap course, Speciality Skills in Plastic Surgery course and the North East Microsurgery Course, as well as the TIG Head and Neck course. 

Mr Wokes has had his work published in various peer-reviewed journals including the Aesthetic Surgery Journal. Alongside this, he's regularly invited to give presentations at national and international plastic surgery meetings in Europe and North America. He's also lead national webinars for the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons and the Plastic Surgery Trainees Association. 

Mr Wokes is a member of various professional organisations. These include the General Medical Council (GMC), the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSEng) and the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS). He is also a member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS). 

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Dr Joshua Plaut is a highly experienced and well-regarded general practitioner who specialises in men's health, preventive cardiology, the common cold, paediatrics, thyroid disorders, and women's health. He currently practises at Golders Green Outpatients and Diagnostics Centre and at Elstree Waterfront Outpatients Centre.

Dr Plaut successfully completed his pre-clinical training at Cambridge University before graduating from the Royal Free and University College Medical School in 2001. Dr Plaut completed his MRCS after practicing in general, vascular, and neurosurgery before later transitioning to general practice. His other main areas of interest and expertise include anxiety disorder, chest pain, high blood pressure, low mood, palliative care, and elderly care. 

Dr Plaut also currently works as a GP at Eisman Myers GP Practice where he offers patients same-day appointments, investigations including blood tests, ECG and imaging, as well as quick referrals to some of the most established and most highly regarded hospitals, specialists, and consultants. He is a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and the Association of Reform and Liberal Mohalim. 

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Mr Ahmed R. Ahmed is one of London's leading surgeons. Practising on Harley Street and other reputable clinics, he specialises in laparoscopic (keyhole) gastrointestinal and hernia surgery as well as having a specialist interest in weight loss. He has been committed to education and training, winning numerous prizes and awards throughout his career and now he serves as a senior lecturer at Imperial College London. He runs his own research team investigating mechanisms of weight loss surgery as well as researching newer technologies for helping people lose weight. He forms an integral part of numerous professional bodies including the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society and has been widely published in numerous field-related, peer-reviewed journals. Mr Ahmed was elected to council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and also sits on council of the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society.

Mr Ahmed will provide you with a friendly and honest opinion regarding your suitability for surgery, putting your safety and well-being as the first priority. He pays particular attention to pre and postoperative care in order to optimise the outcome of your operation and provide you with a smooth recovery after surgery. Mr Ahmed has >99% success in achieving a complete laparoscopic result without converting to open surgery.

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Professor Sanjay Purkayastha is a consultant general surgeon with a specialist interest in bariatric and upper GI (gastrointestinal) surgery.

He regularly performs laparoscopic (keyhole) procedures for a wide variety of conditions. Patients seeking a highly trained and skilled bariatric surgeon can benefit from his leading expertise in all procedures in surgical weight loss management, including gastric bands, sleeve gastrectomies, gastric bypasses. He also provides the surgical management of type 2 diabetes.

Aside from bariatric and metabolic surgery, he is also extensively trained and practiced in upper and lower GI surgery for benign disease, anti-reflux surgery and surgery for all varieties of hernia. Patients often seek his first-class surgical care for conditions such as diverticulitis, achalasia, bowel obstruction, pancreatitis and gallstones, among other conditions. What's more, he is a digital and robotic surgery entrepreneur: Mr Purkayastha was one of the first surgeons in the UK to carry out robotic bariatric surgery.

He trained at Saint Mary’s Hospital Medical School and the Imperial School of Medicine London where he completed his BSc in 1997, MBBS in 2000 and his MD in 2007. He obtained his MRCS in 2004 and FRCS in 2010 from The Royal College of Surgeons of England. Throughout his training, he was awarded numerous times for excellence in teaching and patient care. He has also spent time during his training in the US at renowned centres such as Cook Country Hospital, the Cleveland Clinic and the Mayo Clinic.

More recently, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Professor Purkayastha and a GP colleague teamed up with Hollywood actor Thandie Newton in a campaign to provide one million surgical masks to care homes free of charge. He also worked closely with fashion retailer Burberry to provide St Mary's Hospital with one tonne of surgical gowns to help with the shortfall of PPE protection during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. During the current Covid-19 surge, Mr Purkayastha has collaborated with Mr John Vincent and LEON to provide more than 300 meals per day for the ICU staff at St Mary's Hospital.

Professor Purkayastha is an avid researcher and educator. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed papers and nearly 8000 citations. 

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Professor Parviz Habibi is a leading, nationally-revered paediatric consultant specialising in respiratory disease, serious illnesses and sleep disorders with over 40 years of experience. He currently practices as a consultant paediatrician at The Portland Hospital, his own private practice on Harley Street and The Harley Street Clinic in London and New Maldon Diagnostic Centre in Surrey. He is also a reader and consultant in paediatric intensive care and respiratory medicine for St. Mary's NHS Trust at Imperial College, London.

Appointed as senior lecturer in 1992, promoted to reader at Imperial College in 2006 and professor of practice in 2018, he practices as a clinician scientist doing translational research into serious childhood diseases such as meningitis and septicaemia and respiratory diseases such as asthma and bronchiolitis. His current research focus is on sleep and breathing in children with asthma and sleep patterns in babies.

He is the founder of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at St. Mary’s Hospital, London, and one of the pioneers of 'mobile intensive care', a system for transport of seriously-ill children. Professor Habibi was one of 400 people invited to the Millennium Celebration of Achievement Luncheon, in the presence of Her Majesty, The Queen.

Professor Habibi is also the trustee and co-founder of charity COSMIC (Children of St. Mary’s Intensive Care), which was instrumental in the set up of St. Mary's specialist intensive care unit for children and provides ongoing support for families, research projects and training and education. He actively fundraises for COSMIC and did a sponsored swim across the English Channel in 2016 to raise money for the £10 million rebuild of the unit.

Professor Habibi is a clinical academic and is also an examiner for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. His research has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals and is an elected member of the Family Justice Council and a fellow of the the Royal College Of Physicians and the Royal College Of Paediatrics and Child Health since 1994 and 1998 respectively. 

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Dr Syed Afzal Sohaib is a Consultant Cardiologist with a special interest in heart rhythm problems. Palpitations, blackouts (syncope), and heart rhythm problems such as atrial fibrillation can be quite distressing when a person first experiences them, especially when it is unclear why they are happening. Dr Sohaib applies a personalised approach to each individual patient to find the right tests to find the cause and right treatments for each person. These treatments may just be reassurance and advice, but sometimes medication is required, and in some people procedures such as pacemakers and  implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) implantation or ablation procedures which he performs.

He qualified from the University College London (UCL) in 2005. After his studies, Dr Sohaib trained in leading teaching hospitals in London, including the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals NHS Trust. He obtained a PhD from Imperial College. Aside from his NHS posts, Dr Sohaib attends private patients at the One Heart Clinic and Spire London East. He performs procedures including ablations, pacemaker and defibrillator implants at St Bartholomew's Hospital, The Wellington Hospital, and London Independent Hospital. 

Dr Sohaib's research interests are in cardiac electrophysiology and cardiac devices. He has written a book in this area and has published numerous scientific peer reviewed articles. Furthermore, he has given speeches at national and international cardiology conferences. He has also assisted in improving the teaching and training of cardiology for medical students and junior doctors in the UK and Europe from roles he has held.

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Mr Fevzi Shakir is a consultant gynaecologist specialising in advanced minimally invasive gynaecological endoscopic surgery, based at Cleveland Clinic London Hospital. He focuses on treating complex gynaecological issues like endometriosis, fibroids, pelvic pain, and menstrual problems.
 
Mr Shakir has played significant roles within the British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE), including council membership and chairing various subcommittees. He has a track record of presenting at national and international conferences and has contributed over 20 publications to scientific journals, including randomised controlled trials.
 
Recognised for his contributions, Mr. Shakir has received prestigious awards, including the Golden Telescope Award in 2016. He holds an MSc in Advanced Gynaecological Endoscopy from the University of Surrey and serves as a medical advisor to Endometriosis UK.
 
Mr Shakir is an active member of professional bodies such as the BSGE, European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE), Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), and the American Association of Gynaecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL).

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Mr Werner Struss is a consultant urological surgeon based in Winchester. He is highly experienced in several common and specialist urological conditions and treatment modalities. His areas of subspecialist expertise include prostate cancer screening and advanced diagnostics, minimally invasive focal prostate cancer therapy, peri-rectal spacing agents as well as bladder cancer, BPH, penoscrotal conditions and both male and female lower urinary tracts symptoms.
 
Mr Struss first qualified from University of Hamburg Medical School, before going on to achieve his MD from the University of Berlin in 2011. His specialist training was completed in Hamburg in 2014 and he was awarded a PhD from the University of Portsmouth in 2020 on translational medicine in common urologic cancers. Mr Struss has been appointed as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton. He has several high-impact peer-reviewed publications and accolades for his research work to date and has completed book chapters on uro-oncological topics.

Mr Struss currently practices privately in several leading hospitals in Southampton and Winchester. He is also a urology consultant at the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and has extensive experience working in Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom. In addition to his clinical work, he completed a research fellowship at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver from 2016 to 2018.
 
Mr Struss is a fellow of both the European Board of Urology and the European Committee on Sexual Medicine. 

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Dr Nikolaos Diamantis is a distinguished consultant medical oncologist who specialises in colorectal cancer, oesophageal cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, bile duct cancer, and rectal cancer. He is currently practising at The Wellington Hospital, the Platinum Medical Centre, and The Harley Street Clinic (part of HCA Healthcare). 

After completing his undergraduate studies with outstanding achievements, Dr Diamantis pursued a career in medicine, driven by a desire to make a meaningful impact in the lives of cancer patients. His journey into oncology began during his medical training, where he was deeply inspired by the resilience of patients facing cancer and the transformative potential of cancer research and treatment. Diamantis's early career as a medical oncologist was characterised by a commitment to delivering personalised and evidence-based care to his patients.

Dr Diamantis honed his clinical skills through rigorous training programmes and hands-on experience, gaining expertise in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of various cancer types. As his career progressed, Diamantis emerged as a leader in oncology research, pioneering innovative approaches to cancer treatment and contributing to the development of novel therapeutics. His research interests spanned a wide range of topics, from cancer biology and genetics to translational medicine and clinical trials. 

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