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Dr Jonathan Hasleton is a highly-experienced consultant cardiologist who treats patients privately at Venturi Cardiology in Warrington. With over 15 years of experience, Dr Hasleton is skilled in all areas of general cardiology but specialises in the treatment of chest pain, shortness of breath, angina, and coronary heart disease. His sub-specialist interests include coronary intervention and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). 

After earning his degree in Medicine from the University of Manchester in 2003, Dr Hasleton perused further cardiology training in Liverpool. Whilst working at Hope Hospital and Wythenshawe Hospital, he successfully undertook his masters in cardiovascular science at the Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London. He finalised his training at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. 

In addition to his role at Venturi Cardiology, Dr Hasleton practices at the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, his NHS base. He diagnoses and treats all aspects of general cardiology and is an expert in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of coronary artery disease. Thanks to his expert knowledge of non-invasive cardiac testing, he can provide patients with a specialist opinion on all cardiac conditions, including those that are less common. He also offers catheter lab services and percutaneous coronary intervention.  

Alongside his clinical work, Dr Hasleton has authored various peer-reviewed publications, presented at national conferences, and is a member of the Royal College of Physicians.  

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Miss Jean McDonald is an esteemed urologist, with 23 years’ experience as senior urologist at North Middlesex University Hospital. From her practice at Harley Street, Miss McDonald can consult on a range of conditions including female urology, bladder infections, kidney stones, urinary incontinence, and general urology.

After initially graduating from the University of the West Indies, Miss McDonald spent a further nine years in the Bahamas in a range of surgical roles, before moving to London in 1982. She became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh that year and subsequently pursued specialist training in general surgery and urology, gaining her Diploma in Urology at the Institute of Urology (UCL London) in 1990. Miss McDonald was appointed consultant urologist at North Middlesex University Hospital in 1995. She has served in many capacities at North Middlesex University Hospitals, including Clinical Lead, Deputy Chair of the Medicines Management Committee, and Surgical Tutor. She has established a number of innovative programmes including nurse-led urodynamics, prostate clinic, erectile dysfunction clinic, and nurse-led cystoscopy unit. 

Miss McDonald regularly travels to Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Carribbean to run workshops and to share her urological expertise and be involved in the training of the young urologists in these countries. She is actively involved in the teaching of surgical trainees in the UK, as Surgical Tutor at North Middlesex University Hospital as well as Educational and Clinical Supervisor. Miss McDonald has been a member of the Board of Directors and also a member of the Nominations Committee of the Societe Internationale D´Urologie, and is a Honorary Consultant to St Luke's Healthcare, looking after the Church of England clergy.

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Mr Efstathios Drampalos is a distinguished consultant orthopaedic foot and ankle surgeon currently practising as the Chief Foot and Ankle Consultant at Forth Valley Royal Hospital and at Circle Health Group Kings Park Hospital. He is an experienced orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in all aspects of foot and ankle surgery. He worked at Manchester University NHS FT from 2018 to 2019 as an Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle/Limb Reconstruction Consultant before moving to Scotland. His areas of expertise include complex bunion correction, ankle arthritis, ankle arthroscopy, and foot and ankle sports injuries. He also treats flatfoot, high arch and Achilles tendonitis using boyh open or minimal invasive surgery (MIS) techniques.

With over two decades of experience in different health systems in Europe, his commitment to advancing orthopaedic care is evident in his comprehensive skill set, making him a trusted professional in the field. In addition to the above areas of expertise, he has a special interest in heel pain and plantar fasciitis, platelet-rich plasma injections (PRP), big toe replacements and fusion surgery, fractures, bone infections and toe deformities.

Mr Drampalos has pursued an impressive academic journey. He first qualified with an MD from the University of Bologna in Italy with first-class honours and distinction (110/110 e lode), before going on to receive further prestigious qualifications. He completed training in Orthopaedic Surgery in the major orthopaedic centres of Athens, obtaining an FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics) equivalent title and a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Trauma & Orthopaedics in 2013, developing a special interest in foot and ankle surgery. In 2013 obtained the European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology certification in Barcelona (FEBOT). He holds both a PhD and MSc in Orthopaedics. As an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Glasgow Medical School, Mr Drampalos also contributes to the education and training of future medical professionals.

He completed two prestigious fellowships of the Wrightington Elective Centre in the Greater Manchester Area (foot and ankle surgery and lower limb reconstruction), specialising in treatment of sport injuries, arthritic conditions of foot and ankle and total hip/knee arthroplasty, and then the fellowship of Wythenshawe Hospital (Manchester) with a focus on complex trauma, Ilizarov techniques and bone infections as a member of the Ortho-Plastic Team. He also treated diabetic foot problems as the Orthopaedic Surgeon of the famous multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Team of Greater Manchester and has completed a one-year BOA National Clinical Leader Programme.

He has undertaken further specialist training in ankle replacement and foot deformity correction with leading European foot and ankle surgeons including the foot and ankle fellowship of Stepping Hill Hospital in Manchester, a visiting fellowship at CFR Hospitaler A/S, Hellerup, Denmark. Furthermore, he has completed a fellowship in Ilizarov techniques and limb deformity correction at the renowned Mediclinic Midstream, Pretoria, in South Africa. Mr Drampalos has also completed a visiting fellowship in minimal invasive surgery (MIS) for foot conditions in Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals.

In addition to his clinical expertise, Mr Drampalos is actively engaged in research, as evident by his numerous publications. He has published more than 40 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, 2 books and more than 60 presentations and abstracts in congresses. He is running several research programmes at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. Internationally he runs research programmes with the Biomedical Engineering Department of the University of Sakarya and the Medical School of Medipol University (Turkey). He is an editorial board member and reviewer for several international peer-reviewed journals and has completed several audits and quality improvement projects for the NHS improving the delivery of care and preserving resources. His commitment to advancing knowledge in orthopaedics has been recognised with the Scholarship Prize from the Hellenic Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology in 2012.

As a member of esteemed organisations such as the British Orthopaedic Association and the European Board of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Mr Drampalos upholds the highest standards of professional practice. Fluent in English, Greek, and Italian, he ensures effective communication with a diverse patient population. With a dedication to patient care, education, and advancing the field of orthopaedics, Mr Efstathios Drampalos stands as a respected and accomplished healthcare professional.

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Dr Aspasia Soultati is an exceptionally skilled consultant medical oncologist in East Sussex.

She is an expert in numerous types of cancer, including genitourinary cancers (kidney cancer, bladder cancer and prostate cancer), and is also highly specialised in lower GI (gastrointestinal) cancers, such as colorectal cancer. In fact, Dr Soultati's expertise has led her to become the oncology lead for the cancer unit at Eastbourne and Conquest NHS Foundation Trust. 

Patients can access her private healthcare services at Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital, which also covers the areas of Eastbourne and Conquest. In both private and public care settings, she provides a variety of treatments, including chemotherapy, target therapy and immunotherapy. She also collaborates with Healthcare at Home to offer chemotherapy at home.
 
Dr Soultati underwent extensive specialist training in Athens, Greece, which is where she also earned her PhD. Following this, she relocated to the UK to continue her training at the well known Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London. Additionally, she pursued postdoctoral translational research in renal cancers with a team of world-renowned scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, also in London. She is an avid researcher and has made numerous contributions to cancer research.

She makes every effort to transform the experience of patients with cancer across Sussex by providing professional and personalised care, and by encouraging research investigations to improve patient outcomes in oncology.

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Mr Sean Ramcharan is an experienced consultant laparoscopic general and colorectal surgeon. He sees patients at Nuffield Health Warwickshire Hospital and has a specialist interest in advanced minimally invasive surgery. Mr Ramcharan has thorough expertise when it comes to performing surgery to treat the gallbladder, hernias, as well as other gastrointestinal, colorectal and perianal problems. Mr Ramcharan is an expert when it comes to managing bowel conditions such as diverticular disease, colitis, IBS, and bowel cancer. He frequently performs flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and polypectomy.

Mr Ramcharan also offers treatment of perianal problems, pilonidal sinuses, bumps and lumps of the skin, and subcutaneous tissue (except for the breast). He is an extremely skilled diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopist, having completed higher surgical training at the West Midlands Deanery as well as many leading UK hospitals. He gained thorough expertise in the treatment of the full spectrum of colorectal and general surgical disorders.

Mr Ramcharan undertook further advanced laparoscopic training in complex rectal and minimally invasive transanal surgery in Holland. Having performed over a thousand laparoscopic operations and over 500 laparoscopic hernia repairs, Mr Ramcharan is one of few expert consultant colorectal and general surgeons with such a breadth of experience. He has an excellent track record of superb patient pain and comfort satisfaction scores. He is also an active researcher, contributing work to peer-reviewed medical journals and for the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick. 

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Mr Amit Putti is a leading consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon. He currently sees patients at the BMI Kings Park Hospital in Stirling and at the Bothwell Medical Rooms. Mr Putti is focused on investigating and treating upper limb conditions of the shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist, and often performs complex upper limb trauma surgery.

Mr Putti graduated in 1999 and did his MBBS from the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Medical college, India. He completed his orthopaedic training from KLES Hospital and Jawaharlal Nehru Medical college; which was his orthopaedic residency in India in 2003. Mr Putti came to the UK in 2004 to complete his Masters in Orthopaedic Surgery (M CH Orth) at the University of Dundee, in 2005, he was one of their best candidates and produced multiple research papers. He then did his MRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2006. 

Mr Putti's orthopaedic registrar training was carried out at NHS Tayside. He did his further specialist upper limb fellowship at the University Hospital of North Tees where he specialized in shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist conditions. Mr Putti is an active researcher and has had work published in a range of medical journals. He has around 39 publications and presentations at various international conferences.

Mr Putti's main aim is to get the patient back to their full potential of activity with regards to the hand, wrist and shoulder. 

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Dr Fu Siong Ng is a consultant cardiologist based in London who specialises in arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, cardiac (catheter) ablation, pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and palpitations. He practices privately at The Harley Street Clinic in Central London, BMI Syon Clinic in Brentford and Imperial Private Healthcare in West London alongside his honorary consultant cardiologist roles for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Ng is a clinical academic and alongside his medical work, where he performs catheter ablation procedures for a range of arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, atrial tachycardias, atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and ventricular ectopy/tachycardia and implants cardiac devices like pacemakers, defibrillators, loop recorders and biventricular pacemakers (CRT), he conducts research into arrhythmogenic mechanisms.

He is the executive director of the ElectroCardio Maths Programme at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London. It's a multidisciplinary initiative bringing together research leaders from clinical electrophysiology, biological sciences and physical sciences to address key challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of complex cardiac arrhythmias. 

He is a clinical senior lecturer in cardiac electrophysiology for Imperial College London and clinical lecturer in cardiology for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, with several fellowships including the Fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) and is a Certified Electrophysiology Specialist at the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA). 

Dr Ng's dedicated skill and research is complemented by his qualifications; he has an MBBS (Distinction) and a BSc (Hons) in Basic Medical Sciences with Clinical Pharmacology from St. George's Hospital Medical School at the University of London alongside a diploma in Advanced Studies in Cardiac Arrhythmica Management from Maastricht University in the Netherlands and a CCT in Cardiology. 

Further to his clinical work, research and qualifications, Dr Ng has received several high-profile awards. Most recently he won the Imperial College London President’s Award for Excellence in Research in 2018 and he also received third prize in the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS) Best Oral Abstract Prize in 2016. He is a recognised speaker while his research has been published in several peer-reviewed publications and text books.  

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Dr Sunil Gupta is a consultant haematologist and haem-oncologist with over 25 years of experience in clinical and laboratory haematology, spanning four countries. He specialises in haematology-oncology, clotting disorders, anaemia, myeloproliferative disorders, immune thrombocytopenic purpura and bleeding disorders.

Dr Gupta has been trained by some of the best institutes in the world, namely King's College Hospital, London; Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney; National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore and the All Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi, India. He obtained his Certificate of Completion of Specialty Training (CCST) from London Deanery at King's College Hospital. He undertook clinical research in anthracycline toxicity in children suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Dr Gupta is the Clinical Director for Haematology and Cancer at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS hospital. He is the principal investigator of TACTIC CoVID trial. 

Dr Gupta is an avid researcher. He is the lead for research and development (R&D) in haematology at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT) and opened several new clinical drug trials in haem-oncology. He has been Principal Investigator of more than 10 national and commercial clinical trials and Dr Gupta has remained involved in new drugs appraisal for NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence).

He has many publications to his credit and is also a member of the Sounding Board of British Society for Haematology (BSH).

Dr Gupta has a deep interest in teaching and was awarded the title of Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer by GKT School of Medicine. He is currently cancer and genetics lead for year 3 medical students at LGT. He is also career guidance lead (Career Champion) in haematology for LGT. Dr Gupta is also a trained and certified appraiser and CPD advisor to the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians. 

Dr Gupta provides in-patient and outpatient chemotherapies for multiple myeloma, lymphomas, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, chronic myeloid leukaemia, and myeloproliferative disorders. He also offers day-case and in-patient blood transfusion and iron infusion. Dr Gupta is on the panel of all the major insurance providers.

Dr Gupta is a fitness freak. He bears a holistic approach towards health. He is a trained and certified Yoga instructor and runs his weekly classes in Bromley for free to boost the health in the community.

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Mr Daniel Phillip Thomas is a highly experienced consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon based in Cardiff. He currently sees patients at the renowned clinics of Nuffield Health Cardiff Bay Hospital and Nuffield Vale Hospital.

Mr D. Phillip Thomas has developed a strong interest in hip disorders and is trained to offer the vast majority of surgical hip procedures. He regularly deals with both paediatric hip disorders as well as hip problems of young and older adults. This range of expertise includes developmental dislocation of the hip (DDH), Perthes disease of the hip, slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), and the consequences of childhood hip disorders which frequently mean degenerative disease or osteoarthritis of the hip at a young age. He ensures that all his patients can make well-informed choices for themselves when it comes to their treatment. He is also an expert when it comes to performing robotic-assisted hip replacements. 

He has developed an interest in hip arthroscopy over the last 15 years and deals with problems such as hip impingement by keyhole surgery. He often treats athletes and sportsmen with sports injuries (e.g. hip and groin injuries) and is the orthopaedic surgeon for the Llanelli Scarlets rugby team. He also treats players from the Wales men and women's senior rugby team as well as professional footballers from Cardiff and Swansea City AFC. In this role, he works closely with an expert multidisciplinary team.

He is an honorary university lecturer at The University of Wales as well as a member of the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA). What's more, he is a faculty member for teaching hip arthroscopy on various courses for medical students and post-graduate trainees. He frequently lectures and presents publications on his areas of expertise and he has an active research interest with numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals. 

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Dr Kamila Hortynska is a leading registered clinical psychologist, CBT therapist, spiritual life coach, and mindfulness expert based in Leeds with over 20 years of clinical experience, including 11 years in the NHS. She is a specialist in cognitive behavioural therapy, holistic psychology and nutritional psychology, and is also an expert in work stress and functional medicine in clinical psychology, employing a unique integrative holistic approach that connects mind, body and spirit.

Dr Hortynska offers therapy, supervision and training, helping her clients to cultivate therapeutic modalities that reframe patterns of thinking and behaviour and lead to change, healing and growth. She is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and with the British Psychological Society, and was awarded professional membership and accreditation by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy and by the Institute of Psychedelic Therapy.

Dr Hortynska, who adheres to the UK Good Practice Guidelines, also has an MSc in Applied Psychology and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. She has helped over 10,000 clients throughout her esteemed career, both individually and in groups, and continues to enrich her therapeutic interventions with innovative psychotherapies, such as mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. An advocate for authenticity, Dr Hortynska aims to support her clients in their personal transformations to a full and healthy sense of self.

You can also read some of Dr Hortynska's e-books, or join her exclusive membership service - “Together with Dr K" - to benefit from her group coaching services in four live zoom calls a month. Topics currently scheduled to be covered include nutrition and mental health, inner child work, best self-care habits, books that can change lives, ⁠self-love practices, ⁠as well as strategies to declutter mind and body. Later, Dr Hortynska will be taking suggestions for topics from the community. 
HCPC: PYL27515

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