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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 Shah Punwar is a leading consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in London who specialises in hip and knee surgery, performing (both partial and total) hip and knee replacement, knee arthroscopy, ACL reconstruction, and meniscal surgery procedures. With over 20 years’ experience, he is also an expert in sports knee injuries.

Mr Punwar, who is part of the renowned London International Patient Services group, consults privately at The Blackheath Hospital and The Sloane Hospital. His NHS base is Lewisham and Greenwich, where he is also clinical director. In addition to these roles, Mr Punwar also holds an honorary consultant post at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

Mr Punwar qualified from Imperial College London in 2001, with an MBBS and an intercalated BSc in Neuroscience. After basic surgical training in London and Kent, Mr Punwar completed five years of orthopaedic and trauma higher specialist training on the prestigious Bristol rotation, as well as a year of specialist arthroplasty training at the Avon Orthopaedic Centre. In 2013, Mr Punwar was awarded an AOA-accredited fellowship in complex hip and knee arthroplasty and sports injury in Perth, Western Australia.

He is a member of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine since 2007 and a fellow of both the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Higher Education Academy. He practised in Devon for four years before he was appointed as a consultant knee surgeon at University Hospital Lewisham in 2019.

Alongside a Diploma in Sports Medicine, Mr Punwar has a postgraduate certificate in medical education, and clinical research work published in peer-reviewed journals. He is also an honorary senior lecturer at King’s College London and a GMC-accredited trainer on the specialist register.

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Mr Mo Akhavani is a highly skilled plastic surgeon based in London. An advocate of innovative quality with over 15 years of experience, he specialises in all aspects of aesthetic, plastic and reconstructive surgery, and currently operates at the Royal Free London NHS Trust and Harley Street Clinic in London. His main subspecialties include breast augmentation, liposuction, skin cancer, hand surgery, and labiaplasty, but to mention a few. 

Mr Akhavani achieved a BSc in 1998 and completed an MBBS in medicine in 1999, both from the University of London. He completed extensive training in London, Rio de Janeiro, Manchester, Toronto, Shreveport, and New York, while working under some of the most respected names globally. Mr Akhavani is one of the few plastic surgeons in the UK to hold both the British and European diplomas in hand surgery. 

Mr Akhavani was responsible for pioneering the ‘BEST’ body contouring technique. Impressively, he has won several prestigious awards to-date, including the Hunterian Professorship for his research in plastic surgery. Mr Akhavani's research has been widely published in both books and peer-reviewed journals and he is frequently invited to lecture both nationally and internationally. His current research interests include limb transplants.  

He is the chairman of the Body Contouring committee of BAPRAS, and in 2022 was appointed to the court of examiners for the coveted FRCS(Plast) examination for a period of five years. In 2021, Mr Akhavani was named by Tatler magazine as one of the top 40 cosmetic surgeons in the “Beauty and Cosmetic Surgery Guide”. 

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Mr Jonathan Wright is a highly regarded consultant paediatric orthopaedic and limb reconstruction surgeon who specialises in paediatric orthopaedics, limb deformities, limb lengthening, bow legs, skeletal dysplasia, abnormal gait, paediatric knee, and disorders of the foot including flat feet, and foot fractures. He is, at present, practising at The Portland Hospital. 

Mr Wright obtained his medical degree at University College London in 2006 before going on to successfully complete two international fellowships, firstly at the Ilizarov Scientific Centre for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopaedics in Kurgan, Russia, where he worked on the use of circular fixators for deformity correction and limb lengthening. Subsequently, he then undertook higher surgical training in London before embarking on a 12-month fellowship in paediatric orthopaedics at the Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand.

Mr Wright's main research interests include paediatric congenital and acquired deformity along with outcomes and registry data in limb reconstruction. He has, to date, published multiple scientific papers and book chapters in various orthopaedic textbooks.

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Ms Johanna Thomas is a distinguished consultant urologist based in Reading. She has a specialist interest in paediatric urology and is vastly experienced in treating conditions such as undescended testicles, foreskin disorders in children and paediatric hernia.
 
Ms Thomas completed her medical qualifications at Imperial College Medical School, University of London, graduating with a distinction, as well as the Glazer Prize in surgery. She then went on to become a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2005. In 2015 she was awarded her FRCS Urol, after completing her training in paediatric urology at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
 
Ms Thomas’ has conducted, published and presented extensive research in the field of urology, for which she has been recognised in the UK as well as internationally.
 
In 2018 she became the first female consultant urologist to be appointed by the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

Her other areas of expertise include urinary tract stones, urinary infections and laser lithotripsy.

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Ms Anila Mistry is a highly revered specialist optometrist who specialises in assessing eyes, including cataracts, glaucoma, cornea, macular degeneration and external eye disease, dry eyes, eyelid disorders, and myopia. She currently practises at the renowned Safarian & Simon Opticians clinic in London.

Ms Mistry, who possesses a special interest in dry eye management using the latest innovative technology including Meibomian gland probing, IPL and low-level light therapy, is a keen advocate of early myopia management through myopia management glasses and contact lenses. She obtained a BOptom in optometry from the Anglia Ruskin University in 2003, and would later go on to successfully become MECS-accredited in 2021 in relation to pre-cataract assessments and post-cataract care.

She is known for her compassionate approach to patient care and her ability to provide personalised treatment plans that cater to each patient’s unique needs. Her expertise in the field of optometry has made her a sought-after consultant in the industry, and she has been involved in providing dynamic eye care at Safarian and Simon opticians.

Ms Mistry is passionate about educating people on the importance of eye health through the advanced technology at Safarian and Simon. She regularly participates in community outreach programs to raise awareness about eye diseases and their prevention. She is also a member of several professional organisations, including the Association of Optometrists, the College of Optometrists, and the British Contact Lens Association.

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Mr Michael Stechman is an experienced endocrine and general surgeon based in Cardiff. He currently sees patients at Spire Hospital Cardiff and performs keyhole surgery for groin and abdominal hernia and gallstones, as well as thyroid and parathyroid surgery.

His specialist interest is endocrine surgery (surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands), which includes thyroid surgery for thyroid cancer and benign thyroid lumps, overactive thyroid disease, and parathyroid removal for high blood calcium. Please check with your GP in case they advise you to see an endocrinologist rather than an endocrine and thyroid surgeon.

He is also an experienced general surgeon including day case keyhole gallbladder and hernia surgery.

Mr Stechman undertook his higher surgical training in Oxford where he completed an MD with the Molecular Endocrinology group and a national Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) Fellowship in endocrine surgery. He has previously been the Quality and Safety Lead for General surgery on the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. In addition to his clinical work, he is also Director of Year five for the Medicine MBBCh course at Cardiff University Medical School, which allows him to train and assess medical students as they prepare to become junior doctors. He is the current honorary secretary of the British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons (BAETS), the national society that represents thyroid surgeons in the UK.

He has co-authored more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to several chapters in surgical textbooks. Mr Stechman has also co-hosted a webinar series on endocrine surgery topics in collaboration with the Royal College of Surgeons and BAETS.

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Dr Sukhjinder Nijjer is a leading consultant cardiologist at the One Heart Clinic in London, who specialises in heart disease, hypertension, heart palpitations, angina, shortness of breath and lipid disorders. He is a world-renowed expert in Cardiology and published extensively in the field. Dr Nijjer is the President of Cardiology at the Royal Society of Medicine. He is also the Communications lead of British Cardiovascular Intervention Society. Dr Nijjer combines his knowledge and expertise to provide individualised care to patients for their specific problems. 

Dr Nijjer is a Consultant Cardiologist specialising in Cardiovascular Intervention and works at two major London NHS Trusts - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust. He treats all aspects of Cardiac problems and runs both general and specialist clinics. He treats heart attack patients as part of the primary angioplasty service.

Dr Nijjer graduated from the University of Bristol with his honours in medicine in 2004. He was awarded a first-class honours degree in pharmacology, which was supported by the prestigious Wolfson Award from the Royal College of Physicians. Dr Nijjer undertook his specialist training at the Hammersmith, Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals.

Dr Nijjer is committed to improving the treatment of patients through the development and application of new medical technologies. His PhD and ongoing research program has involved the development of new techniques to measure blood flow in coronary arteries with blockages. His PhD was awarded by Imperial College London and was supported by the prestigious Medical Research Council.

While undertaking his PhD, he worked within a highly-renowned team to pioneer the use of iFR and iFR-pullback to better treat coronary blockages. iFR and iFR-Scout are now used in thousands of patients around the world and iFR has recently been called the new gold standard by the New England Journal of Medicine. The technology has now been tested in two major randomised controlled studies - some of the biggest in the field and is part of ongoing new major trials. 

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Mr Ian Ambrose is a highly skilled consultant ophthalmologist with a wealth of experience in the field. His expertise lies in glaucoma surgery and complex cataract surgery. He also specialises in glaucoma, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, laser eye surgery, and selective laser trabeculoplasty. 

Mr Ambrose graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2009, where he was notably awarded an exhibition scholarship prize. His commitment to excellence began early in his career. He completed his training as an ophthalmologist in the Wessex region, gaining comprehensive knowledge and skills in eye care.

As the glaucoma service lead for Hampshire Hospitals NHS trust, he plays a pivotal role in managing glaucoma services across the region. He is a clinical supervisor and regularly trains junior surgeons in both glaucoma and cataract surgery. His surgical skills extend to complex procedures such as trabeculectomy, aqueous shunt devices, and micro-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS). Mr Ambrose’s low complication rate during surgery sets him apart. His cataract surgery complication rate is significantly lower than national statistics, even with patients at increased surgical risk. 

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Dr Anshumen Bhagat is a highly esteemed GP based in London. With more than 20 years of experience, he specialises in providing a wide range of health and care services, including general GP appointments, blood tests, ECG, women's health, health check-ups, ultrasound, X-rays and cancer screening, amongst many others. Dr Bhagat prioritises fast access private consultations and health screening packages for his patients, ensuring they receive prompt care with expert medical advice. He runs a full diagnostic centre with a cardiac suite, offering echocardiograms and ECGs. In addition, he offers Botox treatments as part of his daily practice. 

Dr Bhagat qualified in medicine from University College London in 2002, before going on to pursue further training, including a diploma from the Faculty of Family Planning and membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2005. In combination with his work as a GP at various NHS practices in London, he undertook a number of senior roles, including clinical commissioning director of Endfield Primary Care Trust and clinical lead with NHS North Central London, amongst others. Dr Bhagat has also completed a masters level diploma in advanced commissioning and University College London Partner’s primary care mental health leadership programme. At the forefront of integrating technology and medicine, Dr Bhagat has served as IT and digital innovation lead with the Endfield Care Network for several years. In 2015, he founded GPDQ (GP Delivered Quickly), a highly respected family medicine practice, dedicated to ensuring quick access to expert medical care. He continues to serve as GPDQ’s chief medical officer in addition to his day to day responsibilities as a revered principal GP, providing wide ranging health and care services. Dr Bhagat sees private patients at GP Medic and the London Diagnostics Centre.

Dr Bhagat is renowned for his outstanding contributions to the medical field, specifically his dedicated work to reduce NHS waiting lists through the use of digital technology, in addition to his raising awareness of the mental health challenges faced by GPs. In recognition of this, he was listed in Pulse magazine’s prestigious ‘Power 50’ list in both 2018 and 2019, and was highlighted as the 20th most influential GP in the UK. Dr Bhagat also holds professional memberships in a number of prominent bodies, including the British Medical Association, the General Medical Council, and the Medical Defence Union.

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