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Dr Karen Breen is an experienced and renowned consultant haematologist practising at her private clinics in London. Her specialties include thrombosis, obstetric haematology, and clotting, bleeding, and platelet disorders. Currently, Dr Breen is practising at Guys' Hospital, a private healthcare clinic of Guys' and St Thomas' NHS Trust, in addition to London Bridge Hospital.

Dr Breen completed her basic medical training whilst in Ireland, achieving her MB BCh in 2000. She later received her membership with the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland before eventually receiving her fellowship with the Royal College of Pathology. Dr Breen received her postgraduate haematology speciality training mostly in Ireland. She later relocated to London to complete research on antiphospholipid syndrome which led to her receiving an MD in 2015.

Over the years, Dr Breen has maintained a strong interest in her research. She continues to conduct research on antiphospholipid syndrome and thrombosis. Presently, she is involved in several current clinical trials and translational research. Dr Breen has had her work published in various peer-reviewed journals. On a regular basis, Dr Breen lectures both nationally and internationally.

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Dr Anthony Li is a distinguished and honoured consultant cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist in the South London and Surrey areas. His focuses are treating a variety of heart rhythm issues, with expertise in ventricular arrhythmias, ectopic beats, and ventricular tachycardia.

During his educational and training years, Dr Li was motivated, inspired, and succeeded with honours at every level. After his years in training, he made his way to prominent UCLA cardiac arrhythmia centre in Los Angeles to work with leaders in the field and learn innovative treatments and techniques. While in residency, Dr Li was part of a team that published the internationally recognised 'Journal of the American College of Cardiology for Electrophysiology' (JACC EP). 

After starting his consultation position at St George's Hospital in 2017, he established a new treatment at the facility for refractory ventricular tachycardia called neuromodulation. Efforts such as this have contributed to Dr Li's participation in the hospital. He is also involved in a highly specialised programme for ventricular arrhythmia management, where he and other doctors offer new therapies for complex arrhythmia cases.

Dr Li is committed to his patients wholeheartedly; his dedication goes beyond the patient room. British Heart Foundation magazine 'Heart Matters', a valuable source for cardiac patients of all kinds, regularly has Dr Li featured. Additionally, British Heart Foundation leaflets, animations, illustrations, etc. are reviewed by Dr Li for patient content. 

In addition to St George's Hospital, London Bridge Hospital, and Spire St Anthony's Hospital, Dr Li holds clinics at Queen Mary's Hospital.

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Mr Stefano Giuliani is one of London's leading paediatric surgeons working at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. He is an expert in neonatal, gastrointestinal, oncologic and minimally invasive surgery for children.

Mr Giuliani qualified as a specialist Paediatric surgeon in 2006 at the University of Padova, Italy. Then he worked for four years with world-renowned surgeons at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles (USA) achieving excellent skills in the most complex cases in the field of Paediatric Surgery. Mr Giuliani has been a consultant paediatric surgeon since 2008 and he moved to London in 2011. Currently working across prestigious hospitals in Central London, including Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, The Portland Hospital for Women and Children and The Harley Street Clinic.

Mr Giuliani has a license to practice in the UK, Italy, and the USA. This international background makes him an experienced paediatric surgeon aware of the latest and most advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques (laparoscopy and thoracoscopy) in the field. 

Mr Giuliani holds a PhD in Developmental Biology and he is Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London (UCL). He directs a successful research team aiming to advance the field of Neonatal and Paediatric surgery. He has published extensively in famous international peer-reviewed journals and presented his research at international meetings all around the world.

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Dr Jonathan Behar is an award winning consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist with over 15 years of experience based in London. He primarily practises at the renowned One Heart Clinic Marylebone and One Heart Clinic Highgate, in collaboration with Highgate Hospital. He also practises at London Bridge Hospital. Dr Behar sees patients with a range of cardiac complaints including palpitations, dizziness, blackouts, chest pain and breathlessness.

He performs catheter ablations for a range of arrhythmias with a particular interest in new technologies for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. He is highly experienced in the implantation of cardiac devices (pacemakers, defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation therapy) including the latest, miniaturised leadless pacemakers. He also regularly sees patients with a range of general cardiology problems including high blood pressure, high cholesterol and cardiovascular risk factor optimisation.
 
Dr Behar undertook his inital medical studies (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) at the prestigious Royal Free and University College Medical School in 2006. Following this, he pursued a post graduate certificate in internal medicine as part of The Royal College of Physicians and was awarded a PhD in Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering from King’s College London in 2017.
 
He is devoted to continually improving his skills and has sucessfully completed training in cardiac rhythm management, which he pursued at Barts Heart Centre. He is an International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners recognised certified cardiac devices specialist and a certified electrophysiology specialist.
 
Dr Baher is truly invested in medical education. He is an honorary & adjunct senior clinical lecturer at King's College London and previously held the role of honorary clinical lecturer in clinical innovation at Queen Mary University of London. In addition, he was awarded a highly prestigious Health Education England Topol Digital Fellowship in 2022 for his work on digital consent.

He has been nominated for and received numerous awards, including an Excellence in Patient Care Award from The Royal College of Physicians in 2021. He is a member of multiple medical organisations, including The Royal Colleges of Physicians and European Heart Rhythm Association.

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Mr Kunal Hinduja is a highly-experienced and respected orthopaedic hand and wrist surgeon based in Greater Manchester, Stockport and London, who specialises in carpal tunnel syndrome, Dupuytren's contracture and trigger finger alongside osteoarthritis and hand and wrist fractures. He privately practises at The Highfield Hospital, The Alexandra Hospital and Prime Health Manchester as well as Ten Harley Street Medical Consulting Rooms, Harley Street, London and Wilmslow Hospital. His NHS base is Stepping Hill Hospital for Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. 

Mr Hinduja offers skilled and quality care, providing the latest clinical hand and wrist surgery advice, practise and treatment to patients throughout Manchester and the north west of England. He's committed to working with patients on every step of their treatment journey, from their initial consultation to examination, treatment and aftercare. 

Mr Hinduja has an impressive educational history, with MB ChB from the University of Manchester and an ​MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering from the University of Liverpool (2008), as well as an MRCS and FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons. He also undertook two international fellowships, including one at the SS Institute of Orthopaedic Trauma in Mangalore, India.   

Mr Hinduja takes a keen interest in teaching, he is the lead clinician for hand surgery teaching in the north west and also mentors medical school students at various stages in their educational careers. His work is widely published in peer-reviewed journals and he is regularly invited to speak at national and international conferences.

He is a member of various respected professional organisations including the British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS), British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) and Manchester Medical Society (MMS) alongside the British Trauma Society (BTS), British Hand Society (BHS) and the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS, FRCS).  In addition to his surgical work, Mr Hinduja acts as an expert witness in medical negligence cases and provides medico-legal reports for both claimants and defendants.

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Miss Velloor Jayshree Menon is a highly experienced consultant ophthalmologist based in Kettering. She specialises in cataract surgery, lid and lacrimal surgery, glaucoma, medical retina and age-related macular degeneration. She also has a special interest in treating diseases of the eyelids and lacrimal system as well as periocular cancers.

She trained as a registrar at Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre and has completed fellowships in Oculoplastics at Queens Medical Centre Nottingham as well as at Birmingham Midland Eye Centre. She has also has subspecialist training in Medical Retina. 

Miss Menon is the clinical lead at Kettering General Hospital. Additionally, she organises and hosts the annual Kettering Eye Meeting - a scientific seminar for ophthalmologists which is recognised as a CME event by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

In addition to her consultancy position, she is passionate about education and is both an instructor at the Nottingham Cadaveric Course and educational and clinical supervisor for trainees in the East Midlands. Moreover, she is a member of the British Oculoplastic Surgeons Society and the Midland Oculoplastic Surgeons society.

 

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Mr David Elson is a leading consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in knee conditions and knee surgery. He aims to take time assessing the problem for each individual patient, in order to provide bespoke treatment options, leading to the best possible patient outcomes. Mr Elson holds private clinics at Cobalt Hospital in Silverlink, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Mr Elson attends to the needs of adult patients as well as children above the age of 12.

Mr Elson will explore the possibility of biological alternatives to knee replacement. This joint preserving or biological knee surgery may include knee arthroscopy; meniscal surgery (such as resection or repair, or in some cases meniscal transplantation); knee osteotomy to straighten your leg; ligament reconstruction to stabilise your knee (such as ACL reconstruction or ACL repair), in a few cases knee cartilage replacement surgery may be possible. In advanced arthritis, Mr Elson performs partial knee replacement and total knee replacement.

Mr Elson has contributed to his field via medical research, with over 20 publications in the medical literature; the majority concerning knee surgery - particularly knee osteotomy and knee pain. This research has been presented on national and international stages.  

Mr Elson is the Chairman of the United Kingdom Knee Osteotomy Registry, established to further human understanding of knee osteotomy as a powerful treatment option. He is co-convener of the Northern Osteotomy Masterclass, which has become the largest cadaveric knee osteotomy course in the world, educating other surgeons on the safest and best techniques to perform knee osteotomy.

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Dr Brijesh Anantharam is an esteemed consultant interventional cardiologist at the Queen Alexandra Hospital. He specialises in coronary angioplasty, chest pain, palpitations, heart failure, arrhythmia and hypertension.
 
Dr Anantharam completed his cardiology training in Leicester and has been serving as a consultant in cardiology at Portsmouth since 2017. He underwent an interventional fellowship in Ottawa, Canada, focusing on advanced coronary intervention techniques. His particular interest lies in percutaneous coronary intervention (angioplasty), especially in treating chronically occluded arteries. Dr Anantharam is keen on incorporating new technologies in his cardiology practice.
 
He holds a Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery and is a member of the Royal College of Physicians (London). His qualifications and experience reflect his dedication to providing quality care, and he actively stays updated on the latest technologies in the field of cardiology.

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Dr Samer Al-Sabbagh is a highly experienced consultant physician, diabetologist and endocrinologist at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital and OSD Healthcare. His areas of expertise include thyroid gland disorders, adrenal disorders, diabetes, gonads and pituitary gland disease.

Dr Al-Sabbagh graduated from Damascus Medical School and completed post-graduate training in general medicine at Damascus University Hospitals. He then went on to research diabetic foot disease with Professor Andrew Boulton at Manchester Infirmary, before specialising in GIM, diabetes and endocrinology at Ipswich and Cambridge University Hospitals. He had his first consultant post at West Hertfordshire NHS Trust before moving to Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Trust. He joined East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust in 2011.

Alongside his private practice, Dr Al-Sabbagh is currently the lead for diabetic feet, endocrine oncology and hyponatraemia for East and North Hertfordshire Trust and he is actively involved in teaching. Dr Al-Sabbagh has special interests in new therapies and technologies in diabetes and endocrine care and is a core member of the diabetes and endocrine outreach team who has recently won the national QiC award for best inpatient initiative in diabetes.

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Dr Anshuman Malaviya is a Consultant Rheumatologist and is Clinical Lead of the rheumatology department at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. He specialises in the diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, cancer immunotherapy-associated arthritis and manages patients with osteoporosis, vasculitis, fibromyalgia, and lupus .

Dr Malaviya qualified in 1998. Having done an MD and trained in general medicine as a junior doctor, he went on to do specialist training in rheumatology in the East of England. During this time, he spent 2 years in Cambridge and gained considerable clinical trial experience. He completed his specialist training in rheumatology and general medicine in 2012. He subsequently became a substantive NHS consultant at Mid Essex Hospital Trust in Chelmsford in 2012. Since 2017 he has been a consultant rheumatologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where in addition to general clinics he also runs an Early Arthritis Clinic.

Dr Malaviya has gained considerable clinical experience during his time as a consultant, managing complex musculoskeletal disease and has developed an appreciation of the psychosocial impact chronic disease and pain has on the lives of both patients and their families. There is growing evidence that many autoimmune diseases present in clusters across various body systems such as the gut, the spine and the joints. Therefore, he takes a holistic approach - taking into account the body as a whole - when making his diagnoses and offering treatments. He strongly believes that appropriate early intervention can prevent long term chronic disease and disability.

Dr Malaviya is currently Clinical Lead of the Department of Rheumatology at Addenbrooke's Hospital. Over his career, he has won various awards including the Clinical Excellence Award Trust in 2014 and his rheumatology research team in Chelmsford won the CLRN Award for Best Research Team.   He also routinely publishes in peer-reviewed journals.

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