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Miss Avni Batish is a highly regarded and experienced obstetrician and gynaecologist who possesses expertise in abnormal smear tests, colposcopies, endometriosis, hysteroscopies, menopause, and ovarian cysts, but to mention just a few. She currently practises privately at the London Gynaecology clinic. 

Miss Batish successfully completed her MBBS in at the University of Kerala in India in 2001. She then completed her obstetrics and gynaecology specialist training from London Deanery. During her training, she worked in various esteemed London hospitals. She is extremely skilled in areas such as colposcopy, advanced labour ward practice and hysteroscopy.

Miss Batish is an accredited colposcopist and a trainer and shows leadership skills, as she is currently the clinical lead (obstetrics) at her NHS hospital. She is involved with undergraduate teaching and is a faculty member for the Basic Practical skills course for the RCOG. Miss Batish is also very passionate when it comes to undertaking research in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology and thus far, has several publications under her belt. Her main areas of research interest topics include the management of CIN2, gestational Lyme disease, as well as the risk management of obese women undergoing major gynaecological surgery.

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Dr Naeem Ahmed is a highly skilled, qualified, and experienced consultant musculoskeletal radiologist who specialises in CT scans, gamma knife, musculoskeletal ultrasound scans, MRI scans, testicular ultrasound scans, and radiofrequency ablation. He is, at present, practising at the Alliance Medical Marylebone clinic. 

His multifaceted career spans clinical practice, research, and impactful leadership. Dr Ahmed’s journey began at Guy’s, King’s, and St Thomas’ Hospital in London, where he completed his undergraduate medicine degree in 2010. His exceptional performance earned him the prestigious St Thomas’ Hospital Cup, a testament to his early promise. Following his medical studies, Dr Ahmed embarked on a radiology career where he honed his skills during an academic foundation training at King’s College Hospital.

Notably, Dr Ahmed established Selfless, a global health NGO dedicated to providing healthcare to underserved populations. Additionally, he co-founded the MedTech startup ImproveWell, aiming to enhance healthcare quality through staff engagement. Dr Ahmed’s contributions have not gone unnoticed. He received the Point of Light award from former Prime Minister David Cameron for his exceptional service. Not only that, but at the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2019, he was awarded the British Empire Medal.

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Dr Sam Qureshi is a leading geriatrician who sees patients at Highgate Hospital and BMI Hendon Hospital. He also works as a consultant at the Royal Free NHS Trust.

Dr Qureshi, who specialises in stroke/TIA, complex co-morbidity, acute general and geriatric medicine. transient ischaemic attack, and instability and falls, qualified from the Royal Free Hospital in 2000, completing an MBBS. Following this, he successfully undertook training in general and geriatric medicine in a number of different London-based hospitals, including Charing Cross in Barnet and King's College London.

Dr Qureshi, who also notably completed a fellowship in stroke medicine at St Thomas’ Hospital in 2012, is a member of the British Association of Stroke Physicians, the British Geriatric Society, and the Royal Society of Medicine. He has also completed an MRCP, which he obtained from The Royal College of Physicians. 

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Dr Alison Wright is a highly-regarded consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, working privately at The Portland Hospital, where she is vice-chair of the MAC (Medical Advisory Committee). Her NHS practice is at the Royal Free Hospital in London.

Her clinical interests include high-risk pregnancies, maternal medicine, infections in pregnancy, childbirth trauma, urogynaecology, pelvic floor dysfunction and menopause.

Dr Wright believes passionately in involving women in their own care, at every level and is committed to providing safe and personalised care to women and their families.
  
She is the immediate past vice-president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. She is also currently a national specialty advisor (NSA) in obstetrics at NHS England and NHS Improvement. Dr Wright is the UK representative for FIGO’s (International Federation of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians) safe motherhood and newborn health committee.

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Mr Dipen Menon is a leading consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon in Kettering who holds a special interest in routine and complex primary hip and knee replacements, revision hip and knee replacements, arthroscopic knee surgery, ACL reconstruction and foot and ankle surgery.

Mr Menon graduated with his degree in Medicine from the University of Madras in Chennai, India in 1985. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (in General Surgery) in 1994. He trained on the West of Scotland (Glasgow) Orthopaedic Training Programme for 3 years from 1993. Between 1997 and 1999 Mr Menon undertook fellowships in Limb reconstruction at The Rowley Bristow Orthopaedic Unit, Chertsey, Surrey, Upper limb surgery at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital in Oswestry (Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence) and Hip, Knee & Revision Arthroplasty at The Wrightington Hospital for Joint Disease (International Orthopaedic centre of excellence). He became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Trauma and Orthopaedics thereafter. He subsequently completed his training as a Senior Registrar (Type I training programme) on the Wessex training programme in Portsmouth from 2002 to 2003. He was awarded his Certificate of Completion of Surgical Training (CCST) and entry into the Specialist Register in Trauma and Orthopaedics in May 2003.

Mr Menon has published his research in many peer-reviewed journals. He holds teaching and training responsibilities and also offers courses to GPs on hip and knee pathways, forefoot and hindfoot problems and in the early diagnosis of infected joint replacements.

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Professor Mohaned Egred is a leading consultant interventional cardiologist and a world authority in coronary interventions based in Newcastle upon Tyne. He primarily focuses on coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary intervention, heart valve disease, palpitations, hypertension as well as general cardiology.
 
Professor Egred specialises in complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). He is a renowned world leader in complex and chronic coronary occlusion PCI. He works internationally as a proctor and physician trainer and is a faculty member of several international meetings and conducts training courses for consultant colleagues in multiple coronary interventions, such as chronic total occlusion and adjunctive devices such as laser and rotablation.
 
He is in the top 3 highest volume operators in the UK with special interest in complex and high-risk interventions and surgical turn down patients. He also performs structural and percutaneous mitral valve interventions and he is the clinical lead for cardiovascular research at the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
 
Professor Egred also takes a keen interest in medical education, guiding and inspiring future cardiologists. He is a professor of interventional cardiology and cardiovascular medicine at the University of Sunderland & Newcastle University. He also regularly performs live case operations transmitted around the world and have an educational value to all doctors. 
 
He has published over 100 peer reviewed papers, as well as numerous oral presentations. He previously held the role of clinical and educational section editor of the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Additionally, he regularly reviews for major international journals.
 
Professor Egred is also a UK national excellence award holder and serves as an expert for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman of the UK government.
 
He is member of multiple medical societies including the British Cardiac Intervention Society, the Royal College of Physicians UK and the European Society of Cardiology.

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Dr Katia Cikurel is a renowned and highly experienced consultant neurologist based in London with extensive expertise in general neurology. Her additional areas of expertise include neuro-oncology, epilepsy, brain tumour, headache, migraine and neurological disorders. She currently practices privately at The Harley Street Clinic.

Dr Cikurel graduated from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School in 1990. In 1993, she gained her MRCP(UK) from the Royal College of Physicians and then in 2001, obtained her MD from the University of London. Before becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2005, Dr Cikurel underwent additional training in neuro-oncology and HIV neurology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York from 2004 - 2006.

Over her career, Dr Cikurel has held various posts in many major teaching hospitals, including The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Royal London Hospital, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Guy’s Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. She now holds a consultancy position and forms part of the neuro-oncology multidisciplinary teams at King's College Hospital and The Harley Street Clinic.

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Dr Lokesh Bisati is a leading consultant psychiatrist based in Chelmsford who specialises in child and adolescent psychiatry. With over 15 years’ experience, he provides assessment and treatment for a range of complex mental health conditions in children and young people, including Depression and Anxiety, as well as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Psychotic disorders, Bipolar disorder, Phobia, Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Self-Harm, Adjustment disorder, Trauma, Gender Dysphoria, Emotional dysregulation, Sleep disorders, Somatic Symptoms Disorders, Stress, Tourette’s Syndrome, Trichotillomania, Diagnosing Eating disorders and mental health and behavioural difficulties associated with autism.

Dr Bisati, who consults privately at Priory Hospital Chelmsford, originally qualified with a Bachelor of Medicine- Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Mysore in 2000. He is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych), and has gained a wealth of clinical expertise and experience in the assessment and management of mental health and behavioural difficulties in children and young people from his four years as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and ADHD Lead consultant at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. Previously, he also worked for a year in the same position at Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

Currently, Dr Bisati holds the position of lead consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist on the Adolescent inpatient unit at Priory Hospital Chelmsford along with providing outpatient clinic service for Private CAMHS. He is involved in the assessment and psychiatric treatment of children and young people presenting with complex mental health problems including Depression, Self-harm, Suicidal behaviour, Psychotic disorders, Eating disorders, Phobia, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Schizophrenia, Mood disorders, Personality disorders, Autism and Somatic symptom disorder. As a specialist, he also has extensive knowledge of Psychosis.

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Dr Neal Navani is one of London's leading respiratory experts. He practises at a number of prominent medical establishments in the capital including University College London (UCL) Hospital, The Physician's Clinic and King Edward VII's Hospital. He specialises in endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), bronchoscopy, coughs, asthma, lung cancer and smoking-related lung diseases. He also specialises in lung problems in people with cancer.

Graduating from Cambridge University with a MBBS in 1997, Dr Navani went on to complete his initial clinical medical training University College London, qualifying in 2000. He trained at Brompton and Hammersmith Hospitals in Reparatory Medicine before being awarded a Medical Research Council Fellowship in 2008. In 2011, he completed his PhD in University College London. Additionally, he obtained a MSc in Clinical Trials from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. 

Dr Navani has over 20 years' experience in treating patients. His patients and their needs are at the centre of his approach. He is currently the lead clinician for the lung cancer and interventional bronchoscopy services at University College London Hospital. 

In addition to his clinical roles, Dr Navani is the co-lead of the National Lung Cancer Audit and an associate professor at University College London. He is an author of various peer-reviewed publications, the British Thoracic Society guideline, quality standards for bronchoscopy and forms an integral part of numerous other professional bodies. He is a member of a number of esteemed medical societies including the British Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society. He is also a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.  

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Dr Justine Hextall is a highly experienced, trained and qualified leading consultant dermatologist based in Sussex. Specialising in skin-affecting conditions such as acne, skin cancer, rosacea and eczema but to mention a few, Dr Hextall also possesses a specialist medical interest in anti-ageing treatments and paediatric dermatology. 

After graduating from King's College London medical school, Dr Hextall gained her Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and since then has worked as both a clinical and skin cancer lead. She undertook her specialist dermatology training at the renowned St John's Institute of Dermatology where she held an honorary consultant post for five years. Dr Hextall is an appointed member of the skin cancer sub-committee at the British Association of Dermatologists.

Dr Hextall, who also specialises in skin lupus, has also become very well-known for her scientific approach to anti-ageing and skin rejuvenation procedures. Dr Hextall has, to-date, made a substantial amount of appearances in the press and today, frequently lectures around the world on her areas of expertise. On top of this, Dr Hextall is committed to training and has directed a local training programme for dermatology trainees for the past five years. Her main objective as a practicing consultant dermatologist is to find the most effective way to be able to combine the very best of aesthetic innovation with a deep and well-rounded understanding of dermatology. 

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