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Dr Dhamyanthi Thangarajah is an expert consultant paediatric gastroenterologist operating in London. Her areas of expertise lie in paediatric endoscopy, gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), feeding difficulties, chronic abdominal pain, diagnostic coeliac disease and food allergy.

After graduating from King’s College, Dr Thangarajah went on to specialise in paediatric medicine and further trained at Bart’s Hospital, London. She subsequently subspecialised in paediatric gastroenterology and completed her training on the prestigious London circuit. She gained extensive experience during her time there in paediatric gastroenterology, nutrition and hepatology. She completed her PhD at Imperial College in which she focused on nutritional assessment in children with chronic gastrointestinal conditions. She completed her training in paediatric gastroenterology and is entered in the GMC specialist register for paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition.

Dr Thangarajah takes on a holistic approach and strives to deliver an expert consultant-led service to all her patients. After becoming a consultant at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, she became involved in the delivery of specialist services including a gastrointestinal motility, food allergy, inflammatory bowel disease and intestinal failure. As well as being a JAG certified paediatric endoscopist, she is also heavily involved in research and was awarded an innovation grant to develop mobile app technology to aid patient reporting to clinical teams.

Dr Thangarajah has since set up Kids London gastroenterology centre where she exclusively treats digestive problems and promotes nutritional health and wellbeing in children. Within the centre, children have access to renowned London specialists such as paediatric surgeons, paediatric hepatologists, specialist paediatric dieticians and paediatric clinical psychologists.

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Dr Prajakta Patil is a renowned consultant psychiatrist based in London with over 20 years’ experience who specialises in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD, depression, anxiety, PTSD, work stress, and autism spectrum disorder. She is also an expert in psychosis, adjustment disorder, bipolar affective disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder, and has extensive knowledge in the management of phobias.

Dr Patil, who consults privately from Wilbraham Place Practice, Sloane Square, originally qualified from the University of Mumbai. She has a Diploma in Mental Health Law and a postgraduate certification in Child Law, both from Northumbria University, and is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists since 2008. Dr Patil undertook five years of training in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry on the prestigious London and Northern Deanery, as well as three years of higher specialist training in forensic psychiatry within South West London and St George’s NHS Trust. In 2023, she was conferred Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in recognition of her numerous years' service as a Member, as well as her contributions and dedication to the field of psychiatry. 

As a highly regarded and dedicated clinician, Dr Patil is passionate about lessening the challenges her patients face in their daily life. She is proficient in both forensic and specialist psychiatric services, and uses evidence-based and holistic approaches to enhance her clinical practice, treating her patients as a whole while simultaneously ensuring good mental health and stability.

Additional to her accomplished clinical practice, Dr Patil is a deputy regional advisor of the South East Division and a previous editor of the Neurodevelopmental Special Interest Group for the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She is a GMC-recognised evaluator, and currently works as a clinical lecturer and lead for quality improvement projects for medical students, as well as a peer-reviewer for the NIHR (National Institute fot Health and Care Research). Dr Patil, who also has a well-established medicolegal expert witness practice, has authored various publications in scientific peer-reviewed journals, and notably served as lead in the past for the assessment of NICE (National Institute of Clinical Excellence) guideline implementation and gap analysis in specialist NHS services.

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Professor Imran Mushtaq is a highly regarded Consultant Paediatric Urologist based in London who specialises in problems with the kidneys, bladder and testicles. These conditions include hypospadias and undescended testicles, as well as daytime wetting, urinary tract infections, and hydronephrosis.

Professor Mushtaq, who consults privately at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children since 2003, originally qualified from the University of Glasgow in 1989 with a distinction in paediatric surgery. He is fellowship-trained in both adult general surgery and paediatric surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow) and the Royal College of Surgeons (Paediatrics), and additionally has an MD from the University of London for his research into neonatal screening in 1999, conducted at The Institute of Child Health, London.

With over 30 years of clinical experience and 20 years in Paediatric Urology, Professor Mushtaq is also a leading pioneer in paediatric minimally invasive urologic surgery in the UK. He is highly proficient in the techniques of nephrectomy, adrenalectomy, pyeloplasty and orchidopexy, and is also able to provide cutting-edge surgical treatment for complex urological disorders such as bladder exstrophy and epispadias. He is a world-renowned reconstructive surgeon, providing life-changing treatment to children with congenital urinary tract disorders, such as spina bifida, neuropathic bladder and posterior urethral valves.

He has played a major role in the training of most of the currently practicising paediatric urologists in th UK, Europe, Central and East Asia. He takes his expertise to help children in many parts of the world, such as Greece, Czech Republic, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Slovakia and Germany.

Further to his accomplished practice, Professor Mushtaq is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Child Health. He is actively engaged in clinical research and is the author of over 175 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals, as well as more than 50 book chapters. His professional memberships, including the British Association of Paediatric Urologists, the European Society of Paediatric Urology and the International Paediatric Endosurgery Group, reflect his long-standing reputation and contributions to the field of paediatric urology.

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Mr John McKinley is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with over 15 years of experience in the field of foot and ankle surgery. He is based in Edinburgh.

He performs a full range of foot and ankle procedures, including ankle replacement surgery, achilles tendon surgery, ankle stabilisation, ankle arthroscopy and minimally invasive bunion surgery. He was one of the pioneers in the use of minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of foot and ankle pathologies. In addition, he has particular expertise in the management of sporting injuries, regularly treating players from the Scottish Rugby Union, Scottish Premiership football clubs, dancers from the Scottish Ballet and athletes from the Scottish Institute of Sport.

Mr McKinley qualified from the University of Dundee in 1994 and completed his surgical and orthopaedic training in Edinburgh. He went on to complete further specialist training in Melbourne with one of Australia’s top foot and ankle surgeons before returning to Scotland. He was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 2007. Mr McKinley was the first consultant in Scotland to be appointed as a specialist foot and ankle surgeon.

Mr McKinley has been closely involved in the development of foot and ankle services in Scotland. He helped establish ‘Foot and Ankle Scotland’, a multidisciplinary group of surgeons, physiotherapists, podiatrists, orthotists and other healthcare professionals. The society meet regularly to further education and improve patient care.

Mr McKinley is a member of the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society and the European Foot and Ankle Society. He is also a member of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers, and regularly teaches on national and international courses.

He is the clinical lead for Foot and Ankle Services in Edinburgh, is chair of a committee at the Royal College of Surgeons and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer. He established the University of Edinburgh's ChM in Trauma and Orthopaedics, a surgical postgraduate course delivered in partnership with the Royal College of Surgeons, which Mr McKinley also leads as Programme Director.

Alongside his NHS work at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Mr McKinley currently sees patients at Spire Murrayfield Hospital and The Edinburgh Clinic.

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Mr Hemanshoo Thakkar is a highly regarded, award-winning, consultant paediatric surgeon based in London. He treats a wide range of health conditions in children, specialising in paediatric laparoscopy, anorectal malformations, Hirschsprung’s disease, umbilical hernias, iguinal hernias and undescended testes.
 
Mr Thakkar qualified with a bachelor of medicine, bachelor of science (MBBS) in 2009 from King’s College London. Following this, he commenced basic and higher surgical training in London and South East Deanery. Upon completion of his medicine, he began to work as a locum consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

In his career to date, Mr Thakkar has received a whole host of awards for his paediatric work. In 2021, he was awarded the title of young consultant of the year from Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. He was also awarded the renowned Alex Simpson Smith Travelling Fellowship Award for child health research in 2019.

Mr Thakkar has also been awarded the title of global scholar in surgical leadership from the prestigious Harvard Medical School.
 
He is devoted to innovation, quality improvement and surgical leadership, as well as research within the medical field. He holds a special interest in research within areas such as necrotising enterocolitis and Hirschsprung’s disease.

Not only does he hold the role of educational lead in the department of paediatric surgery at the Evelina London Children's Hospital and work as an undergraduate tutor for second and third year medical students at King's College London, Mr Thakkar has also created evidence-based podcasts in paediatric surgery, bringing medical education to a wider audience. 

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Mr Andreas Prachalias is a leading consultant liver and pancreatic surgeon based in London, specialising in liver transplant procedures, liver surgery and pancreas surgery alongside gallbladder surgery, inguinal hernia and laparoscopy. He privately practices at London Liver Centre, part of London Bridge Hospital, Bupa Cromwell Hospital and King's Private at King's College Hospital. He also works for the NHS at the King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Mr Prachalias is highly qualified and underwent training at both nationally and internationally-recognised medical institutions. In 1990 he was awarded a Ptychio Iatrikes, an equivalent to an MBBS, from the University of Crete's medical school. Following this, he completed general surgical training in Greece and then joined King's College Hospital's liver unit as a senior clinical fellow where he trained in advanced HPB (hepatopancreatobiliary) surgery and liver transplantation. 

After his clinical training, Mr Prachalias was appointed consultant surgeon and senior lecturer in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery at Athens University Medical School in 2000. Four years later he joined his current NHS trust, where he has been a consultant surgeon in liver transplantation, hepato-biliary and pancreatic surgery since 2004.

Mr Prachalias is at the forefront of his field, contributing to numerous scientific papers and is focussed on providing the best care to his patients using the latest minimally invasive techniques. 

In 1999 he was appointed as a senior lecturer at Athens Medical school and he has also been and an invited guest speaker on advances in hepatopancreatobiliary surgery by the Royal Society of Medicine. 

Mr Pranchalias is also active member of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) and International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHBPA).

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Dr Mark Williams is a leading consultant cardiologist based in Chertsey, London and Guildford who specialises in interventional cardiology, coronary heart disease, angina alongside chest pain, shortness of breath and hypertension (high blood pressure). 

He privately practises at The Runnymede Hospital, Spire St Anthony's Hospital and offers remote clinics and investigations from 77 Wimpole Street and Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital. His NHS base is St Peter's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where he was clinical director in cardiology between June 2018 and November 2019. He is bilingual and speaks Jamaican Patois. 

Dr Williams is highly qualified. He has an MBBS, an MD (Res) after pursuing a clinical research fellowship in systemic scelorosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension at the Royal Free Hospital, and a BSc - all from the University of London. He was also awarded an MRCP (UK) and FRCP (UK) from the Royal College of Physicians (London).

He completed his specialist training in interventional cardiology at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, and King's College Hospital, London.

Dr Williams is a respected name in teaching, with experience of teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is currently an honorary senior lecturer at St George's Medical School, University of London. He has received three teaching excellence awards as nominated by his students in his time there. 

Dr Williams has received further accolades, including a Clinical Excellence Award, the Association of Commonwealth Universities Prize and the Sir Edward Boyle Memorial Trust Award. He was also awarded the Sir John Cass Foundation Award. 

He is is a member of various professional organisations including the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Medical Protection Society (MPS). He is also a member of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS). 

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Dr Negin Mosahebi is a highly respected dentist with practices limited to endodontics based in and outside London. She is renowned for her expertise in primary root canal treatment, as well as highly complex retreatment cases, vital pulp therapy and dental trauma. Dr Mosahebi is based at the esteemed Wimpole Street Dental Clinic (and Mona Lisa Smiles) in central London.

Negin Mosahebi qualified from Guys & St Thomas’ Dental Hospital in 1998 and  worked for several years in hospitals and general practices before devoting her clinical practice exclusively to Endodontics in 2003. She achieved Masters in Endodontics in 2006 and continued with specialist training at Kings College Hospital until 2009. Negin was awarded membership in Endodontics (MEndo) from the Royal College of Surgeons in Endinburgh. She was a part-time clinical teacher for undergraduates at Guy’s and King’s College Hospital until 2016.
 
Negin’s experience in hospitals and general practices has given her particular skills in understanding problems of diagnosis, case management of multidisciplinary cases and treatment planning. She believes in close collaboration with the referring dentists to provide the highest level of (evidence-based) endodontics tailored suited to her patients. Negin believes that patient’s journey is very important. With her many years of experience at dealing with nervous patients and her calm demeanour, she ensures that the patients are fully informed and are as relaxed and comfortable as possible.
 
She works in several private referral-based practices in and around London. Referrals she receives are from other specialists, General Dental practitioners, self-referred and patient recommendations. She ensures that the referring dentist are fully informed with timely reports and close follow up when required.
 
Negin is very passionate about her chosen field of endodontics and continues to maintain and update her skills by attending numerous national and international conferences. During her undergraduate studies, she won the Malleson Prize for her research. Negin keeps up with the latest research in Endodontics and has recently carried out research on endodontic sealers with professor Camilleri at the Birmingham Dental School. Teaching remains a passion of Negin and she continues to run CPD courses and welcomes opportunities for in-house training for general practitioners.
 
Additionally, Negin was the treasurer for the exclusive Langham endodontic society and an active executive member for five years. Negin is one of the local representatives of the Dental Trauma UK.

She enjoys all aspect of endodontics, from simple primary root canal treatment, to most complex root canal re-treatment, pulp therapy and regeneration and trauma cases. Lastly Negin is very approachable and is happy to provide advice and guidance regarding any endodontic issues and strives to answer all the emails to the best of her ability and efficiently.
 

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Professor Kevin Moore is one of London's leading and most reputable liver specialists. He is current professor of hepatology at University College London (UCL) and sees and treats all forms of liver disease at the Royal Free London Foundation Trust. His main areas of expertise include fatty liver, haemochromatosis, alcoholic liver disease, alcoholism, ascites, as well as cirrhosis. 

Impressively, for twenty years, he was an integral part of the liver transplant team at the previously mentioned Royal Free London Foundation Trust, which leads the treatment of cirrhosis complications. Professor Moore sees patients with a wide variety of liver problems from abnormal liver function tests to advanced cirrhosis.  He currently leads the Alcohol Care Team at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and treats patients with alcohol dependency and alcohol-related liver problems, as well as fatty liver disease, autoimmune liver disease and cirrhosis.

Professor Moore chaired the writing of the National Plan for Liver Services in 2010, has published two books in acute medicine (Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine and the Oxford Desk Reference), and has been widely published in numerous peer-reviewed journals. 

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Mr Sanjiv Manjure is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon offering comprehensive surgical management for all hip and knee conditions. Based in Bedford and Luton, Mr Manjure has a special interest in sports injuries of the knee including sports injuries, knee replacement and computer-navigated knee replacement alongside ACL reconstruction, revision knee replacement and hip replacement. He privately practises at The Cobham Clinic and The Manor Hospital, while his NHS base is Bedford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 

Mr Manjure performs over 500 surgical procedure a year and bases his practice on the ethos that active patient involvement in their treatment is the key to successful outcomes.

He is highly qualified, with an MB BS, MS, MCh as well as a FRCS in Trauma & Orthopaedics, a FRCS in General Surgery, and a CCST in Trauma & Orthopaedics. He underwent higher surgical training in the South East Thames Region (Guy's and St. Thomas' rotation) while he completed his M.Ch and two fellowships from the Royal College of Surgeons. 

He then went on to do his advanced surgical training at the knee unit at Guy's Hospital, where he furthered his expertise in knee sports injuries, revision arthroplasty and complex knee surgery.  

Mr Manjure was appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Bedford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (previously the Luton and Dunstable University Hospitals NHS Trust) in 2005, where he applied his extensive specialist training and introduced an integrated knee and hip unit for complex arthroplasty and computer-navigated knee replacement surgery.

He is the recipient of two clinical excellence awards from the trust, and regularly lectures undergraduate and graduate students in his capacity as consultant. He is also an MRCS examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. 

Mr Manjure's research has been published in various peer-reviewed journals while he's a member of several professional organisations. These include the British Orthopaedic Association, the British Association for Surgery of the Knee and the Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery. He is also a member of the Indian Orthopaedic Society, UK, and the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin. 

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