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Dr Moira Wong is a highly accomplished orthodontist based in London, with extensive experience in all aspects of dentistry.

Dr Wong qualified from the prestigious London Hospital Medical College before going on to specialise in orthodontics. She was accepted onto the specialty training course at Guy’s hospital where she gained a master’s degree, before receiving more training at the renowned King’s College and St George’s Hospital and gaining a fellowship in orthodontics.

One of the most well-trained orthodontists in London, Dr Wong gained her experience in both the UK and the US, where she worked with the Pennstar Trauma team at the University of Pennsylvania treating gunshot victims. She later took a post as a senior house officer in the oral surgery unit at Mount Vernon Hospital and gained unique experience treating victims of a train crash.

Dr Wong later went on to establish her own dental practice, Moira Wong Orthodontics, and is highly regarded by patients and peers alike. At the cutting-edge of her field, Dr Wong can offer the best patient care and the most up-to-date treatments for adults and children alike.

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Dr Amr Salam is a highly respected Consultant Dermatologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer based in central London at the world renowned St John's Institute of Dermatology at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London. He is well recognised for his expertise in acne, eczema, psoriasis and hair loss, having completed an additional one-year specialist fellowship in Medical Dermatology. He also specialises in the treatment of skin cancer as well as skin surgery.

Dr Salam qualified in medicine from the University of Birmingham in 2011 after completing a bachelor’s degree in sports and exercise medicine from Queen Mary University of London. He then pursued specialist training in dermatology at the St John’s Institute of Dermatology in London, having been the highest ranking dermatology specialist training candidate the UK. He additionally undertook an externship within the dermatology department of the Yale New Haven Hospital, USA. In 2014, he attained membership of the Royal College of Physicians and was awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Education from King’s College London and the University of London in 2021. Dr Salam holds a number of senior positions at his NHS Trust, including Clinical Lead of the Trust’s Acute Dermatology Service and for the Southwark Community Dermatology Service. He sees private patients at the revered OneWelbeck clinic in central London’s Harley Street district.

Dr Salam is a leading name in education and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College London. He has also led Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust postgraduate distance learning education programme since 2020, developing the world's first and only distance learning qualification in specialist dermatology. He additionally holds the position of Clinical Lead for the trust’s international link with the esteemed dermatology department of Yale New Haven Hospital. He has also been actively involved in audit and improving services as well as establishing clinical guidelines in dermatology for a number of years.

Dr Salam has authored several textbook chapters and a number of academic papers which are published in international journals. He regularly reviews academic publications for esteemed journals in the field of dermatology and frequently presents at key national and international conferences.

Throughout his esteemed career, Dr Salam has been presented with many awards, including the Teaching Hero Award from Imperial College London in 2013, for outstanding contribution to student’s medical education, as well as both education and research grant awards from the St John's Dermatological Society and Alopecia UK.

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Dr Vijay Hajela is an expert consultant rheumatologist with more than 20 years of experience. He is based across the southeast in London, Brighton, and Hayward's Heath. Dr Hajela specialises in musculoskeletal pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia, gout, polymyalgia and SLE (lupus).

Dr Hajela qualified in 1990 from medical school at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Following this, he worked in hospitals across the United Kingdom and spent some time working in Auckland, New Zealand. He most recently worked as a consultant rheumatologist at University Hospitals Sussex before leaving to work in the private sector.

He has held various positions such as clinical lead for rheumatology in two hospitals, chair of a primary care musculoskeletal panel and director of medical education. In addition to his work as a consultant, he has been an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians since 2005.

In 2007, he was named the National Association of Clinical Tutors Travelling Fellow and was able to travel to North Carolina, working closely with senior medical staff at several US teaching hospitals. Furthermore, Dr Hajela spent three years as a regional chair of the British Society for Rheumatology from 2014 to 2017. He continues to teach at both an undergraduate and postgraduate level.

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Dr Nathan Anthony is a leading consultant psychiatrist based in various convenient locations in London and Kent including London Bridge, Kensington and Chelsea, St Johns Wood and the Nightingale hospital in Marylebone. He is one of the few psychiatrists also formally trained in psychotherapy and he is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of mental health conditions such as anxiety disorders (including PTSD, OCD and panic) and panic, alcohol addiction, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and eating disorders.

Dr Anthony graduated from Guy’s and St Thomas’ medical schools with an interacted degree in pathology and went on to complete extensive training in London including additional training in eating disorders and psychotherapy. Following working as a consultant in the NHS in a wide variety of community and inpatient settings he went on to start a thriving and highly regarded private practice in 2011.

Dr Anthony takes a holistic approach to care and treatment of his patients and addresses the specific issues of both male and female clients.

Dr Anthony has admitting rights (for both inpatients and daycare patients) to both the Nightingale Hospital in central London and the Priory hospitals.
 

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Professor Olaf Wendler is an internationally recognised cardiac surgeon with a wealth of experience in complex heart procedures. After completing his surgical training at the Medical School Hannover and the Heart Center Leipzig in Germany, he went on to become the Clinical Lead at the University Saarland-Germany. In 2004, he was appointed to King's College Hospital, where he held the role of Clinical Director for Cardiovascular Services from 2006 to 2012. His exceptional work led to his promotion as Professor of Cardiac Surgery at King’s College London, and in 2019, he became Chair of the Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic London.

He is renowned for his expertise in complex and repeat combined heart surgeries, including complete arterial coronary bypass surgery, thoracic aortic surgery, and minimally invasive heart surgery. He has been at the forefront of innovative treatments, including performing the UK's first transapical TAVI procedure in 2007. His patient-centered approach aims to improve outcomes and minimize the negative effects of surgery while ensuring long-term benefits for patients. With over 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals, he has also contributed to European Guidelines for the treatment of valvular heart disease and myocardial revascularisation. His work continues to have a significant impact on the advancement of cardiac surgery.

Professor Wendler is a respected member of several professional societies, including the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Britain and Ireland, where he served on the Adult Cardiac Subcommittee. He has also been actively involved in the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery and the European Society for Cardiology, where he is a Nucleus member of the ESC working group on heart valve disease. As a sought-after speaker at national and international conferences, Professor Wendler remains a key figure in the ongoing development of cardiac surgery.

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Mr Ashley Cole is a highly respected consultant orthopaedic spinal surgeon in Sheffield. He is renowned for his expertise in spinal surgery, neck surgery, sciatica and the lumbar spine. He also specialises in back pain and scoliosis.

Mr Cole qualified in medicine in 1991 from the University of Nottingham before going on to complete further training in Sheffield. During this period, he also completed several specialist fellowships in spinal surgery in Nottingham, Brisbane, Australia and the USA. Mr Cole is an appointed fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons trauma and orthopaedics section and has also completed a DM research degree at the University of Nottingham. He sees private patients at the revered Spire Claremont Hospital practising with Sheffield Orthopaedics Ltd, a highly esteemed centre for excellence in orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine.

Throughout his esteemed career, Mr Cole has held numerous senior positions and was a co-founder of NHS England’s British Spine Registry, a national database of all spinal surgical procedures. He is spinal chair of the Orthopaedic Expert Working Group and clinical lead of the Regional Spinal Networks project. In addition, he holds various key roles in esteemed professional bodies and is president elect of the British Scoliosis Society, a council member of the British Association of Clinical Anatomists and an executive committee member of both the British Association of Spinal Surgeons and the UK Spinal Societies Board.

Mr Cole has published a number of academic papers which appear in peer-reviewed academic journals. He continues to be active in research and is the chief investigator for the Bracing Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (BASIS) study funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

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Dr Aarohee Desai-Gupta is a distinguished consultant psychiatrist based in London. She is an expert in transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), ADHD, mood disorders, personality disorders, and anxiety.

Dr Desai-Gupta qualified in medicine at the University of Mumbai, India in 2002, before relocating to the UK to obtain her certification of completion of training in general adult psychiatry. She completed her training at a range of psychiatric settings across the UK, including at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, and with training schemes in north London and central and north Manchester. During this period, she also undertook the Royal College of Psychiatry’s residency program, later earning membership of the College, and a Master's degree in psychiatry from the University of Manchester.

Dr Desai-Gupta serves as clinical director and consultant psychiatrist at Atrom Mindcare Holistic Psychiatric Clinic, a leading clinic specialising in state-of-the-art treatment of depression and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), amongst others, through transcranial magnetic stimulation. In addition, she sees private patients at the Priory Hospital North London.

Beyond her clinical responsibilities, Dr Desai-Gupta is actively involved in education, serving as a highly-experienced trainer in psychiatry. She has formerly held positions as an educational supervisor and tutor for psychiatric trainees and medical students at London and Manchester universities. She is also a health assessor and medical supervisor with the General Medical Council.

Dr Desai-Gupta formerly served as a consultant psychiatrist an associate medical director at North East London NHS Foundation Trust, where she founded the ‘In-Sync’ multi-professional simulation training program in psychiatry. This project won the ‘Most Innovative Training of the Year Award’ in 2017 from University College London Partners in 2017. In addition, Dr Desai-Gupta established an acute in-patient unit, Blake ward, at the Priory Hospital in Enfield which opened in 2020. She is a member of the International Clinical Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (CTMS) Society and a registered media spokesperson with the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

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Ms Rhonda Flemming is an experienced consultant gynaecologist and obstetrician at London Gynaecology, seeing patients at various locations including The Portland Hospital, where she serves as the early pregnancy lead. She is also working for the NHS at Whittington Hospital in London, where she holds the role of ambulatory gynaecology lead.

Ms Flemming earned her primary medical degree from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica in 1995. With comprehensive education and training, she is skilled in general gynaecology, including fibroid management, postmenopausal bleeding, pelvic pain, polycystic ovarian syndrome irregularities, and early fertility care. Her specialisation lies in early pregnancy care, hysteroscopy, emergency gynaecology, and advanced labour ward procedures.

Alongside patient care, Ms Flemming is dedicated to educating and mentoring medical students and junior doctors.

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Dr Farhan Shahid is a distinguished consultant interventional cardiologist based in Birmingham. His areas of expertise include chest pain, microvascular angina, palpitations, shortness of breath, syncope, cardiac arrhythmia, valvular heart disease, hypertension, heart attack, and heart failure. Dr Shahid consults privately at The Harborne Hospital.

Further to his main areas of expertise, Dr Shahid is highly proficient in complex PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) procedures, utilising orbital atherectomy, rotablation, and intravascular lithotripsy techniques to treat coronary artery disease. Additionally, he has also developed a specialist interest in echocardiography, intravascular ultrasound, and optical coherence tomography.

Dr Shahid is highly qualified, with an MBBS from the University of London and an intercalated BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science from King’s College London. He then undertook cardiology training across renowned institutions in London, Manchester, Cardiff, and Swansea, before going on to complete a prestigious fellowship in complex PCI at The Royal Freeman Hospital. Dr Shahid also holds a PhD in atrial fibrillation from the University of Birmingham.

Dr Shahid has participated in multiple national and international clinical trials and his research has been published in scientific peer-reviewed journals. He holds the esteemed MRCP from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and also holds memberships to various other professional organisations, including the British Cardiac Society, the British Cardiovascular Interventional Society, and the British Society of Echocardiography.

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Dr Sushen Bhattacharyya is an award-winning consultant physician and geriatrician based in London. He specialises in general medicine, geriatric medicine and perioperative medicine alongside orthopaedic medicine, syncope (fainting) and dementia. Dr Bhattacharyya practices privately at BMI The Clementine Churchill Hospital, St John & St Elizabeth Hospital and for the London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow. 

Dr Bhattacharyya's work in acute and general medicine for adults goes alongside his significant work in geriatric medicine, where he takes a holistic approach to the management of multiple and complex chronic medical conditions. This includes drop attacks, frailty and falls as well as pre and post-operative assessment and stroke rehabilitation. His other interests include cardiovascular problems, including hypertension, heart failure and cardio-neurovascular syndrome. 

He is is renowned for his inclusive style of treatment, encouraging patients and their families to get involved in their care while understanding the importance of timely communication for effective management. 

Dr Bhattacharyya leads the industry-leading orthogeriatrics services of his NHS trust and has received NHS Clinical Excellence Awards for his expert practice. His expertise was fostered by an impressive educational base, with gold medals in his MBBS in Medicine and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (DTM&H) from the University of Calcutta, India.

He has also been decorated for his educational work, which currently sees him in the role of course director for the IMPACT course of his NHS trust and has received excellence awards in teaching by Imperial College London. Dr Bhattacharyya also continues to actively teach and train undergraduate and postgraduate medical students. 

Further to his top clinical practice and medical education awards, Dr Bhattacharyya has been recognised by Imperial College London for innovation, research & development. Dr Bhattacharyya is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and the British Medical Association (BMA). 

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