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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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Dr Idris Harding is a respected consultant cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist, offering his expertise in the field of heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias), palpitations, chest pains, shortness of breath and high blood pressure. He is an expert in cardiac device management (pacemakers and defibrillators). He is based in London, Ashford (Kent) and Margate.
 
Dr Harding graduated from Imperial College London in 2004.  He won prizes as a junior doctor and undertook cardiology specialist training at prestigious London hospitals, working with world-recognised experts. Dr Harding has a PhD from University College London and has published widely on arrhythmia, diabetic heart disease and remote arrhythmia monitoring. He has further training in advanced cardiac ablation, cardiac device management and inherited cardiac arrhythmias including at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.

Dr Harding sees patients with a wide range of cardiac conditions at locations across Kent and South London. His particular expertise is heart rhythm medicine and evaluation of chest pain.
 
Furthermore, Dr Harding is a respected member of various prestigious medical organisations, including the Royal College of Physicians, the European Society of Cardiology, the British Cardiac Society, and the British Heart Rhythm Society. He is known for his holistic approach to managing cardiac rhythm problems, particularly atrial fibrillation, and regularly lectures on his approach.

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Mr A.J (Tony) Andrade is a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon based in Reading and London. His subspeciality interest is the surgical and non-surgical management of hip and knee conditions. 

He is extensively trained and experienced in numerous procedures, including arthroscopic surgery and corrective osteotomy surgery, for simple and complex hip and knee ailments. In fact, he is widely recognised as a UK pioneer of hip arthroscopy. Mr Andrade is also a leading expert in hip preservation for young adults. He has pioneered and developed nationally and internationally recognised techniques and training programmes for other surgeons in two main areas: hip preservation surgery, particularly in young adults, and hip and knee joint replacements. 

By ensuring that he stays up-to-date with the latest surgical treatments, he provides patients with the best possible outcomes. He is trained in robotics-assisted technology and performs primary hip and knee replacement surgery with high performing bearings and carries out a large number of hip resurfacing procedures that can return patients to a very high level of activity. He was one of only a very small number of UK surgeons in 2015 who developed the skills of acetabular labrum reconstruction procedures for failed labral repairs and is now recognised as an international expert in these techniques. 

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Mrs Katie Cross is a highly experienced consultant surgeon who sees patients at North Devon District Hospital. She specialises in bowel cancer and offers open and laparoscopic surgery tailored to the patient's needs. Mrs Cross has an interest in benign anal conditions such as anal fissures, fistulas and haemorrhoids offering digital guided hemorrhoidal artery ligation and rectopexy.

Mrs Cross trained at St. Thomas' Hospital, London and qualified in 1994. She worked at Guys and St. Georges Hospital in Tooting, London, as an anatomy demonstrator before moving to Bristol where she had her junior surgical training at the United Hospitals Bristol and North Bristol NHS Trust.

Mrs Cross undertook research into the effect of epidural on the colon at the University of Bristol. As a Specialist Registrar she rotated throughout almost all the hospitals in the south west. Mrs Cross gained laparoscopic experience at North Bristol NHS Trust from one of the country's leading laparoscopic surgeons and she took part in LAPCO, the national laparoscopic training programme. She gained experience in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the United Hospital Bristol and paediatric surgical training at Bristol Children's Hospital.

Mrs Cross was the director of cancer services for North Devon for 10 years and clinical director for support services (inc theatres, anaesthetics, ITU, radiology, pathology, endoscopy, haematology, oncology, chemotherapy, palliative care, resus, pharmacy, outpatients, ED and MIUs for ND), she has now taken on lead for mentoring and coaching, aiming to improve the workplace for those working in it.

She is a south-west regional specialist professional advisor in general surgery to the Royal College of Surgeons London. She sits on the ASGBI National Committee. She she also sits on the committee for colonoscopy and the committee for proctology for the ACPGBI nationally. She sits on the Senate Council  for the SW, being actively involved in NHS service redesign.

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Dr Malcolm Finlay is a highly-esteemed and leading consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist based in London. He is a renowned expert in the ablation of atrial fibrillation, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) insertion and management, cardiac resynchronisation therapy insertion (bivent ICD), pacemaker insertion and management, and implantable loop recorder insertion. He manages patients with all types of heart rhythm problems.  

In a medical career spanning over two decades, Dr Finlay has performed one of the highest volumes of catheter ablation procedures, and implantations of pacemakers and ICDs in London. He has used his expertise in his field to develop award-winning, highly efficient, and safe cardiac devices which have radically changed cardiology and helped heart patients tremendously.  

Dr Finlay grew up in Cardiff. He graduated from Oxford University in 2001, earning a BM BCh in Medicine, and gained experience training in London's best hospitals. In 2014, he completed his PhD in Cardiac Electrophysiology from University College London, conducting research into how mental stress can harm heart rhythm problems. As a PhD candidate, he held a Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellowship. 

 In 2014, Dr Finlay was appointed as a consultant cardiologist at Barts Heart Centre and Queen Mary University of London. He currently also practises at OneWelbeck and Whipps Cross Hospital. He performs a full range of electrophysiology (EP) procedures and treatments, assessing and treating the heart’s electrical system or activity.  

Dr Finlay is a Reader at the Queen Mary University of London and an Honorary Senior Lecturer and Senior Clinical Research Fellow at University College London. He also holds an honorary position at the Queen Mary University of London. He is actively involved in academic research and engages with the medical engineering and science departments at these institutions to develop the most advanced technological devices, improving the lives of cardiac disease patients. He has invented several patented technologies, such as STAR™ mapping and Epicardio Simulation™, real-time 4D cardiac simulation, and the world's first for education and training purposes. He has been recognised by the European Heart Rhythm Association’s Innovation committee for his outstanding contributions in the field.  

Dr Finlay holds the position of Chief Medical Officer at Echopoint Medical, a company developing manufactures, and commercialises innovative devices striving to improve minimally invasive procedures and reducing the cost and complications for cardiovascular patients (he has been involved in developing all-optical ultrasound, a new imaging technique suitable for minimally invasive procedures in collaboration with UCL Medical Physics Department). 

He has published numerous papers and spoken at international conferences. He is a faculty member of several national and international academic conferences, such as the Heart Rhythm Congress and the EHRA. 

His patients' well-being is at the heart of Dr Finlay's work. Approaching each case individually, choices are made with his patients to provide optimum, satisfactory, and quick care. Safety is a huge concern of his and he has introduced many concepts from his extra-curricular aviation skills to achieve positive, successful results. 

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Mr Kawan Shalli is a highly respected consultant colorectal surgeon based in Lanarkshire and Glasgow with more than thirty years’ experience. He is renowned for his expertise in colorectal surgery and the treatment of cancerous and benign colorectal conditions. He additionally specialises in laparoscopic surgery, therapeutic colonoscopy, pelvic floor prolapse and dysfunction and incisional hernia.

Mr Shalli qualified in medicine in Iraq in 1990 and achieved fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow in 2001 and fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons’ in the specialty of general surgery and colorectal surgery in 2009. He has been appointed as a consultant colorectal and laparoscopic surgeon at NHS Lanarkshire since 2011. Additional to his clinical responsibilities, Mr Shalli is a member of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and an examiner for the College’s intercollegiate membership MRCS and preparatory course in the west of Scotland. He is also an honorary clinical senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow and previous core surgical training committee member. Throughout his esteemed career, Mr Shalli has also published numerous academic papers which appear in peer-reviewed journals. He currently sees private patients in e-Consultation.

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Dr David Shortland is a highly-experienced consultant paediatrician based in Bournemouth who treats children with all types of medical problems. His areas of expertise lie in all aspects of general paediatric care including respiratory problems, urinary abnormalities, gastro-oesophageal reflux, headaches and abdominal pain.

Dr Shortland has over 30 years' of experience as a consultant diagnosing and treating children. He currently practises privately at Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital. Alongside his NHS duties, he has also had significant national roles, developing policies and setting important standards for paediatric services across the UK.

After training in Bristol, Great Ormond Street, Leicester and Nottingham hospitals, he became accredited in general paediatrics and neonatology. He was the neonatal clinical lead for 10 years and a clinical director for 15 years at Poole Hospital.

In addition to his consultancy position, Dr Shortland has had senior roles in the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. These have included the National Workforce Officer, the Vice President for Health Policy and the Clinical Lead for the National Invited Review service. As a member of both the Neonatal Society and the Paediatric Society and as part of his NHS and research posts, he has published extensively in many paediatric and neonatal medical journals.

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Professor Ronak Rajani is a distinguished consultant cardiologist based in London. With over 25 years of experience in the field, he is renowned for his expertise in coronary angioplasty, hypertension, palpitations, valvular heart disease, heart failure, and angina.

Professor Rajani qualified in medicine from the University of Southampton in 1998 and later gained membership of the Royal College of Physicians. He completed further training at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles. Professor Rajani is highly trained in a number of subspecialty areas of cardiology, including nuclear cardiology, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, cardiac CT and transthoracic echocardiography. He was also awarded an MD from King's College London in 2008 and is an appointed fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, the European Society of Cardiology, the Royal College of Physicians, the American College of Cardiology, and the Royal College of Radiologists. He serves as a consultant cardiologist and cardiology lead for cardiac computed tomography at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. Professor Rajani sees private patients at HCA The Harley Street Clinic.

Professor Rajani's dedication to the field extends beyond clinical practice. He is a renowned educator, currently serving as a professor of cardiovascular imaging at King’s College London and as course director for the London International CT Academy. In addition, he founded the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and has held numerous leadership roles within prestigious organisations, including acting as chairperson for the cardiac imaging stream across HCA Healthcare London, UK.

Professor Rajani has published over 230 academic articles which appear in peer reviewed journals. He also acts as an advisory editor and section editor respectively for Clinical Radiology and Cardiovascular Imaging for EuroIntervention academic journals.

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Mr Gunaratnam Shyamalan is a leading consultant hand surgeon based in Birmingham, Solihull and Warwickshire. He is an expert in hand and wrist trauma including tendon, nerve and arterial repair, complex nerve procedures, children’s hand problems, arthritis problems, carpal tunnel syndrome and Dupuytren's disease. He also sub-specialises in complex upper-limb fractures in the shoulder and elbow, treating conditions such as tennis elbow and golfer's elbow. He is also one of very few orthapaedic hand surgeons that performs high volumes of arthroscopic scaphoid surgery in the United Kingdom.

He has expertise in hand and wrist arthritis and specialises in soft tissue contractures such as Dupuytren’s disease with an interest in tendon problems, nerve compression and children’s upper limb problems.

Mr Shyamalan’s aim is to offer individualised, multi-disciplinary service in the management of hand and wrist conditions and offers both surgical and non-surgical treatment options

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Dr Kapil Bhargava is a leading London-based consultant dermatologist and dermatologic (Mohs) surgeon. Specialising in skin cancer, hair disorders and cosmetic dermatology, he offers a range of evidence-based skin treatments from his Harley Street practice and has received multiple awards for his work in the field. Dr Bhargava is not only one of the most highly revered consultant dermatologists in London, but is so too an incredibly well-regarded skin specialist who is constantly in extremely high demand due, at large, to his highly trusted and expert patient care. 

Dr Bhargava, who is also a specialist in laser and cosmetic dermatology, is mightily experienced when it comes to all the various different general conditions relating to hair loss, acne, and surgical dermatology. He completed his medical training in general and specialist dermatology at the highly established and well-renowned St John's Institute of Dermatology after beginning his medical training in 1997 at the prestigious University College London Medical School. One of Dr Bhargava's biggest and most noteable achievements to-date is Fellowship in Mohs and Advanced Dermatologic Surgery, which he obtained from the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board following the successful completion of his medical training. 

Trained in the UK and working in prestigious hospitals across London, Dr Bhargava has also completed training in the United States and continental Europe and continues to develop and gain valuable experience his field. Currently, he is the lead clinician for skin cancer and dermatologic surgery at St Bartholomew's and The Royal London Hospitals (the UK's largest hospital Trust), alongside running a specialist hair clinic at St John's Institute that takes referrals from across the country. 

As well as his, to-date, extensive clinical work, Dr Bhargava has also authored a numerous amount of scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and has also contributed to book chapters such as the hair and scalp chapter in the renowned ABC in Dermatology series. He lectures nationally and internationally and is actively involved in the teaching and training of trainee dermatologists.

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