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Dr Deepak Rao is a renowned consultant respiratory physician based in London, specialising in a range of respiratory conditions including pleural disease, lung diseases, bronchoscopy, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and sleep apnoea. With a reputation built on expertise and dedication, Dr Rao is committed to providing comprehensive care to his patients.

Dr Rao commenced his medical studies at Bangalore University, India graduating with an MBBS in 1998, followed by the prestigious Diplomate of National Board (equivalent to an MD) in 2004. He became a member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in 2007 and he subsequently achieved a specialisation in respiratory medicine through the speciality certificate examination.

With a keen focus on enhancing patient outcomes, Dr Rao has been actively involved in delivering lung cancer and chronic respiratory failure services, including non-invasive ventilation. He demonstrates his commitment to quality improvement by participating in clinical audits, risk management, and service development within the hospital. He is devoted to delivering a world-class standard of care which is compassionate and patient-focused.  

Beyond his clinical expertise, Dr Rao is also heavily involved in research. He holds the position of research co-lead at Princess Royal University Hospital, driving advancements in pleural research. His dedication to both research and training is evident through his publications that reflect his contributions to the field. He is also committed to shaping the future of medicine through education, working as an honorary clinical senior lecturer at King’s College Hospital, London

Dr Rao's leadership roles extend to public organisations, where he heads the acute respiratory failure unit and serves as the lead for pleural diseases and intervention at Princess Royal University Hospital. He also takes on the responsibility of clinical lead for respiratory medicine at the same institution, under Kings Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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Dr Maciej Danilewicz is a consultant psychiatrist who specialises in adult psychiatry, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction.

After graduating from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland with his medical degree in 1997, Dr Danilewicz then completed his post-graduate degree in cognitive psychotherapy at Oxford University. In 2013 he completed a post-graduate degree in psychiatry at Cardiff University.

Amongst his special interests is the recognition, management and treatment of substance misuse amongst patients suffering from major mental illness and development and efficacy assessment of the services.

Dr Danilewicz is on the Myogenes genetic testing panel and specialises in prescribing for the psychiatric part of the DNA test. This method can improve approximately 80% of the accuracy in prescribing medication. 

Following the test, Dr Danilewicz can suggest the choice of medication based on configuration of the receptors in the brain and activity of the liver.

This almost eliminates the trial and error often found in prescribing and shortens the time to find the right medication for the person. 

It is very important for people who are off work due to psychiatric disorders, for example, those who suffer from depression, as he can suggest an antidepressant that works. This is called pharmacogenomic prescribing and is sometimes known as personalised medicine.


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Mr Richard Bryant is a highly experienced, qualified, and skilled consultant orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in shoulder and elbow surgery. This includes treatment for shoulder and elbow pain, tendonitis, and injections.

Surgery carried out by Mr Bryant includes shoulder replacements for arthritis, keyhole surgery (arthroscopy) for subacromial pain/impingement, rotator cuff repairs for muscle damage, stabilisations for shoulder dislocations, as well as treatment for calcific tendonitis, frozen shoulder, and ACJ pain. He is currently practising through Sheffield Orthopaedics Limited at Spire Claremont Hospital, and Circle Thornbury Hospital, both of which are in Sheffield.

Mr Bryant, who obtained an MBBS in medicine from King's College London in 1997, completed an upper limb fellowship at the University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire in 2008. He is also an expert in relation to golfer's elbow, tennis elbow, frozen shoulder, and shoulder instability.

After completing his first medical qualification, which was a BSc in biomedical science at King's College London in 1994, Mr Bryant then successfully undertook specialised orthopaedic training. He provides all of his patients with a comprehensive range of open and arthroscopic treatments for a wide variety of conditions. Mr Bryant is the current deputy director for surgery at Rotherham Hospital, chairman of Sheffield Orthopaedics Ltd, and has been faculty on regional and national courses, including shoulder arthroscopy workshops at the Royal College of Surgeons in London.

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Dr Olga Kapellou is a renowned Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist operating in the London area. Her areas of expertise include general paediatrics, newborn physical examinations, child constipation and diarrhoea, rashes in babies and coughing and breathing problems. She is also an expert in preterm and term neonatal brain injury as well as follow-up after complicated pregnancies.

Dr Kapellou graduated from the National Capodistrian University of Athens in 1995. She then was awarded an MD by Imperial College London and went on to specialise in some of the UK’s most prestigious teaching hospitals, including Great Ormond Street, St Mary’s and Hammersmith.

She has an active research interest in preterm and term brain injury, therapeutic hypothermia for perinatal asphyxia and neurodevelopmental outcomes. Her publications on the effects of prematurity on brain growth and development have been cited extensively.

As well as being a skilled consultant, Dr Kapellou is a Neonatal Life Support instructor and Unicef trained breastfeeding specialist and uses the Griffiths Neurodevelopmental Scales to track infant development in outpatient clinics. She is a highly-trained and knowledgeable professional, who offers the best possible care using the most up-to-date techniques.

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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 Narbeh Melikian is a renowned consultant interventional cardiologist based in London. With over 25 years of experience, Dr Melikian has honed his skills to become an expert in his field. His areas of expertise include coronary angiography, pacemaker surgery, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, heart valve problems and tachycardia.

Dr Melikian qualified with an MBBS with Honours in Pathology and Pharmacology from Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals Medical School in 1996. He then went on to achieve an MD qualification from the University of London in 2009 and his FRCP (UK) from the Royal College of Physicians of London in 2014.

Dr Melikian currently practices privately as a part of the London Cardiac & Vascular Associates, a private cardiac clinic made up of only the most distinguished cardiac specialists in central London and surrounding areas. He also holds private clinics at OneWelbeck Heart Health, Cleveland Clinic London Hospital and the Guthrie Clinic at King’s College Hospital, all located in Central London. In addition to his private clinics, Dr Melikian has extensive experience as a consultant cardiologist in the NHS.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr Melikian is a highly-respected voice in medical education. He currently serves as an honorary senior lecturer in cardiology at King’s College London School of Medicine, where he is also a clinical tutor for MBBS students. He is also a clinical advisor for the MBBS degree at King’s College, and is on the examinations committee for the degree.

Dr Melikian also has an impressive background in medical research, having published numerous articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. His research has been supported by grants from prestigious institutions such as the National Academy of Sciences, the British Heart Foundation and the British Cardiac Society.

Throughout his career, Dr Melikian has received numerous clinical and academic awards recognising his outstanding work, such as the Foord Caiger Prize  in Catrdiology and the Golding Bird and Treasurer’s Medals.
 

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Mr Auos Al-Dujaily is an exceptionally well-regarded consultant gynaecologist who possesses expertise in pelvic pain, menstrual disorders, endometriosis, ovarian cysts, and menopause. His field of interest is gynaecological cancer including endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer , cervical cancer and vulvovaginal cancer , as well as precancerous problems and cancer reduction surgery and post cancer treatment care.

Mr Al-Dujaily, who completed advanced training module in gynae-oncology and developed special interest in minimally invasive surgery, completed his first medical qualification in 2006 after successfully obtaining an MBBS from the Jordan University of Science and Technology in Jordan. He would then later also achieve a CCT in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Yorkshire and Humber Deanery in 2018. 

Mr Al-Dujaily has notably won the star award for development . and through his current role as the clinical lead for gynaecology in north Yorkshire and Humber cancer alliance continues to work in improving women health across the region  

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Mr Christopher Sutton is a general and upper gastrointestinal surgeon based in Kettering, Leicester and Nottingham, specialising in bariatric, acid reflux and gallbladder surgery alongside endoscopy and weight loss surgery. He privately practices at Woodland Hospital, Spire Leicester Hospital and BMI The Park Hospital while he is a general surgeon (Lead) and upper gastrointestinal surgeon for University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust.

Mr Sutton's innovative practice, particularly in acid reflux and weight-loss surgery, is at the forefront of the field. He was the first surgeon in the UK to perform an endoscopic suturing procedure using the revolutionary Overstich device (assisting with weight loss) and the Stretta oesophagus reconstruction operation for post-obesity surgery reflux. He was also the first in the East Midlands to implant the first LINX System device for acid reflux.  

Mr Sutton's educational achievements are an impressive base for his esteemed career. He graduated with an MBBCh in Medicine in 1993 from the College of Medicine at the University of Wales and went on to undertake his junior surgical training in South Wales. He then completed his senior surgical training and higher degree in cancer research in Leicester. 

Further training saw him gain specialist experience in upper gastrointestinal and obesity surgery with University Hospitals of Leeds, now Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and he also trained in laparoscopic gastric cancer surgery in the city. He also has international experience, visiting the Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research in Tokyo.

His special clinical interest in acid reflux treatment and weight loss has seen him form part of the UK Reflux Interest Group and became a fellow of the British Obesity Surgical Society where he was awarded the first surgical fellowship in the UK. He also has a certificate in laparoscopic obesity surgery from the European School of Laparoscopic Surgery in Brussels.

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Mr Christopher Bailey is a highly-regarded orthopaedic surgeon based in Winchester. He treats osteoarthritis, particularly in younger people. He also performs partial and total joint replacement procedures using minimally invasive and robot-assisted techniques. Mr Bailey uses the latest technology in bearing surfaces which aim to increase the longevity of modern joint replacements.

Mr Christopher Bailey completed his undergraduate medical training in Leeds and basic surgical training in Newcastle-upon-Tyne before going on to complete higher orthopaedic surgical training at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry, Shropshire.

Mr Bailey completed his training with a Sports Orthopaedic and Joint Replacement Fellowship in Australia. Mr Bailey's research interests include the biomechanical testing of orthopaedic implants, computer-assisted surgery and the clinical outcomes of procedures for patellofemoral disorders. He has an NHS practice at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, where he treats lower limb trauma and manages disorders of the knee and hip. He assists in the Enhanced Recovery Programme after joint replacement and the collection of Patient-Recorded Outcome Measures.

Mr Bailey undertook fellowship training at Sportsmed SA. It is the largest sports medicine hospital in Australia, Mr Bailey treated traumatic injuries and degenerate conditions in both amateur and professional athletes. He is an active researcher and has had work published in various medical journals.

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Dr Sonia Wartan is a pain medicine and anaesthesia consultant at the Oak Tree Clinic. She specialises in anaesthesia, pain management, caudal epidural, lower back pain, sciatica and pelvic pain. She's one of the few consultants who concentrate solely on pain medicine. She trained in anaesthesia and pain medicine at Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals in London, where she also researched phantom limb and neuropathic pain.

Dr Wartan is actively involved in teaching and training. She founded the advanced pain medicine training programme at Aneurin Bevan University Hospitals. She's been the local pain medicine educational supervisor for 15 years and the clinical lead of pain services. She's published extensively, with fifteen peer-reviewed papers and has received two national research prizes for work at Guy's Hospital Pain Medicine Unit.

In Wales, Dr Wartan established and oversees the only multidisciplinary pelvic pain management clinic. She's particularly interested in managing pain from endometriosis and is working on a book about it. She's been a speaker at national and international conferences, including those about gynaecology.
 
Dr Wartan is an active member of several professional societies and is invited to advise on pain medicine matters in Wales. Her approach is based on evidence, using thorough history-taking and examinations to create individualised pain management plans that consider how pain affects a person's quality of life. She's skilled in various treatments like medications, non-surgical pain relief, and pain management procedures.

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