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Dr Charis Costopoulos is a highly esteemed and experienced consultant cardiologist who specialises in both general and interventional cardiology. His main areas of expertise include the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease, chest pain, palpitations, breathlessness, heart failure, and valvular heart disease. He performs a variety of interventional procedures including coronary angiopasty (stent insertion), transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), MitraClip implantation and patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure amongst many others. He currently practises at the world-renowned Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge and at the prestigious London-based OneWelbeck and One Heart Clinic.

Dr Costopoulos graduated from the University of Cambridge with distinction after successfully completing an MA MB MBChir in medicine in 2006. Following this, Dr Costopoulos undertook his core medical training throughout Cambridge, Oxford and London. Impressively, whilst in the middle of completing his training, he managed to obtain a part-time MPhil (Master of Philosophy) in translational medicine and therapeutics, also from the University of Cambridge.

He would then go on to begin his general cardiology training in the North West London area and, specifically, Hammersmith Hospital, London, which would later allow him to take up the position as chief interventional fellow. Dr Costopoulos' medical journey continued to go from strength to strength, as he decided to undertake an interventional cardiology fellowship at one of the best European cardiology centres, San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan, Italy from 2012 to 2013. He would then later complete a PhD at the University of Cambridge, which focused on the role of biomechanical forces in coronary atherosclerosis as well as a British Heart Foundation Clinical Lectureship which allowed him to pursue both his academic and clinical interests prior to his appointment as a consultant at the Royal Papworth Hospital.

His research has been published in highly estemeed cardiology journals which include the European Heart Journal and Journals of the American College of Cardiology. He has also presented his work across a variety of conferences across Europe, North America and Asia. Dr Costopoulos is available to see private patients both in Cambridge and London.

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Dr George Farah is a consultant physician based in Reading, who specialises in diabetes and endocrinology. He treats both types 1 and 2 diabetes, thyroid disease and pituitary disease alongside hypogonadism, adrenal dysfunction and parathyroid and calcium abnormalities. He privately practices at Ramsay Health's The Berkshire Independent Hospital and for the NHS at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. 

Dr Farah has over a decade of experience in the management and treatment of endocrinology issues. Further to the specialisms mentioned above, Dr Farah also has expert skills in adrenal disease, testosterone replacement and diabetes management in pregnancy. 
      
Dr Farah qualified with an MBBS from Damascus University, Syria, in 2003 and underwent further training in diabetes and endocrinology at Oxford Deanery. Following this, he was awarded an SC in Diabetes and Endocrinology in 2013.

Dr Farah's clinical interests include endocrine hypertension, Hashimoto's thyroiditis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) as well as acromegaly (gigantism), Addison's disease and adrenal disease. 

He became a member of the Royal College of Physicians, London in 2011, and became a fellow (FRCP) in 2020. He is a member of various professional associations including the Endocrine Society, Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) and the European Society for Endocrinology (ESE) as well as Diabetes UK. 

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Miss Laura Harrison is a leading adult and paediatric ENT surgeon based in Reading, who specialises in tinnitus, otology, ear infection, dizziness, glue ear and otosclerosis. She privately practises at The ENT Consultancy at The Forbury Clinic and her NHS base is the Royal Berkshire Hospital. 

Miss Harrison is highly qualified, with an MB BS, FRCS(ORL-HNS) and MSc. She graduated from the University of Nottingham Medical School in 2009 and then went on to complete initial surgical training in general surgery, plastic surgery and intensive care medicine at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London. 

Following this, she was appointed to the Oxford/Thames Valley training programme for ENT and undertook a fellowship in Otology. She gained experience in mastoid surgery, middle ear ossicular reconstruction, stapedotomy and auditory implantation. Here, she won the National Royal Society of Medicine Temporal Bone Dissection competition. She also worked with the paediatric ENT team in Oxford where she gained experience in the treatment of paediatric ENT conditions.

Miss Harrison is also noted for her clinical research, and alongside being awarded a distinction for her MSc in Otology and Audiology, her work has been published in various peer-reviewed journals. Furthermore she is also involved in clinical academia, and is the educational lead for the ENT department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.    

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Dr Waleed Yousef is a highly experienced consultant gynaecologist practising in Sussex Premier Health. He specialises in wide range of areas including chronic pelvic pain, endometriosis and hysterectomy, fibroids, and vaginal prolapse. 

He trained and practised in Egypt, before moving to the UK and completing specialist training at The Royal Surrey County Hospital. Dr Yousef also takes a keen interest in other areas including hysteroscopy, menopause and utero-vaginal prolapse without the use of meshes.

As well as focusing on clinical work, Mr Yousef teaches courses on hysteroscopy at both a national and international level. Additionally, he is a national trainer for outpatient operative hysteroscopy.  He is a fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists and a member of the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. 

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Mr Gerald Hackett is a leading consultant gynaecologist based in Cambridge with more than twenty years of experience. Whilst Mr Hackett cares for women with many different gynaecological conditions, he specialises in menstrual disorders, fibroids, ovarian cysts, pelvic pain and the menopause.  He has particular expertise in performing minimally-invasive procedures via hysteroscopy and laparoscopy. He is recognised by the British Menopause Society as a Menopause Specialist and Principle Trainer and oversees he NHS Menopause Clinic in Cambridge taking referrals from around the region. 

Further to his clinical commitments, Mr Hackett leads the Women's Ambulatory Services for the Cambridge University Teaching Hospitals and lectures at the University of Cambridge as well. He has been active in research, and in introducing the latest techniques and therapies in both NHS and private sectors. Having also been an obstetric specialist until recently he continues to provide medico-legal advice in this area. 

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Miss Jasdeep Gahir is a leading consultant oncoplastic breast and general surgeon in London who specialises in breast cancer surgery, oncoplastic breast reconstruction and benign breast lumps. She also holds general surgery clinics and is an expert in laparoscopic cholecystectomies, hernia and bowel disease.

Miss Gahir graduated from Leeds University in 1999 and worked in Cardiff where she completed her breast surgery training. She then moved to London and joined the Institute of Cancer Research and worked on matched pairs of primary breast cancer and distant metastasis.

Miss Gahir also worked in Birmingham, Coventry and Sandwell in both breast and general surgery before she joined the BARTS Group at the Royal London Hospital. She undertook an international fellowship in Milan at the world-renowned Institute of Umberto Veronesi.

Miss Gahir is the Lead for Education at the London Cancer and an ARCP panellist for trainees. After joining the North Middlesex Hospital, she actively set-up the oncoplastic services and performed the first breast reconstruction at this Trust in March 2014.

She is an active member of the Fancy Foundation Charity and has a long-term plan of setting up a breast charity in Kenya.

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Professor Gerald Carr-White is a leading London consultant cardiologist. He specialises in conditions of the heart, including heart failure, inherited cardiac diseases, general cardiology including the assessment of palpitations and chest pain and valvular heart disease. Professor Carr-White was the clinical lead for heart failure and inherited diseases at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, leading one of the largest services in the UK for 14 years. He is now the medical director of the cardiovascular, respiratory and critical care unit at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS trust.

After qualifying from St George’s Hospital with University of London honours in Medicine, Professor Carr-White trained in general medicine at Brompton, Hammersmith and St Mary’s hospitals before becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1996. He then obtained a PhD in the mechanics of ventricular function from Brompton Hospital in 2000, working with Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub and Dr Derek Gibson. His specialist cardiology training was at Brompton and Guy’s and St. Thomas’ hospitals. He obtained his higher certification in both cardiology and general medicine in 2006.

He has sat on the 2 main national leadership groups for cardiology, helping develop regional and national guidelines and service specifications for NHS England and is currently one of two cardiologists sitting on the pan London oversight board for strategy, patient pathways and covid management and recovery.

Professor Carr-White is currently the vice president for Cardiomyopathy UK, leading patient education events across the country, and is an elected member of the Association for Inherited Cardiac Conditions. He is the network clinical lead for both King’s Health Partners and the NHS England South London Cardiac Network, coordinating patient pathways across a population of 8 million people. He is also the HCA national lead for heart failure.

Alongside his clinical work, Dr Carr-White is a professor in heart failure and inherited diseases at King's College London, and lectures both nationally and internationally. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles in medical journals, in the fields of heart failure, inherited cardiac diseases, cardiac imaging and valve disease, and has been granted over 7 million pounds in research grant income.

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Mrs Kalpana Devalia is a leading London-based consultant bariatric surgeon, with more than 10 years of experience. Mrs Devalia practises at the Cleveland Clinic and Portland Place Outpatient Centre, both in central London. She has been a consultant surgeon at the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust since 2011. Some of her areas of expertise include bariatric (weight loss) surgery,  treatment for gallstones, acid reflux and hernia procedures.

Mrs Devalia is also an expert on Semaglutide, a medication used for pharmalogical weight loss. This treatment may be more suitable for patients who are not keen on weight loss surgery, and who suffer from at least one weight related condition. This treatment may also be exceptionally offered to people with a BMI of 30.0 kg/mg² to 34.9 kg/m². This is a part of a specialist weight management service with multidisciplinary input. 

Mrs Devalia has a special clinical interest in surgery for severe obesity, gastrointestinal surgery and advanced laparoscopic surgery. She is one of the UK’s most trusted bariatric surgeons, having performed over 1000 laparoscopic procedures over the course of her career, such laparoscopic gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy.  

Mrs Devalia has received extensive training across the UK, India and Belgium. She graduated with an MBBS from the University of Mumbai in 1989, before going on to qualify with a FRCS (Edin) at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and a FRCS (Glas) at the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow, both in 2000. Mrs Devalia then received her FRCS (Gen Surg) in 2011.

When Mrs Devalia is not treating patients, she carries out research into a wide range of bariatric treatments, and has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. She is also a faculty member for various different medical training courses and international symposiums at Homerton University Hospital. She offers a free consultation to ensure patients know the best treatment options available.

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Dr Karen Joash is an esteemed consultant gynaecologist with over 20 years of experience, practising in London. She is skilled in the treatment and management of various gynaecological issues and her areas of expertise include polycystic ovaries, premenstrual syndrome, fibroids, polyps, heavy period, and laparoscopic hysterectomies.  

Dr Joash earned a bachelor of science in biochemistry and master of science in medical biochemistry, before she graduated from Imperial College London, having successfully completed her bachelor of medicine and surgery in 2001. She completed further training as part of the London postgraduate obstetrics and gynaecology training programme. She is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and later in her career she earned a postgraduate certificate in healthcare leadership.

Dr Joash has held consultant positions at numerous, prestigious teaching hospitals in the capital. Currently, she sees patients at The Portland Hosptial, the Lindo Wing as St Mary’s Hospital, and Queen Charlotte’s Hospital. Here NHS base is the Imperial College Healthcare Trust, where she currently is the BAME network health lead. She has headed many projects at the Imperial Trust to improve the quality of the patient's experience, such as the Baby Box, an initiative that was praised nationally. Thanks to her holistic and empathetic approach and vast knowledge gained at some of the best institutions in the capital, Dr Joash is capable of providing for all women. For this, she was named the obstetrics and gynaecology consultant of the year in 2019 by the Private Healthcare Awards.  

Alongside her clinical work, Dr Joash's research interests are broad and include perinatal mental health and patient safety. She has authored several peer-reviewed publications. She is passionate about teaching and has held various positions with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, where presently she is a training evaluation committee member. Additionally, she is the head of the obstetrics and gynaecology school for Health Education England.  

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Mr Sanjay Taribagil is a highly-renowned consultant general and upper GI surgeon based in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne area. With over 20 years of experience in his field, Mr Taribagil is especially-experienced in the treatment of gallstone disease, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, groin and recurrent hernias, and appendix problems.

Mr Taribagil graduated from the University of Mumbai with an MBBS in 1991. He then continued his studies in the UK, being awarded an FRCS (Gen) from the Royal College of Surgeons in 2008, and an MD from University College London in 2013. 

Mr Taribagil currently practices at the Spire Washington Hospital. His clinical interests include all types of general and upper GI surgery, such laparoscopic and open complex hernia surgery, antireflux surgery, endoscopy, appendicectomy, and benign gastric pathology. He is also a consultant upper GI surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.

In addition to his clinical work, Mr Taribagil has also published numerous medical articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He is also a respected medical educator, and currently serves as education supervisor for foundation trainees at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.