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Dr John Reed is a highly trained and skilled consultant dermatologist based in Oxfordshire, who is dedicated to providing care of the highest quality to every patient. He can assist with all general dermatological conditions, such as skin cancer, urticaria (hives), angioedema, allergies (food, pollen, animals and dust), eczema, psoriasis, moles and acne. He can also provide thorough mole checks, allergy testing and skin surgery. 

Dr Reed's dermatology training took place in London and Oxford. During his medical studies, he completed a PhD in Immunology at the prestigious University College London in 2005 and from this, he found his additional interest in the treatment of urticaria, angioedema and allergies in adults.

His skill and expertise led him to become the lead of the Oxford skin cancer multidisciplinary team between 2009 and 2012. This team was the winner of the Thames Valley Cancer Network award for clinical quality in 2011. He has been the clinical lead for the Department of Dermatology at Churchill Hospital since 2012.

Furthermore, he contributes to the field of dermatology by means of research. His work has featured in various scientific journals, including those written during his PhD in Immunology. Dr Reed is also an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Oxford. 

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Mr Hatem Abdellatif is an accomplished dentist based in St Albans who specialises in all aspects of endodontics. With a passion for smile makeovers, Mr Abdellatif provides the full range of advanced endodontic treatments, including Invisalign, veneers, and composite bonding, alongside cosmetic and restorative dentistry. Mr Abdellatif currently sees patients at the renowned Regency House Dental Clinic.

Mr Abdellatif qualified from Alexandria University in Egypt in 2002. Following a two-year training in prosthodontics, he relocated to the UK to further train in oral surgery. Mr Abdellatif was later appointed senior house officer in oral and maxillofacial surgery departments in Basildon and in London, where he performed the full range of procedures and also served as part of the head and cancer team.

In 2008, Mr Abdellatif became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. He then went on to practise as a full-time dentist in Hertfordshire, during which he was awarded a Diploma in Restorative Dentistry with specialist interest in Endodontics from the RCS, and became a member of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners.

After moving back to London, Mr Abdellatif obtained an MSc in Endodontics from King’s College London in 2016 before going on to accomplish additional training in state-of-the-art digital smile design systems. He is now one of the only few providers in the UK in the First Fit system for porcelain veneers. A member of the British Endodontic Society, Mr Abdellatif works to achieve a smile that is visually harmonious and functions without flaw, helping his patients to look and feel the best version of themselves.

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Professor Chris Hammond is a highly experienced ophthalmologist based in London who has over 20 years of experience. He treats ophthalmological diseases like squint, myopia, and cataracts in both adults and children. In addition, Professor Hammond is one of the leading international researchers into the genetic epidemiology of common eye diseases, including cataracts, glaucoma, myopia (short sight), dry eye disease and age-related macular degeneration.

He's won several fellowships and awards, including the prestigious NIHR Senior Research Fellowship in 2008 for his innovative and groundbreaking research. Professor Hammond currently serves as frost chair of ophthalmology at King's College London and can be found at his private clinic or St. Thomas' Hospital. He has been the frost professor of ophthalmology at King's College London and a consultant at Guy's and St Thomas' since 2011.

He was a senior registrar at St Thomas' and completed his paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital, all in London. He was appointed as a consultant at Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust in 2000. Professor Hammond has previously been training as programme director and regional adviser for the London Deanery/RCOphth and is the ophthalmology lead for the London (South) Comprehensive Local Research Network. Professor Hammond's research group is based in the department of twin research at Guy's and St Thomas' and identifies genetic variants associated with these eye conditions, looking at environmental and genetic factors and their interactions.

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Dr Saqib Jawaid Bashir is a highly revered and mightily experienced leading London-based dermatologist who currently practices at various reputable London clinics including Sloane Hospital. He specialises in Mohs micrographic surgery, skin cancer and aesthetic surgery and possesses a significant amount of expertise when it comes to skin disease, skin surgery, as well as laser dermatology. He is also a lecturer at King's College London. 

Dr Bashir, who was named one of the best 250 doctors in the United Kingdom by Tatler's Good Doctor Guide, has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals to-date and is dedicated to training and education serving on the London Deanery training programme. He completed formal fellowship training in both surgical and laser dermatology at the renowned St. John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London. 

Per year, he performs over 250 cases of Mohs surgery, which typically include significantly complex cases in relation to eyelids, ears, nose and lips. A core element of Dr Bashir's practice is advanced laser dermatology, and he regulalrly incorporates the use of the pulsed dye laser tool and is keen on providing rejuvenating treatments such as fractional laser resurfacing, laser hair removal, as well as laser treatment of veins, fillers and toxin-based wrinkle treatments. 

Impressively, Dr Bashir has undergone specialist and general medical training at some of the world's most established centres, such as the University of California, University of San Francisco, Addenbrooke's Hospital, as well as the London-based Cambridge and St. John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. 

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Mr Shobhit Verma is a highly respected consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon based in London, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. He is renowned for his expertise in foot and ankle problems, paediatric hip and walking disorders. He additionally specialises in bowed legs, deformity and hip dysplasia.

Mr Verma qualified in medicine from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, India in 1995 before completing a Master of surgery (MS) specialising in orthopaedics. He then went on to undertake a series of highly esteemed fellowships, including several accredited by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). In this period, he completed a paediatric and adult trauma and arthroplasty fellowship at Flinders University and Medical Centre in Adelaide and was also a senior clinical fellow in trauma surgery at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. In 2013, Mr Verma was appointed as a fellow of the European Board of Trauma and Orthopaedics and the following year, also achieved fellowship of the trauma and orthopaedics section of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was additionally awarded a senior fellowship specialising in paediatric orthopaedics at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Since 2016, Mr Verma has served as a consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon at King’s College London, Bedfordshire Hospitals and London and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts, and is clinical lead in orthopaedic surgery at the latter. He sees patients in private practice at a number of locations in London, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire; The Cobham Clinic, The Clementine Churchill Hospital, One Hatfield Hospital, The Bridges Clinic and Spire London East Hospital.

Mr Verma has extensive teaching experience and has regularly trained junior doctors and medical students in Australia, India and the UK throughout his career. He currently serves as an invited faculty member of various FRCS courses in London and frequently teaches medical trainees from University College London and King's College London.

Additional to his clinical and teaching responsibilities, Mr Verma remains actively involved in research and has acted as principal investigator in various studies. He has also produced a number of academic papers which appear in peer reviewed journals and regularly presents at key conferences. Mr Verma is a member of the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society and the Indian Medical Association.

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Dr Pablo Robles is a highly respected psychologist with over 10 years of experience, who is renowned for his expertise in cognitive-behavioural psychology and emotional intelligence. Throughout his professional trajectory, Pablo has specialised in anxiety, self-esteem and emotional regulation, as well as depression and low mood and obsessive or repetitive thoughts. He also has experience in improving social, emotional and work relationships.
 
Pablo, who sees private patients via e-Consultation, qualified in psychology from the University of Murcia in Spain. He is a member of the Official College of Psychology of the Region of Murcia, and also obtained a Master’s Degree in Health Psychology and Clinical Practice from UCAM University in 2014, acquiring proficiency in the therapeutic treatment of mental health conditions and disorders.
 
Pablo has additionally complemented his formal education with clinical practice, and completed his higher specialty psychology training at some of Spain’s most established hospitals. Notably, this included University General Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, as part of the Dementia Unit, and the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit at University Children´s Hospital Niño Jesús in Madrid.
 
In his work, Pablo develops a therapy based on understanding what is happening to each person, helping them overcome their fears, and discovering their strengths. That´s why he practices empirical psychology, focused on the patient, helping them understand what is happening and why, and guiding them in the steps to improve their emotional, social, and personal situation. In this way, therapists guide the patient, seeking the path that allows them to understand themselves better, and to know themselves, so that they can live more satisfyingly in the different aspects that make up their lives.

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Dr Sarah Barker is an expert consultant clinical psychologist based in London with over 20 years of experience. She specialises in chronic pain, dental phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, physical health, anxiety and depression.

Dr Barker has extensive experience working with individuals, groups, families and couples treating a wide variety of both psychological and physical conditions. She has completed additional training in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), systemic therapy, mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which has led to her publishing research on narrative approaches, chronic pain and chronic illness. Dr Barker has also undertaken Level I and II training in EMDR which she finds useful in addressing the trauma that can be a cause of a chronic condition.

Concerning chronic pain and dental anxiety, Dr Barker held an NHS post at Kings College Hospital dealing with patients who are experiencing chronic facial pain. She has conducted research to evaluate the impact of iatrogenic nerve injury, for example from surgical trauma, in more detail.  She has spoken at national conferences to Dentists and Pain Doctors, and has published articles on psychology applied to dentistry and surgery. She has also developed a multidisciplinary day workshop for trigeminal nerve injury patients after many years of clinical and managerial positions dealing with outpatient and residential pain management.

She is also an active member of the British Psychological Society, the Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology, the Division of Clinical Psychology and the British Pain Society.

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Dr Anna Andrysiewicz is a highly accomplished cosmetic dentist who possesses expertise in composite bonding, teeth whitening, porcelain veneers, dental crowns, smile design, and dentures. She is currently based at the Harley Street Dental Studio clinic in London. 

Dr Andrysiewicz, who completed a bachelor's degree in dentistry at the University of Lodz, Poland in 2001, moved across to the UK five years later, where she would embark on undertaking further training in dentistry at various locations in London. She is also an expert when it comes to porcelain bridges, implant crowns, and root canal treatment. 

Dr Andrysiewicz is currently a member of the British Endodontic Society and the British Association of Cosmetic Dentistry. She notably won the award for Best Young Dentist at the Private Dentistry Awards in 2018. 

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Mr Nadim Noor is a highly skilled consultant surgeon based at Bedford Luton and Milton Keynes Vascular Centre.  He specialises in vascular and endovascular procedures. He is an expert in treating conditions such as varicose veins, leg ulcers, diabetic foot and aortic repair. He currently practices at Bedford Hospital, Bridges Clinic, Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Cobham Clinic and BMI The Manor Hospital. His other areas of expertise include lymphoedema and peripheral arterial disease (intermittent claudication).

Mr Noor graduated from King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan in 1986 and completed his fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 1992. In 2000 he completed his PhD at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne after a period of academic research. He completed his higher surgical training within East Anglia and passed the intercollegiate exam for the Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS Ed. Gen.) in 2006. He was awarded a Certificate of Completion of Training by PMETB and registered with the GMC as a specialist.

Mr Noor was appointed as a consultant vascular and general surgeon at Bedford Hospital in 2007 where he introduced endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR) in 2008 and endovenous treatment for varicose veins (radiofrequency ablation), a year later. He now concentrates exclusively on vascular surgery with special interest in varicose veins, aneurysm repair and carotid endarterectomy for stroke. He was appointed the clinical lead for vascular surgery in 2010 and in this capacity he set up the BLMK Vascular Network in collaboration with vascular surgeons at Milton Keynes.

Mr Noor is interested in leading people and improving services. This led him to an MSc in Healthcare Leadership from the University of Birmingham in collaboration with NHS Leadership Academy. He set up the AAA Screening Program within Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes in 2013 and now leads it as its clinical director. He was appointed as the clinical director for the vascular services when Bedford and Luton Dunstable Hospitals merged to form a single organisation. 

Mr Noor is a keen advocate of minimally invasive surgery, whenever possible. In the early years of his career he was an expert in keyhole surgery for gallbladder and hernia repair. Now, as a purely vascular surgeon he provides endovascular interventions like radiofrequency ablation and percutaneous endovascular aneurysm repair. Such techniques allow faster recovery, less discomfort, and smaller, less visible scars. As a vascular surgeon, Mr Noor provides a range of surgical and non surgical treatments for the diseases of blood vessels (arteries, veins and lymphatics),
 

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Mr Kieran Power is a highly skilled consultant plastic reconstructive and aesthetic surgeon, based in several leading London clinics. His special interests include breast reconstruction, aesthetic surgery, skin cancer, and reconstructive surgery for other cancers including colorectal cancer, gynaecological cancer, head and neck cancer and sarcoma.

Mr Power trained partly in Ireland, before completing a fellowship in microvascular surgery at the Royal Marsden. He was then awarded a scholarship with the Royal College of Surgeons, completing his training at the Melanoma Institute Australia. Mr Power is published in numerous peer-reviewed articles and has presented both nationally and internationally.

He has been commended for his research and received the John Calder Medal from the British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, thanks to his work on wound healing research. He is actively involved in education, currently tutoring for MSc oncoplastic breast surgery at UEA. He has recently been awarded a Master of Aesthetic Surgery with distinction by Queen Mary University of London.

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