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Mr Hussain Alnajjar is a highly specialised consultant urological surgeon and andrologist based in central London. He is an honorary associate professor at UCL. With more than 18 years’ experience, he is renowned for his expertise in male infertility, erectile dysfunction and penile prosthesis surgery, Peyronie’s disease, male genital cancer, male hypogonadism (low testosterone) and priapism. Mr Alnajjar’s practise focuses on performing penile prosthesis surgery, genital reconstruction procedures, male genital cancer surgery (penile and testis cancers), microsurgical sperm extraction, vasectomy and vasectomy reversal. He also sees patients with all general urological conditions.

Mr Alnajjar is fully trained in all disciplines of urology and andrology. Having completed pre-clinical medicine at St Andrews University, Mr Alnajjar qualified with a medical degree from University College of London in 2005. This was followed by a Masters surgical degree in urology from the University of Edinburgh, with distinction. From there, he undertook his rotational training programme across London’s leading hospitals, including the Royal Marsden Hospital, before going on to achieve higher surgical urology training at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. In 2017, Mr Alnajjar accomplished an advanced fellowship in surgical andrology and genito-urethral oncology at the renowned specialist andrology unit at University College London Hospitals, further refining his skills in all aspects of male health. Mr Alnajjar is dually qualified as a fellow of both the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the European Board of Urology.

Additional to his clinical responsibilities, Mr Alnajjar has contributed greatly to research with more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and 14 book chapters, including a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Urology. He is also an MRCS examiner for The Royal College of Surgeons of England, and a member of the European Board of Urology examination committee. ​Mr Alnajjar has been recognised multiple times for his clinical and academic achievements, including with the coveted Urolink Travel Award in 2011.
 

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Mr Andrew Symes is a highly-regarded consultant urological surgeon based in Brighton and Hove, Hove and Haywards Health. He specialises in benign prostate enlargement, kidney stones and urinary tract infection, alongside bladder problems, prostate cancer and bladder cancer. He practices privately at Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital, The Montefiore Hospital - Spire Healthcare, and Nuffield Health Haywards Heath Hospital, while his NHS base is University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. 

His journey to excellence began with comprehensive training at Guys and St Thomas’s hospitals, where he earned his MDDS and a BSc in clinical anatomy. He was awarded an MD from University College London, where his awarded research focussed on novel gene expression in human prostates. In 2009, Mr Symes received the Keith Yates Gold medal as part of his FRCS at the Royal College of Surgeons. 

Throughout his career, Mr Symes has made significant contributions to the field of urology. His research findings have been published in peer-reviewed journals, and he has presented at international conferences. Moreover, Mr Symes has authored several book chapters, solidifying his reputation as a thought leader in the field. His clinical interests encompass keyhole surgery for large kidney stones, lithotripsy, and minimally invasive surgery for benign prostatic enlargement.

As the clinic lead for stone surgery within the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, he plays a pivotal role in developing a regional stone service for Sussex. Mr Symes' commitment to cutting-edge treatments is evident in his introduction of the only static lithotripter in Sussex. 

Mr Symes is a proud member of esteemed professional organizations including the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS), BAUS Section of Endourology, and the Royal College of Surgeons.

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Mr David Elson is a leading consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in knee conditions and knee surgery. He aims to take time assessing the problem for each individual patient, in order to provide bespoke treatment options, leading to the best possible patient outcomes. Mr Elson holds private clinics at Cobalt Hospital in Silverlink, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Mr Elson attends to the needs of adult patients as well as children above the age of 12.

Mr Elson will explore the possibility of biological alternatives to knee replacement. This joint preserving or biological knee surgery may include knee arthroscopy; meniscal surgery (such as resection or repair, or in some cases meniscal transplantation); knee osteotomy to straighten your leg; ligament reconstruction to stabilise your knee (such as ACL reconstruction or ACL repair), in a few cases knee cartilage replacement surgery may be possible. In advanced arthritis, Mr Elson performs partial knee replacement and total knee replacement.

Mr Elson has contributed to his field via medical research, with over 20 publications in the medical literature; the majority concerning knee surgery - particularly knee osteotomy and knee pain. This research has been presented on national and international stages.  

Mr Elson is the Chairman of the United Kingdom Knee Osteotomy Registry, established to further human understanding of knee osteotomy as a powerful treatment option. He is co-convener of the Northern Osteotomy Masterclass, which has become the largest cadaveric knee osteotomy course in the world, educating other surgeons on the safest and best techniques to perform knee osteotomy.

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Mr Walid Sasi is highly experienced in the surgical management of all aspects of common benign and malignant breast disease. He has performed more than 6,000 surgical procedures to date. This includes extensive experience in oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgery with over 300 breast procedures a year.

Mr Sasi has a particular interest in breast cancer surgery using oncoplastic breast conserving techniques such as mammoplasty and partial breast reconstructions using chest wall perforator flaps (e.g. LICAP, LTAP, AICAP). He is also experienced in performing nipple and skin sparing mastectomy with breast reconstruction using breast implants or autologous tissue flaps (e.g. LD). Mr Sasi takes a special interest in performing the hybrid reconstruction technique in which implant reconstruction is combined with lipofilling in one session to produce pleasing results very close to those of natural breasts.

Mr Sasi’s other interests lie in cosmetic breast surgery, particularly breast augmentation using implants and lipofilling, breast reduction and nipple uplift (mastopexy). He also offers revisional and corrective breast surgery.

Mr Sasi has been a consultant surgeon in the UK since 2015, having joined the Glenfield Breast Unit in 2018. He is currently the chair (Lead Clinician) of Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) which oversees and recommends treatment plans for all breast cancer patients (NHS and Private) in Leicestershire and for those patients referred from neighbouring regions for tertiary treatments.

Mr Sasi is one of the founding fellows of the Confederation of British Surgery (CBS), an organisation that is wholly committed to ensure the delivery of highest surgical standards in the UK and internationally and he is also a leading member of the UK Breast Cancer Group (UKBCG) and the International Oncoplastic Breast Consortium (OBC).

Mr Sasi is also an established member of the European Breast Cancer Research Association of Surgical Trialists (EUBREAST), a network of renowned European breast cancer surgeons that was formed with the primary goal of researching less extensive approaches to breast cancer surgery in order to improve cancer patients’ quality of life and help them return as quickly as possible to their professional and active daily lifestyles.

In the field of medical education, he is the undergraduate medical education lead for breast surgery at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and the University of Leicester Medical School. He is also an experienced surgical trainer and supervisor recognised by the General Medical Council.

Mr Sasi has been recently appointed by Health Education England as the Training Programme Director (TPD) of Core Surgical Training Programme in East Midlands (South). Through this role, he oversees and supervises all core surgical training posts in the region to ensure high quality surgical training is delivered. He is proud that he has trained many surgeons in general and breast surgery to the highest standards and seen them become accomplished consultant surgeons. In 2018, he was honoured to be nominated by his colleagues to receive the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (without examination) in recognition of his career achievements as a surgeon and as a surgical trainer.

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Dr Rene Roux is a leading consultant medical oncologist with over 25 years’ experience who specialises in the diagnosis and systemic treatment of breast cancer and gynaecological cancers such as ovarian cancer. As a specialist, Dr Roux is renowned for her expertise and precision in the use of hormone therapy, chemotherapy, and targeted agents (including PARP inhibitors and CDK4/6 inhibitors) for cancer management.

She consults privately at Nuffield Health The Manor Hospital, Oxford, at The Chiltern Hospital, and at GenesisCare Oxford. As well as this, Dr Roux also manages a busy NHS practice at Oxford University Hospitals, where she serves as operational lead and as chair for the systemic anti-cancer treatment service in addition to her consultant duties.

Dr Roux originally qualified from the University of Cape Town in 1997. She then trained in London, in internal medicine at St Mary’s Hospital and in medical oncology at The Royal Marsden, before going on to complete formal research at the prestigious Institute of Cancer Research. Dr Roux accomplished her higher specialist training in medical oncology at The Royal Free, University College Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital, and was awarded membership to the Royal College of Physicians in 2003. She joined Oxford University Hospitals as a consultant in 2016.

Alongside her clinical practice, Dr Roux is a principal investigator for multiple national and international clinical trails in breast cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, and advanced cervical cancer. She is the gynaecological sub-specialty lead for the Thames Valley Cancer Research Network and the appointed oncology lead for the Oxford Specialist Oncology Menopause multidisciplinary team, and is also a member of various professional organisations including the British Gynaecological Cancer Society.

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Mr Benjamin Lindsey is a highly skilled consultant general, vascular and renal transplant surgeon based in London who specialises in vascular and general surgery as well as kidney transplantation. Common conditions that he sees include varicose veins and hernias as well as patients with leg pain and leg swelling as complications of diabetes. Alongside his NHS work at The Royal London Hospital, Mr Lindsey currently sees patients at London Bridge Hospital, The Lister Hospital and The London Clinic.

Mr Lindsey qualified from the University of London in 1993 and completed his vascular training in London and southwest England. He then relocated to South Africa, where he undertook a fellowship in trauma and transplant surgery at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. He practised as a single-handed general surgeon at Eerste River Hospital in Stellenbosch. Upon his return to the UK, Mr Lindsey was awarded a prestigious post CCT fellowship in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy at Guy’s and at Royal Free Hospital, before being appointed as the first dual NHS-accredited general vascular and renal transplant surgeon in London at Royal Free Hospital.

Further to his high-quality surgical practice, Mr Lindsey has extensive experience in academic and clinical research. He has authored several publications in peer-reviewed journals as well as four book chapters and is currently involved in research funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, to develop technology that benefits the quality of life of patients on dialysis. Mr Lindsey is also a dedicated teacher and regularly trains surgeons, both in the UK and abroad, in operative surgeries.

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Mr Ali Abdellatif is a leading Hertfordshire-based dentist with specialist areas of expertise in dental implants and cosmetic dentistry. He has been practising oral surgery and implantology since 2005, providing all types of dental implants from a single tooth to full restorations. With his expertise in aesthetic dental treatments, he can help patients achieve their dream smile via a variety of procedures such as composite bonding, prosthetics and general restoration.  

After graduating 1998 from the Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University in Egypt, Mr Abdellatif received extensive training and experience across Europe. He received training in oral surgery in the UK and also underwent training at Guy's Hospital, King College, where he graduated with his master's degree in implant dentistry in 2007. He also received specialist training in countries including France, Sweden and Germany. There he learnt advanced implantology from highly respected specialists across the continent. 

Mr Abdellatif has been practising for over twenty years, both privately and for the NHS. He is driven to provide the highest quality of care and treatment for his patients.  He is constantly educating himself to ensure his skills and knowledge remain up-to-date. 

He also teaches implant and advanced bone regenerative surgery across the UK, including at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Mr Abdellatif has memberships at the Association of Dental Implantologists UK and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. 

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Miss Christine Robinson is an experienced consultant medical gynaecologist based in Greater London. Specialising in all methods of contraception (including coils and implants), HRT and menopause, she is also an expert in the medical management of menstrual disorders and gynaecological hormone problems.

After training in gynaecology at major training hospitals such as St Thomas’s Hospital and St Mary’s Hospital in London and Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, Miss Robinson developed one of the first medical gynaecology units in the UK. From 2008 until 2011 she was the President of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists where she led in the development of award-winning postgraduate educational training for specialists and GPs, and the production of national clinical standards ensuring the quality of care.

Furthermore, Miss Robinson's personal philosophy is to develop personalised, individual-centred care with each patient.

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Mr Paul Herbert is a distinguished consultant surgeon specialising in venous and vascular access surgery, currently practising in London. He is highly knowledgeable in various areas of surgery, while holding particular expertise in kidney transplantation and treating varicose veins, as well as the surgical treatment of hernias and lipomas.
 
Mr Herbert graduated from the Charing Cross Medical School, Imperial College London in 1997. Following this, he undertook training in his chosen areas of general, vascular and transplantation surgery.
 
During his training, Mr Herbert gained his PhD in transplant immunology which has been published widely. Throughout, his successful career, he has observed the evolution of surgical practices, transitioning from traditional open surgery to the contemporary adoption of minimally invasive techniques that are prevalent today.
 
Alongside the aforementioned areas, Mr Herbert possesses expertise in renal transplantation, including live donation, as well as proficiency in vascular access and abdominal wall repairs in post-surgical patients (including immunosuppressed patients). Within the Imperial College NHS Trust Mr Herbert leads on transplantation surgical governance and deceased donor transplantation.
 
In addition to his interest in performing surgery, Mr Herbet is committed to educating the next generation of surgeons, currently holding the position of director of clinical studies at Imperial College NHS Trust London. He previously held the role of director for the Hammersmith Foundation Training Programme.
 
Mr Herbert performs private transplants at Imperial College NHS Trust in the private wards and the majority of his venous work at the Whiteley Clinic London. He is devoted to a broader patient-centred approach, ensuring that the patients receive a world-class standard of care.  

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Dr Mohammad Tamimi is a highly regarded general practitioner known for his commitment to providing comprehensive and compassionate primary care to his patients. He specialises in high blood pressure, the common cold, sore throat, thyroid disorders, diabetes, heart check-up, health screening, men's health, and back pain, but to mention just a few. 

With extensive experience and a dedication to excellence, Dr Tamimi has established himself as a trusted and highly respected GP within his community. As a general practitioner, Dr Tamimi serves as the first point of contact for patients seeking medical care, offering a wide range of services to address their healthcare needs. He is proficient in diagnosing and treating common medical conditions, managing chronic diseases, and providing preventive care and health promotion advice.

Dr Tamimi, who successfully completed a MBBCh BAO at the RCSI Medical University of Bahrain in 2012, is actively involved in medical education and professional development. He also has obtained a MSc in nanotechnology for medicine and healthcare, whilst also having a MRCP to his name, which he achieved from the Royal College of Physicians. 

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