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Mr David Houlihan-Burne is a highly-skilled orthopaedic surgeon based in London with over 25 years' experience. Practising in a number of top medical establishments in London, he specialises in knee surgery, particularly to treat cartilage and ligament damage, sports injuries and arthritis, especially in younger patients.   He is one of the leading European surgeons in use of robotic knee replacement. 

Qualifying from St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, Imperial College in 1995, Mr Houlihan-Burne undertook orthopaedic specialist and fellowship training in hospitals across London and Bristol. Since 2005, he has been practising as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. Currently he is the director and consultant hip and knee surgeon at 3 Rivers Clinic, Middlesex and a consultant knee surgeon at Fortius Clinic, London.  

In addition to his clinical work, Mr Houlihan-Burne regularly teaches and lectures at a number of national and international conferences on field-related matters and was listed in Tatler magazine's Doctors Guide in 2013. He has also authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. He is a former clinical advisor to the Department of Health and pioneered the Rapid Recovery Programme, an innovative patient-centred approach to knee replacement surgery. 

He provides care for many professional and amateur sportsmen and plays an important role in various professional bodies. He holds various prestigious memberships, and was an executive member of the British Association for Surgery of the Knee between 2011 and 2013.  

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Dr Ana de Ramon is a highly esteemed and experienced respiratory consultant who specialises in respiratory-related sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnoea, asthma, interstitial lung diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), long COVID-19, as well as breathlessness and cough. She currently practices at the Surrey-based BMI The Runnymede Hospital as well as the BMI The Princess Margaret Hospital in Windsor. 

Dr de Ramon, who officially qualified as a medical professional in 1991, has worked as a consultant respiratory physician in the UK since 2004. She possesses a significant interest in sleep-related respiratory problems and non-invasive sleep ventilation, and has notably established departments specifically designed for these specific areas of respiratory medicine in both her native Spain (in Madrid) as well as in Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust. 

Dr de Ramon's work is primarily founded on providing excellent, efficient, clear and evidence-based care, with a patient-comes-first approach. Impressively, she has, to-date, set up and run two comprehensive sleep services in Madrid, Spain, and in Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Trust.

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Mr Paul Haigh is a highly regarded consultant ophthalmologist based in Shrewsbury, who specialises in cataract surgery, ocular motility, including strabismus (squint) surgery and YAG laser capsulotomy alongside visual impairment. He privately practices at Darwin Eye Consultants at Nuffield Health Shrewsbury Hospital while his NHS base is the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM).   

Mr Haigh provides comprehensive eye care services, specialising in the diagnosis and treatment of various eye conditions.

With extensive training at St Pauls Eye Unit, Liverpool, and Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Mr Haigh has honed his skills in strabismus surgery. He is the lead consultant for strabismus for his NHS trust, demonstrating his leadership and commitment to providing exemplary care in his field.

Mr Haigh's contributions to ophthalmic research have been significant, with key publications on paediatric eye conditions and involvement in multi-centre research studies.

As a member of the Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Society of the Midlands, Mr Paul Haigh remains actively engaged in the professional community, ensuring that he stays abreast of the latest developments in his field.

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Mr Chukwuemeka Nnene is a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon with a specialist interest in lower limb orthopaedic surgery.

Patients seek out his leading expertise for a wide variety of lower limb conditions, including knee pain, hip pain, knee osteoarthritis, hip arthritis, meniscal injury and bursitis, to name a few. Mr Nnene is a regular provider of basic and complex joint replacements. Throughout his career, he has acquired leading professional expertise in hip replacement and knee replacement, as well as revision hip joint replacement. He has skills in knee arthroscopy and arthroplasty for the hip and knee. He is also an excellent trauma surgeon offering reconstruction after the effects of trauma and injury.

Additionally, he is an expert in the foot and ankle, performing foot and ankle fusion and surgery for bunions (hallux valgus), ankle arthritis, foot arthritis, ligament injuries and forefoot pain.  

Mr Nnene maintains an interest in general orthopaedic pathology including rotator cuff pathology, shoulder impingement, tennis and golfers elbow, dupuytrens disease, and cubital and carpal tunnel syndrome with excellent outcomes. He has received Clinical excellence awards from his employer for his achievements and is also an expert in medico-legal services. 

Mr Nnene is a member of both the public and private health sectors. He has worked at the James Paget University Hospital since 2009, where he has been lead clinician for the department as well as for education and trauma. He also works at the East Point Consulting Rooms private clinic of the hospital, where private patients can access his proficient and outstanding care.

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Mr Mohamed Elalfy is a double-qualified consultant ophthalmologist practicing in London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, who specialises in cataracts, cataract surgery, premium intraocular lens surgery, refractive laser eye surgery, ocular surface diseases, corneal diseases and grafts, Fuch’s endothelial dystrophy, corneal scarring, corneal oedema, and dry eye. He has more than seventeen years’ experience in ophthalmology during which he has performed thousands of sight-saving surgeries.

Mr Elalfy is a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in London, the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow, the European Board of Ophthalmology, and the International Council of Ophthalmology. He is a member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and The European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons and EUCornea.

Mr Elalfy travels abroad as an invited guest to share his expertise through teaching and live surgeries. He is the fellowship programme director in the world renowned corneoplastic unit at Queen Victoria Hospital where he trains several fellows annually. Mr Elalfy is also a consultant ophthalmic surgeon in the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

He is also an ophthalmology examiner in two royal colleges and supervises undergraduate doctors at the University of Brighton independent research projects programme in the undergraduate medical school, where he supervises the projects of medical students. Mr Elalfy supervises masters and doctoral degree students in ophthalmology.

Mr Elalfy holds the title of associate professor of ophthalmology in The Research Institute of Ophthalmology, Egypt. He holds multiple vocational diplomas from multiple awarding bodies. Having obtained two academic qualifications through his career of more than seventeen years in ophthalmology and with more than fifty peer-reviewed publications, Mr Elalfy puts evidence-based ophthalmology at the heart of his practice. He carries out a hole whost of procedures, including limbal stem cell transplantation, corneal crosslinking, corneal grafts (including DMEK, DSEK, DALK, PK), corneal scrapes, corneal suturing, removal of corneal sutures, punctal plugs, IPL, PTK, cataracts + IOL, ICL, corneal rings/INTACS, mucosal graft to conjunctiva, excision of pterygium, intravitreal infection, YAG capsulotomy, and SLT.

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Mr Emin Carapeti is a highly trained and skilled consultant colorectal surgeon with over 25 years of professional experience. Patients can access his first-class private care at the renowned London Bridge Hospital,108 Medical Chambers and Harley Street Specialist Hospital in Central London.

As a specialist in general surgery and lower GI (gastrointestinal) surgery, he has gained expertise in all aspects of colorectal conditions. Mr Carapeti is highly regarded for his specialist management of pilonidal sinus surgery (simple and complex). He has pioneered new surgical techniques in complex recurrent pilonidal disease, as well as and day-case surgery for haemorrhoids. His other areas of expertise include treatment for rectal bleeding, anal fissures, pruritus, simple and complex anal fistulas, inguinal hernias and umbilical hernias. 

He is also regarded for his knowledge and skill in colonoscopy and has assisted countless patients with the successful application of colonoscopy for diagnosis and management. His specialist interest in this area began during his training at St Mark's Hospital in London, where he underwent advanced training in all types of colonoscopy, including therapeutic colonoscopy.

As a consultant colorectal surgeon at St Thomas’ Hospital between 2000 to 2012, he set up a regionally and nationally recognised tertiary referral practice for surgical treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), working closely with nationally recognised luminal gastroenterologists. In more recent years, Mr Carapeti is involved in the management of other general and lower GI conditions, but his leading expertise means he is still invited to provide professional opinions on complex cases.

He has published widely on several topics, including anorectal disorders and pilonidal sinus disease. This also includes featuring in book chapters. Along with patient care and medical research, he is passionate about the teaching and training of future surgical specialists. He was previously an examiner in surgery for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and has been a tutor and lecturer for numerous workshops and courses.

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Dr Michael Platt is a highly-respected pain medicine and anaesthetic consultant based in London and is the Medical Director of award-winning cannabis clinic Sapphire Medical. He specialises in complex pain issues, Ehlers-Danos syndromes (EDS) and complex cancer pain alongside chronic pain, headaches and migraines. Dr Platt privately practises at Sapphire Medical, King Edward VII's Hospital, Cromwell Hospital and The Platinum Medical Centre at Wellington Hospital.

Dr Platt has over 30 years of experience working as consultant for the NHS.  He was the senior consultant in pain medicine and consultant in anaesthetics at St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, until June 2021. There he provided a transformational service which delivered reduced mortality rates of under one per cent, among the lowest in the UK. 

His expertise in pain management is reflected in his leadership of Sapphire Medical, which has been formed alongside specialist doctors. The clinic enables access to medicinal cannabis for patients who derive clinical benefit through consultation. Sapphire's experts work within a framework that's approved by the Care Quality Commission.

Mr Platt's career achievements are complemented by an equally impressive educational history; he has studied at highly-respected institutions including The University of Western Australia, where he undertook an MBBS, and St Mary's University, where he was awarded an Master's degree in Bioethics. He also is a double fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. He has an ​FRCA in Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain and an FFOMRCA in Pain Medicine.

Further to his medical and educational accomplishments, Mr Platt is an esteemed academic. He has been a senior lecturer in anaesthetics at Imperial College London and is currently Honorary Senior Lecturer in Pain Medicine at St Mary's Hospital and Imperial College Faculty of Medicine. Mr Platt is also Honorary Consultant in Palliative Care for Kensington and Chelsea Primary Care Trust.     

He has an in-depth background of leadership for public bodies and has been the chair of various committees, including his former NHS trust's medical advisory and local negotiating committee, alongside the British Pain Society's Philosophy & Ethics Special Interest Group (SIG). Currently he is the medical director of ecumenical organisation the Guild of Health.

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Mr Adam Sierakowski is a highly proficient UK-trained plastic surgeon who specialises in breast augmentation, breast uplift, breast reduction, tummy tuck, liposuction, hand surgery, and reconstructive surgery, to mention but a few. He is currently practising at Phoenix Hospital Chelmsford, Springfield Hospital Chelmsford, Wellesley Hospital Southend and Southend Private Hospital.

Mr Sierakowski graduated from King’s College London in 2003 and began his specialist training in plastic surgery in 2007. This culminated in the award of full accreditation in plastic surgery by the Royal College of Surgeons, FRCS(Plast), in 2013.

Mr Sierakowski is also proud to have met the rigorous standards required to achieve the new Royal College of Surgeons Certification in cosmetic surgery. He has also taken a particular interest in hand surgery, and is one of few plastic surgeons to have successfully been awarded both the British and European Diplomas in Hand Surgery.

He was trauma lead at the St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery, Broomfield Hospital Chelmsford, from 2015 to 2022. Mr Sierakowski is the author of numerous scientific papers in the field of plastic surgery and is a member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons and the British Society for Surgery of the Hand.

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Dr Stefano Bonazzi is a renowned specialist in dermatology and venereology. He has extensive experience and a career dedicated to treatment and research in the field of skin diseases. Currently, he is a dermatologist at "Emergency Room – Dermatology and general medicin " in Gossau , Switzerland, a position he has successfully held since 2014,  and also offers e-consultation.
 
His career includes prestigious positions, such as being Chief  of the emergency dermatology department in an outpatient and inpatient clinic in 2013. Prior to this, he served as Chief dermatologist at the "Clinica Urgencias Dermatologicas" in Palma de Mallorca from 2010 to 2012 and as the primary dermatologist at the dermatology department of the Spanish Red Cross Hospital, also in Palma de Mallorca, from 2006 to 2012.
 
His contribution to the field of dermatology is not limited to clinical practice, but also extends to consultancy in diverse fields. He worked as a dermatological consultant for major pharmaceutical companies, with assignments related to the health registration of antibiotics in countries in the Middle East and Eastern Europe between 2000 and 2007. Furthermore, he has provided consultancy to relevant Italian companies in the chemical and cosmetics industries, contributing to the research of new product compositions, marketing impacts and ensuring the dermatological quality of current cosmetic products.
 
Dr Bonazzi also has an academic background, holding the position of professor in role as  dermatology and venereology at the School of Nursing in Bologna between 1987 and 1991. During this period, he shared his vast knowledge and experience with students, contributing to the training of professionals in the field of dermatology.
 
His dedication to research is evident through his fellowship in the Department of Dermatology, during which he conducted research and studies using electron microscopy and monoclonal antibodies in skin diseases such as pemphigus, cutaneous lymphomas and mycosis fungoides. He also participated in the first research into AIDS-related conditions at Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center in New York in 1984.
 
Dr Bonazzi has demonstrated his versatility in the practice of dermatology, tackling unique challenges such as forensic dermatology, the diagnosis and study of patomimias, as well as the treatment of skin diseases in situations of war and chemical-biological-nuclear danger at the Padua Military Hospital in 1987.
 
His career is marked by numerous contributions in clinical, academic and industrial settings, and his continued commitment to research and education makes him a respected leader in the field of dermatology.

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Dr Muhammed Raashed is an experienced consultant respiratory physician who is recognised for his level of expertise, commitment and dedication to the high-quality of patients care for respiratory conditions. His list of specialities includes persistent cough, asthma, unexplained breathlessness, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), obstructive sleep apnoea, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy and lung disease.

His professional history as a respiratory physician has spanned over two decades. After having fully completed his medical studies and practical training in 1999, Dr Raashed began his career as a consultant. 

Dr Raashed is based in Yorkshire. He treats his private patients from Spire Leeds Hospital, The Yorkshire Clinic and the private patients unit of Airedale General hospital, where he is also a member of the NHS trust.

He has a keen interest in improving the accessibility of medical assistance to as many patients as possible. One of his many achievements is the launch of a diagnosis and treatment service for obstructive sleep apnoea by a telephonic or videoconsultation followed by home sleep study that allows patients to have access from anywhere.

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