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Mr Cheka Spencer is a renowned consultant ENT surgeon based in London, with over 15 years of experience. Mr Spencer has extensive experience in a wide variety of ENT conditions and surgical procedures. His areas of expertise include blocked nose, septoplasty, rhinoplasty (nose job), sinusitis, endoscopic sinus surgery and snoring.

Mr Spencer first qualified with an MBBS from the Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine at the University of London in 2006. Over the course of his career, he has become one of the leading experts in ENT in London. He graduated with an MSc in Social Epidemiology from University College London in 2008, an MRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons in 2010, followed by a DOHNS in 2011. In 2018 he received his FRCS (ORL-HNS).

Mr Spencer gained experience working at a number of prestigious hospitals across the UK, both NHS and private where he gained experience in all aspects of general adult and paediatric ENT surgery. His training culminated in an highly skilled fellowship at St George’s Hospital in Rhinology including advanced sino-nasal and facial aesthetic surgery.

Mr Spencer currently practises privately at a number of centres of excellence in London: Royal Free Hospital, The Harley Street Clinic, Hadley Wood Hospital and St John and St Elizabeth Hospital.

In addition to his clinical work, Mr Spencer has contributed numerous articles to peer-review scientific publications. He is a member of the ENT UK Global Health Committee and was appointed as Vice Chairman in 2022. He is the Global Health Editor for the international journal ENT and Audiology News. He is also the editor of the ENT UK Global Health journal.

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Mr Inderpaul Birdi is an internationally recognised and highly experienced traditional and keyhole (minimally invasive) heart surgeon with one of the largest and comprehensive set of clinical skills in cardiac surgery. 
 
He works privately at The Keyhole Heart Clinic where he carries out keyhole mitral, aortic and tricuspid valve surgery, minimally invasive single and multi-vessel coronary bypass surgery, TAVI, atrial fibrillation ablation and general cardiac surgery. 
 
He is also one of only a handful of surgeons in the world who can perform keyhole coronary bypass surgery, and keyhole aortic valve repair. In 2022, Mr Birdi successfully performed the first quadruple heart bypass through keyhole surgery in the UK on a 65-year-old patient, significantly reducing the recovery time, risk of infection, and scarring. 
 
He founded The Keyhole Heart Clinic to provide patients with information and clinical access to specialised minimally invasive cardiac therapies within the most prestigious hospitals in the UK. 

Mr Birdi trained in medicine in the UK and trained in cardiothoracic surgery at the world acclaimed Royal Papworth Hospital and The Royal Brompton Hospital. He undertook research at The Bristol Heart Institute and contributed numerous publications to leading international journals. 

Mr Birdi works at The Cromwell Hospital, London, providing all of his services through The Keyhole Heart Clinic.

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Dr Pramod Prabhakaran is a consultant psychiatrist specialising in adult and elderly emotional and cognitive health. He has over 20 years' experience in clinical, educational and leadership roles in the UK.

His specialities include neuropsychiatry and cognitive disorders (such as Alzheimer's, vascular frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson's disease and Lewy Body dementia) and general adult and rehabilitation psychiatry (such as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders and adult ADHD).  As well as treating patients' conditions, Dr Prabhakaran provides medico-legal psychiatric services, such as capacity assessments including financial capacity and capacity to make a will.

Dr Prabhakaran became a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2002 having trained at the Imperial College Psychiatric Training Scheme in London. He has been a consultant psychiatrist in the NHS since 2006 and was joint course director for undergraduate psychiatry at Imperial College School of Medicine for seven years. He also worked as Divisional Medical Director at London’s CNWL NHS Trust and was responsible for a large portfolio of community and mental health services throughout NW London. Dr Prabhakaran's experience includes working in a number of mental health settings including community teams, acute inpatient services, memory services, intermediate care, rehabilitation services and hospital liaison.

He has a truly integrative and personalised approach to health, fitness and wellbeing focussing on achieving the best possible outcomes. He works using comprehensive personalised emotional and physical well-being plans, in collaboration with a range of experts, incorporating advanced testing including genomics, biomarkers, nutritional and fitness assessment and brain imaging. He has a special interest in neuropsychiatric conditions and advises on a range of cognitive strengthening and stimulation programmes.

Dr Prabhakaran has global clinical experience underpinned by a keen interest in cultural, religious and spiritual influences on wellbeing. He works with a global network of like-minded collaborators and is involved in mental health service developments in the Middle East. In addition to his clinical role, he is the Programme Director for International Business at Imperial College Health Partners, bringing together world-leading academic and healthcare organisations.

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Mr Andrew Moore is a leading consultant ENT head and neck surgeon who is based in Brighton, Hove and Worthing. His specialist interests include adult and paediatric general ENT, malignant and benign head and neck surgery—this includes salivary, thyroid and parathyroid surgery. His clinical interests include ENT infections, head and neck lumps, voice problems, lymph nodes biopsy, loss of smell and taste, as well as many other ENT-related issues.

Mr Moore graduated from The University of Nottingham, then later he moved to the South East where he completed higher surgical training in Surrey, London and Sussex. As well as training in general ENT, he developed a sub-specialist interest in head and neck oncology.

Mr Moore obtained a masters in oncology and radiotherapy with a distinction, then later a head and neck fellowship. He holds a substantive NHS appointment at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals and Worthing Hospital.

He is the clinical lead for ENT and head and neck cancer at The Worthing Hospital and is a member of the regional head and neck oncology and thyroid multidisciplinary teams. He has also had work published in a variety of highly-regarded medical journals.

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Dr Padma Manda is an extremely well-regarded consultant gynaecologist and reproductive medicine specialist who specialises in heavy periods, recurrent miscarriages, problems in early pregnancy, infertility, menopause, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and fibroids. She currently practises at the Nuffield Health Tees Hospital.

Dr Manda is committed to helping women feel seen and heard in their treatment journey for gynaecological, fertility and early pregnancy issues. She has more than 25 years of experience in gynaecology. She treats both young and older women and focuses on improving her patients' quality of life by finding them the best possible support and treatment options.

Dr Manda’s work is centred around helping women access the right information and treatment they need to manage and even overcome their gynaecological problems. Dr Manda also offers contraceptive services such as sterilisation. Dr Manda is also a highly regarded open, laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgeon, and is an expert when it comes to the surgical management of gynaecological conditions such as endometrial ablation, endometrial polyps, ovarian cysts, tubal diseases, pelvic and intrauterine adhesions, and uterine septum.

Dr Manda, who successfully completed an MBBS in 1997, also posseses expertise in various different methods of assisted conception including IVF, intracytoplasmic sperm injections, intra uterine insemination (IUI), ovulation induction, as well as fertility treatment using donor sperm. She is a member of the British Fertility Society, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, and the British Menopausal Society.

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Mr Satyajit Bhattacharya is a highly-respected and award-winning consultant surgeon based in London who specialises in gallbladder surgery, pancreas surgery and pancreatitis, alongside liver surgery, liver cancer and pancreatic cancer.  He privately practises at The London Clinic while his NHS base is Barts Health NHS Trust where he is clinical lead for the multi-disciplinary team for liver and pancreas cancer in north-east London.

Mr Bhattacharya originally trained in Mumbai, qualifying as a doctor from the Grant Medical College. He went onto train in specialist surgery of the liver, pancreas and bile ducts at the Royal Free and University College Hospitals, London, and was a visiting fellow at the University of Minnesota with a grant received from the King's Fund.      

Also currently working at a number of prestigious hospitals including the Royal London and St Bartholomew's Hospital and the King Edward VII Hospital, Mr Bhattacharya has raised large sums of money for pancreatic research. This has helped to run several research projects at Barts Health NHS Trust.

He has published over 50 scientific papers, authored numerous book chapters, and is a member of prestigious boards and societies in his field. These include the International Hepato-Pancreato Billiary Association (IHPBA) and the British Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL). He is a also a member of the Intercollegiate Examinations Faculty of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), where he active in postgraduate teaching.  

Other achievements that Mr Bhattacharya is noted for was being named one of Britain's best consultants by Tatler magazine in 2013. Furthermore, he was the Serjeant Surgeon (Surgeon to the Queen) in the Royal Household and has now been conferred from LVO (Lieutenant of the Victorian Order) to CVO (Commander of the Victorian Order) on the King's 2023 Birthday Honours List. 

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Dr John Gerry Coghlan is a leading consultant cardiologist based in London, who specialises in pulmonary hypertension and all aspects of cardiology, including complex breathlessness, arrhythmias, connective tissue disease (related to heart disease) and angina.

Dr Coghlan is an honorary senior lecturer at UCH London and a visiting consultant at Papworth Hospital Cambridge, where he performs balloon pulmonary angioplasty. He is also a visiting consultant at St Thomas' Hospital, Kings College Hospital, Royal United Hospital Bath, Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth, Derriford Hospital Plymouth and Ulster Hospital Dundonald.

Dr Coghlan graduated from University College Dublin in 1983 and trained in cardiology at the National Cardiac Centre, Dublin, Harefield Hospital and The Royal Free Hospital, London. He is a founder member of the National Pulmonary Hypertension Physicians Association and developed the Royal Free National Pulmonary Hypertension Service.

He holds research interests in fields of pulmonary hypertension, cardiac imaging and ischaemic heart disease and has published over 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Throughout his career, he has won awards such as the Molloy prize in 1978 and a silver medal in surgery in 1983, amongst others.

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Mr Rajesh Kavia is a highly revered, trained, skilled and experienced leading London-based consultant urological surgeon, who specialises in areas such as urinary incontinence, urinary tract infection, prostate-related conditions, as well as general paediatric urology. He possesses a special interest in functional urology and incontinence in males and females.

The trusted Mr Kavia treats all manner of urological problems from his private clinics across London, and was the first surgeon within the M25 to perform the Urolift procedure to treat benign prostate obstruction, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. He has specialist knowledge and expertise in relation to the treatment, diagnosis and management of prostate and bladder conditions, chronic urological pain, erectile dysfunction, circumcisions, as well as endoscopic stone management. 

The highly qualified doctor graduated from the esteemed Imperial College London (University of London) in 1999, impressively achieving mutliple distinctions in his MBBS. He then underwent his medical training at the prestigious Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School, prior to starting out on his research journey at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. 

Mr Kavia has undertaken extensive research specifically focusing on a number of urological conditions, such as being the lead author on a multinational trial of cannabis for multiple sclerosis-related overactive bladder syndrome, and in painful bladder syndrome at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Alongside his clinical and research work, Mr Kavia dedicates time to teaching junior doctors, and is a course director and examiner for higher surgical trainees. He has, to-date, also published a substantial amount of articles in peer-reviewed medical journals.

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Mr Aris Konstantopoulos is a consultant ophthalmologist at Nuffield Wessex and Spire Southampton. His clinical activities focus on conditions of the cornea and the lens and he regularly carries out corneal and cataract surgery. Mr Konstantopoulos sees patients with astigmatism and refractive errors who may suffer from keratoconus and corneal conditions requiring corneal transplantation, such as Fuchs endothelial dystrophy. Mr Konstantopoulos also partakes in theatre sessions dedicated to collagen-cross linking, cataract surgery and corneal surgery, and laser vision correction.

He also treats more complex refractive cataract cases and has a clinical interest in patients with keratoconus and high astigmatism and has a theatre list for collagen cross-linking, a treatment that greatly improves and stabilises the condition. Mr Konstantopoulos graduated from the University of Glasgow and completed his ophthalmology training in hospitals of the Oxford and Wessex Deaneries. Fascinated by the beauty of the cornea, Mr Konstantopoulos specialised in conditions of the anterior segment of the eye. He completed two years of advanced training (fellowship) on ‘Cornea and external eye disease' at University Hospital Southampton and University of Southampton. Mr Konstantopoulos focused his research on how to use optical coherence tomography imaging for the diagnosis of conditions of the cornea, which led to the award of a PhD degree and numerous international and national awards.

He later subspecialised in lamellar corneal transplantation and refractive surgery with a fellowship at the Singapore National Eye Centre, one of the most prestigious and advanced ophthalmology institutions in the world. Since subspecialising, he has now incorporated new practices and innovations when carrying out corneal transplantation, laser refractive surgery and treatment for conditions of the cornea.

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Dr Ben Esdaile is a prominent London dermatologist specialising in both adult and paediatric dermatology. He has a particular interest in the early diagnosis and surgery of skin cancer and lectures both nationally and internationally on dermoscopy (a tool used to detect skin cancer). He also has a special interest in psoriasis, eczema, acne and rosacea.

Dr Esdaile undertook his medical training at Imperial College London and qualified with distinction in medicine and surgery in 2003. Prior to this, he successfully completed a BSc in biochemistry at King's College London in 1998. The esteemed dermatologist would then go on to obtain two notable achievements: gaining his diploma from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (DRCOG) in 2008, as well as his Dermatology Specialty Certificate Examination, which he successfully completed in 2010. 

Dr Esdaile, who also possesses a high level of expertise in sun allergies, vitligo, warts, angioma, cellulitis, and atopic dermatitis, pursued and completed his specialist training in dermatology in Oxford. He has a full-time NHS consultant post at the Whittington Hospital in North London and is involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. He has published in multiple peer-review journals and has won an NHS clinical excellence award. He also works privately at the Highgate Hospital, Chase Lodge Hospital and at Skin 55 on Harley Street.

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