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Dr Anil Kumar Taneja is a renowned consultant cardiologist with years of experience in the field of cardiology and internal medicine. He is the only consultant in UK to have undergone training in four specialities and with accreditation in all four on the specialist register. He specialises in chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations, arrhythmia, coronary heart disease, and heart failure. He practises at a host of hospitals in London, including The Spire London East Private Hospitals, and his main practice is at Nuffield, The Holly Private Hospital in addition to NHS hospital [Barts NHS Trust]. 

Dr Taneja completed his basic training in medicine from Oxfordshire deanery in 1999, before going on to complete an MRCP in both the UK and Ireland. Following this, Dr Taneja would go on to successfully complete an MSc in cardiology from Imperial College London, followed by an MD from Royal Brompton Hospital. Notably, he was a nominated fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and as well of Edinburgh before being appointed the regional speciality advisor for cardiology for the Oxford region by RCP and the British Cardiac Society.

To date, Dr Taneja has presented on a considerable amount of occasions at both national and international cardiology society meetings [British, American and European]. He has published articles in various peer-reviewed journals and has written plenty of book chapters relating to acute coronary syndrome. Impressively, Dr Taneja obtained full accreditation in echocardiography both from the British Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.

Not only that, but Dr Taneja also completed level 2 cardiac CT training and is an accredited member of the British Society of Cardiac imaging and the Society of Cardiac CT in the USA. Dr Taneja, who successfully completed his BSc with honours and then MBBS in medicine, is also a specialist when it comes to stroke prevention, hypertension, syncope, heart scans, and imaging. He currently leads the clinical governance group for the cardiology department at Whipps Cross Hospital. 

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Dr Rajesh Menon is a highly experienced and skilled consultant in anaesthetics and pain management, based in Elland, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. He specialises in pain management, focusing on chronic regional pain syndrome, low back pain and chronic abdominal pain.

He possesses a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the medical field, initially graduating from the University of Calicut with Bachelor of Medicine, before pursuing a doctorate of medicine and a diploma in anaesthesia from the Mahatma Gandhi University, receiving a first class honours in both. He is currently working at the Spire Elland Hospital as a consultant in anaesthetia and pain medicine, as well as part of the NHS Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.

Alongisde his experience in chronic pain, he also holds experience working in palliative care, neurosurgery, gynaecology, surgery, orthopaedics and as part of a musculoskeletal team in managing patients with chronic pain.

Dr Menon is a firm believer in a holistic approach to pain management, concentrating on the functional and emotional well-being of patients, as well as pain relief. He considers patient empowerment to be of utmost importance, with a focus on honesty, communication and collaboration between doctor and patient. 

As part of his role as surgical division representative in the medical mangement committee of the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Menon has developed guidelines for primary and secondary care, in keeping with the latest developments in the field of neuropathic pain management, opioids in pain management and opioids tapering guidelines.

Dr Menon is a fellow of the College of Anaesthetics, part of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and the Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, part of  The Royal College of Anaesthetics (FFPMRCA).

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Dr George Goodchild is a consultant gastroenterologist and interventional endoscopist at The London Clinic. He specialises in colonoscopy, polyps, pancreatic cancer, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), abdominal pain and acid reflux.
 
He completed his specialty and sub-specialty training in North London, including a research degree and advanced endoscopy fellowship at UCL and UCLH, respectively. Dr Goodchild has published extensively in diagnostic and advanced interventional endoscopy, focusing on diseases of the bile ducts and pancreas, such as autoimmune disease, pancreas cysts, and early diagnosis and endoscopic treatment of cancer.
 
As a certified UK BCSP screening colonoscopist, he is known for high-level endoscopic skills, ensuring comfort and effective polyp detection.
 
His procedures include ERCP and EUS for diagnosing and treating pancreatic cysts, screening for pancreatic cancer, assessing pancreatitis, diagnosing and treating gallstones, and evaluating bile duct strictures from both benign and cancerous conditions. He also performs balloon dilatation and stenting for strictures in the oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, and bowel.

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Dr Saqib Mukhtar is a highly experienced NHS and private general practitioner with over 15 years of experience, who privately practices at Chelsea Pharmacy Medical Clinic, London. He specialises in general health check ups (health screening), vaccinations, blood tests and investigations, such as diabetes, liver, kidney and thyroid (amongst others), chest infections, urine infections, neonatal examinations, acute and elderly medicine, general paediatric care as well as sexual health. 

Dr Mukhtar's list of subspecialties is quite the wide-ranging, substantial one. From anxiety disorder to food poisoning, Dr Mukhtar certainly covers the fair share of land in the medical field. Other special interests of his include back pain, flu, alcoholism, gout, headache, gonorrhoea, meningitis, rash, pregnancy, strep throat, as well as stomach and abdominal pain. Dr Mukhtar is extremely passionate with regards to improving the overall state of healthcare across the UK, and has thus set up his own London-based private clinic, which has been named above. 

After successfully completing a MBBS in medicine at the prestigious Bart’s & The London School of Medicine in 2004, Dr Mukhtar decided to pursue specialist medical training in general medicine, emergency medicine, accident & emergency, elderly medicine, general paediatrics, neonatology and ENT in London and Brighton. He has been a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners since 2009 and can also be considered and labelled somewhat of a health entrepreneur, having impressively founded the revolutionary tech startup, watdoc.com, an online health-focused platform that assisted a great deal in reducing the overall NHS expenditure on the hiring of temporary agency staff. 

His overall health-related approach is holistic and patient-centred and he firmly believes that human health possesses a complicated but fascinating mixture of physical, psychological, social and spiritual elements. Dr Mukhtar strives to enable his patients to understand this philosophy in order for them to grow, resulting in a significantly positive life-changing impact. 

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Mr Mohamed El-Ashry is a highly experienced consultant ophthalmic surgeon in Swindon who specialises in cataract surgery (using standard, premium and toric lenses), refractive lens replacement, vitreoretinal surgery including macular hole surgery, epiretinal membrane, retinal detachment, vitreomacular traction and ocular trauma. Additionally, he manages medical disorders of the retina such as macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion including Anti-VEGF treatments. Mr El-Ashry also has an extensive experience in high-risk and complicated cataract surgeries.   

Mr El-Ashry undertook his basic specialist training in the Midlands and subsequently completed his higher specialist training in Edinburgh. He was awarded MD for his research on the genetics of ocular diseases. Mr El-Ashry has completed advanced fellowships in surgical retina in Edinburgh and Sheffield, followed by a surgical and medical retina fellowship in Hull.

Mr El-Ashry has presented more than 34 papers and posters in various international and national conferences and meetings. He has published over 24 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

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Dr Husain Shabeeh is an exceptionally skilled consultant cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist based in London. 

He has a sub-specialist in the management of heart rhythm disorders and electrophysiology studies. He specialises in simple and complex catheter ablation procedures for arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation. In fact, he is a digital pioneer fellow with Digital Health London and is working on a project to increase screening for atrial fibrillation with the Health Innovation Network of the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) for South London. 

Additionally, as an expert in general cardiology, he has extensive knowledge on the diagnosis and management of syncope (blackouts), postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS), hypertension (high blood pressure), chest pain and angina, among many other cardiac conditions. Dr Shabeeh can also provide cardiovascular risk assessments.

Dr Shabeeh regularly implants all types of cardiac devices including implantable loop recorders, pacemakers, defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation therapy for heart failure. He is at the forefront of implementing the latest technologies in his surgeries and he holds a great interest in using these technological advancements to improve models of health care. He has also been recognised by the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE) as a certified cardiac devices specialist.

He trained in all aspects of cardiology at world-renowned cardiac centres in London including The Royal Brompton Hospital, Harefield Hospital and King’s College Hospital. Furthermore, he has achieved BSc and PhD research degrees from the internationally renowned King's College London School of Medicine. During his training, he was awarded two competitive scholarships from the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

Dr Shabeeh also dedicated his career to research and improving patient care. He has published numerous scientific research papers, including his recent paper on blood pressure which made the front pages of national newspapers, and he has presented his work at several national and international presentations.

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Dr Sathish Harinarayanan is a distinguished consultant clinical oncologist based in the south coast of England providing expertise services for patients with bowel cancers, head & neck cancers, non-melanomatous skin cancers arising in the head & neck area, and complex thyroid cancers requiring radiotherapy.

His areas of expertise also include the MRL-SABR treatment for oligometastatic cancer, a complex and modern radiotherapy technique which delivers high-dose radiotherapy more precisely to cancer with limited spread to other parts of the body - which is otherwise not possible with conventional CT guided radiotherapy machines. Dr Harinarayanan is also accredited to provide Proton radiotherapy treatments.

Dr Harinarayanan is dedicated to providing the highest standard of care in clinical oncology. After graduating with a medical degree and doing various medical rotations across renowned London and West Midlands hospitals, he undertook higher specialist oncology training around Wessex hospitals and London Hospitals before taking up his consultant post at University Hospital of Southampton.

With a demonstrated commitment to excellence, he undertook and completed a prestigious proton therapy clinical education programme at the University of Pennsylvania and the MRL-SABR accreditation from GCUK and PGC, from the Institute of Cancer Research, London.

Beyond clinical practice, Dr Harinarayanan holds membership with the British Association of Head & Neck Oncology, served as co-chair of the Wessex Head and Neck Cancer alliance group, is member of the panel for the Wessex clinical oncology trainees, and is the elected governor for medical and dental staffing for Southampton attending the trust board meetings with executive and non-executive members of the trust.

Dr Harinarayanan actively participates in research, being the principal investigator for the country’s leading trials like PATHOS, APHRODITE for organ preserving strategies with radiotherapy for rectal cancer patients who wish to avoid permanent stoma bags. He has also acted at a co-investigator capacity for other leading UK clinical trials in Wessex like CHECKMATE 642, LiTEFORM, KEYNOTE 412, INNOVATE and ToRPEDO and recruited several patients so far.

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Mr Rohit Shetty is a distinguished consultant orthopaedic surgeon who has made significant contributions to the field of complex spinal surgery. His areas of expertise include spinal surgery, back pain, neck pain, spinal osteoporosis, sciatica, and lumbar herniated disc. 

Mr Shetty graduated from Manipal University in India in 1995 before obtaining his master’s degree in trauma and orthopaedic surgery in 1997. His training continued with a diplomate of National Board in trauma and orthopaedics in 1999. He has, to date, successfully completed a handful of fellowships in various aspects of spinal surgery at Royal Berkshire in Reading (UK) Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham (UK) Inselspital in Bern and the Swiss Olympic Medical Centre at the Schulthess Klinik in Zurich (Switzerland).

Mr Shetty's primary subspecialty interest lies in adult reconstructive deformity and his surgical skills extend to both conservative and operative management. Mr Shetty actively contributes to the medical community and is a current member of the British Association of Spine Surgeons (BASS). 

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Mr Chellappah Gnanachandran (Mr Gnana) is a leading laparoscopic surgeon and a consultant gynaecologist based in Northampton, UK.

He scans all his gynaecology patients himself.  He is one of the few gynaecologists who has a trained degree in scanning.

He currently sees private patients at BMI Three Shires Hospital and Northampton General Hospital. He provides a range of treatments for patients with gynaecology conditions including fibroids, ovarian cysts, and endometriosis.

Mr Gnanachandran specialises particularly in gynaecology scanning and has advanced knowledge in ovarian cyst pathology and endometrial assessment. He also treats young women for early indications of cancer and conditions affecting fertility. Part of his responsibility as a consultant gynaecologist is to help patients avoid unnecessary interventions and allow them to access appropriate early surgery if necessary.

He often carries out ultrasound scans and laparoscopic surgery for patients with subfertility, endometriosis, fibroids and early gynaecology malignancies.

Mr Gnanachandran has given training and lectures nationally on scanning for endometrium, fibroid and IOTA scanning for ovarian cysts.

Mr Gnanachandran graduated from the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka in 2002 before joining the NHS training programme in 2004. In 2005, he began his training in obstetrics and gynaecology and started working in several hospitals throughout Wales and the West Midlands.

Mr Gnanachandran gained a master of science in gynaecology ultrasound at the University of Derby.

In 2016 he was appointed as a consultant at Northampton General Hospital to develop fertility services

He is the current lead for gynaecology rapid access care service which provides tall patients with suspected gynaecological cancers are seen within 2weeks time from referrals.

He completed training in several different aspects of gynaecology including 

1) Ultrasound scan for the pelvic and transvaginal scan.

2) Laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgeries for benign gynaecological conditions such as fibroids, adenomyosis, and endometriosis

3) Surgery for patients with infertility including hysteroscopic resection of fibroid, polyps and uterine septum

4) Colposcopy and treatment of cervical precancers

5) Gynaecology oncology referrals and early gynaecology cancers such as endometrial cancer early stage.  All cancer patients will need to go through MDT.

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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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