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Dr Olga Kapellou is a renowned Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist operating in the London area. Her areas of expertise include general paediatrics, newborn physical examinations, child constipation and diarrhoea, rashes in babies and coughing and breathing problems. She is also an expert in preterm and term neonatal brain injury as well as follow-up after complicated pregnancies.

Dr Kapellou graduated from the National Capodistrian University of Athens in 1995. She then was awarded an MD by Imperial College London and went on to specialise in some of the UK’s most prestigious teaching hospitals, including Great Ormond Street, St Mary’s and Hammersmith.

She has an active research interest in preterm and term brain injury, therapeutic hypothermia for perinatal asphyxia and neurodevelopmental outcomes. Her publications on the effects of prematurity on brain growth and development have been cited extensively.

As well as being a skilled consultant, Dr Kapellou is a Neonatal Life Support instructor and Unicef trained breastfeeding specialist and uses the Griffiths Neurodevelopmental Scales to track infant development in outpatient clinics. She is a highly-trained and knowledgeable professional, who offers the best possible care using the most up-to-date techniques.

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Dr Ian Arnott is a revered consultant gastroenterologist in Edinburgh specialising in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), video capsule endoscopy, colonoscopy, gastrscopy, diarrhoea, constipation, and abdominal pain. 

Dr Arnott attended St Andrews and Manchester universities and underwent gastroenterology training in South East Scotland. Once finishing this in 2004, Dr Arnott travelled to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as the blinder fellow in the David Geffen School of Medicine. He is on the specialist register for gastroenterology in the UK.

He has a number of active research projects. Whilst training, Dr Arnott completed and MD assessing prognostic aspects of inflammatory bowel disease. Other areas of study include the genetics of IBD, acute severe ulcerative colitis, novel serological markers in Crohn's disease, the role of biological therapies in clinical practice, and many more. He has written more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and contributed chapters to field-related books. Additionally, Dr Arnott has been involved in a variety of multi-centre clinical trials at the initiation and completion stages.

Dr Arnott also has a significant interest in the development of IBD services and quality of care. He was clinical director of the UK IBD audit for 10 years. This national audit assessed the quality of care of over 20,000 people with IBD and had driven care standards since. He also sits on the IBD UK, the national group that defines standards of care for IBD in the UK and is the IBD lead for the Modernising Patient Pathways programme in Scotland. He is a physician advisor for the national charity Crohn's and Colitis UK.

Additionally, the University of Edinburgh has made him an honorary senior lecturer. Dr Arnott has undertaken medicolegal work for more than 10 years, where he has an act in equal proportions for the defence and the prosecution on aspects of luminal gastroenterology and only what he is involved with on a day to day basis in clinical practice.

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Dr Kate Du Toit is an HCPC registered counselling psychologist and chartered member and associate fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS) in London. Dr Du Toit is an experienced clinician who for the past 10 years has worked with a wide range of client groups across a variety of settings including the NHS, private, and charity sectors as well as organisational settings. Her clinical expertise and interests are focused on, but not limited to, trauma, anxiety, depression, meaninglessness, attachment and relational difficulties, emotional regulation, life transitions, sexuality, and gender identity issues. In addition to individual psychotherapy, Dr Du Toit also works extensively with couples, families, and groups.
 
Dr Du Toit's approach is drawn from existential, humanistic, and psychodynamic schools of thought. An integrative practitioner, she utilises these approaches flexibly in accordance with the subjective needs and difficulties of each of her clients, with therapeutic efforts collaboratively tailored around the individual experiences of her clients’. Her style of working is dialogical and interactive in nature, taking into consideration a holistic understanding of each person’s unique predicament in terms of past experiences, present situation and future ambitions, and the ways in which their dilemma manifests itself on an emotional, embodied, and relational level.
 
At the heart of Dr Du Toit’s clinical practice is the underlying philosophical view that the success of any therapeutic work fundamentally rests upon the quality of the therapeutic relationship. With this in mind, her therapeutic stance is always aimed at facilitating a genuine, honest, and real engagement with her clients founded upon trust, care and openness that allows for exploration of personal and sensitive issues within a safe and confidential therapeutic space. Through collaborative engagement, Dr Du Toit’s therapeutic endeavors are aimed at addressing and examining the nature and function of her clients’ concerns in a way that fosters increased awareness and self-understanding and cultivates motivation and efficacy in being able to move forward with a renewed sense of passion and purpose in living an authentic and empowered life.
 
In addition to Dr Du Toit’s clinical training and expertise, she is also an experienced supervisor and trainer and a recognized fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has spent several years working in academia on doctoral trainings in counselling psychology and psychotherapy, including leadership roles, teaching and training, clinical supervision, research, and viva-voce examinations. Dr Du Toit has comprehensive knowledge and deep passion for existential, phenomenological, and postmodern philosophies, as well as their application to clinical practice. Dr Du Toit is particularly interested in research topics that seek to question or challenge the prevailing medical discourse, in addition to topics that involve giving voice to oppressed or marginalized groups, themes of embodiment, intersubjectivity, gender and sexuality, and the use of creativity and arts in therapeutic practice. She is a member of the Society for Existential Analysis (SEA) and holds a certificate in Clinical Supervision and Existential Coaching.

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Mr Danny Morrison is a highly respected consultant ophthalmic surgeon based in London who specialises in paediatric ophthalmology and oculoplastic surgery for adults. He is expert in eyelid repair and lacrimal surgery and also specialises in treatment for ptosis (droopy eye) and squints (strabismus).

Mr Morrison was awarded a first-class honours degree and also completed his basic medical training at The University of Sheffield. Following his specialist training in ophthalmology, he was appointed as a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in 1995. He was awarded an MD from the University of Edinburgh in 2002 and whilst preparing his thesis, Mr Morrison worked on a research project for Scotland’s Department of Health related to congenital eye malformations. He later undertook a fellowship in ophthalmic plastic surgery at London's renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital and a further fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital and King’s College Hospitals in paediatric ophthalmology. He was appointed as a full-time consultant ophthalmic surgeon within Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in 2005.  Mr Morrison currently sees patients in private practice at various locations in London.

Mr Morrison is a leading name in ophthalmic education and is honorary senior lecturer at King's College London and chairman for admissions at Guys’ Medical School, King’s Medical School and St Thomas’ Medical School. He has authored numerous academic publications and also reviews several highly-esteemed journals including The British Journal of Ophthalmology. He regularly presents at national and international meetings of colleagues and is regarded as an expert in the field of ophthalmology.

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Mr Makarand Tare is an exceptionally skilled consultant plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgeon. His extensive training and pursuits of further knowledge have taken him to Mumbai, Italy, Spain, Africa, the US and the UK.

Mr Tare performs a multitude of plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic procedures. He regularly provides breast surgeries (e.g. breast augmentation, uplift and reduction), as well as abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), liposuction and arm lift. Furthermore, he provides malignant skin cancer excision.
 
He also provides surgery for the face. This broad list of facial surgeries includes rhinoplasty (nose jobs), facelift, eyelid surgery, and ear pinning. Additionally, he is an expert in hand surgery. Patients seek his precision and skill for procedures such as Dupuytren’s contracture and carpal tunnel syndrome on a regular basis. He underwent full training on hand surgery during a fellowship a St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, which is located in Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford.
 
Research is another aspect of Mr Tare’s medical career. His work has been published in renowned peer-reviewed journals, he has written book chapters and regularly presents his clinical work at international conferences. Furthermore, he is passionate about the teaching and training of future specialists.
 
Above all, Mr Tare believes in providing the best possible outcome for all patients. His approach is based on honesty, integrity and transparency, providing patients with a safe and personalised experience.

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Mr Ahmed-Ramadan Sadek is a consultant neurosurgeon and spinal surgeon in London who specialises in complex spinal surgery. His areas of interest include spinal stenosis, sciatica, minimally invasive spinal surgery, and back and neck pain. Mr Sadek is a member of London International Patient Services (LIPS)

Mr Sadek completed the Sir Hugh Cairns combined orthopaedic and neurosurgical complex spinal fellowship at the Royal London Hospital. Prior to this he was an academic Walport trainee in Wessex. He held the Jason Brice Fellowship in Neurosurgical research during which he spent a year at the Universitatklinikum Bonn in Germany. He was awarded a doctorate in 2005 from the MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology unit at the University of Oxford.

Mr Sadek has an academic interest in spinal pathology and has published over 30 research studies and numerous book chapters. His research has featured on the front cover of an international journal and he has presented his work at conferences globally.

Mr Sadek approaches spinal problems from all angles utilising the multidisciplinary approach to achieve the best possible results for patients. He works very closely with orthopaedic spinal surgeons, pain specialists and physiotherapists.

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Mr Rohit Madhav is a highly experienced consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon who has undergone specialist training both in the UK and internationally in complex foot and ankle surgery. He has over eight years of experience at University College London Hospitals NHS Trust and has treated many professional and amateur athletes and dancers.

Notably, he is a former founding partner of the London Orthopaedic Clinic and has a well-established private practice in Central London.Throughout his long and varied medical career, he has gained considerable knowledge, experience and technical ability in the diagnosis and treatment of lower limb injuries and ailments. These include foot and ankle problems such as bunions, hammer toes, Achilles tendon, many different tendon disorders, arthritis, joint replacements, fractures, as well as cartilage and ligament surgery. He is also an expert when it comes to the use of arthroscopic and other minimally invasive surgical techniques.

Mr Madhav successfully completed an MBBS at the prestigious St George's Hospital Medical School, in the University of London, in 1991, before going on to impressively obtain a FRCS (Ed) Fellowship of the Royal College Of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1995. 

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Dr Rajiv Malhotra is a highly respected Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia based in Liverpool. He is renowned for his expertise in the management of long-term pain conditions and acute exacerbations of pain conditions, including back pain, neck pain and osteoarthritis. He also specialises in sciatica, degenerative diseases and epidural/nerve injections.

Dr Malhotra qualified in medicine from the University of Liverpool, as well as obtaining a Bachelor’s  degree with honours in pharmacology before going on to qualify in medicine from the University of Liverpool in 2006. He achieved the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2011, winning the Macintosh Prize for his exceptional academic achievement. Dr Malhotra then went on to complete an advanced fellowship in pain medicine at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust, where he currently serves as a Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia . In 2016, he was appointed as a fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists’ Faculty of Pain Medicine, and was once again recognised with an award for his top scores in the examinations. With extensive clinical expertise in a wide range of pain conditions, Dr Malhotra is dedicated to improving patients' quality of life through his comprehensive approach to pain management. He sees private patients at Spire Liverpool Hospital.

Throughout his esteemed career, Dr Malhotra has held a number of senior positions, and currently serves as the Regional Advisor in pain medicine (Mersey) for the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. He is also a member of the British Pain Society’s Patient Education Group and acts as chair for the Vascular Anaesthesia Society’s research and auditing group.

Dr Malhotra's dedication to pain management goes far beyond clinical practice. He actively contributes to the field through his research and publications, having published numerous papers which appear in peer reviewed journals. He is also a leading name in education, having completed a Masters in Medical Education in 2015. He supervises trainee doctors and serves as lead consultant on a number of training courses. Dr Malhotra also holds several key roles with Health Education North West, acting as an Educational Supervisor and as a Consultant representative for the Mersey Pain Medicine Training Group. In addition, he regularly speaks at key conferences of fellow specialists on topics related to pain medicine.

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Mr Simon Butler-Manuel is a pioneering consultant gynaecologist based in London and Surrey, specialising in laparoscopy, robotic surgery and fibroids alongside gynaecological cancer, minimal access surgery and hysterectomies. He privately practices at HCA Healthcare London Bridge Hospital, Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital and Spire Gatwick Park Hospital and for the NHS at Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. 

Mr Butler-Manuel, who receives referrals from around the country, is one of the most experienced experts in robotic and minimal access gynaecological surgery in the UK, adopting da Vinci Surgical System very early on. He has lead projects that continue to be successful, including establishing the Gynaecological Cancer Centre at the Royal Surrey Hospital. It's the largest centre for robotic surgery in the NHS and is now recognised as one of the leading and progressive services for gynaecological cancer care and robotic surgery in the UK.

Mr Butler-Manuel is also the founder of gynae-oncology charity GRACE, which raised funds to buy the da Vinci technology at Royal Surrey, and is on the leadership team of the London Bridge Hospital's new robotic gynaecology service. It offers patients improved accuracy, lower infection rates as well as shorter lengths of stay and recovery period.

Mr Butler-Manuel qualified from St Thomas' Hospital Medical School at the University of London in 1988. He went on to train at St Thomas and Queen Charlotte's Hospital before pursuing gynaecological cancer care and laparoscopic surgery under the esteemed tutelage of Professor Christopher Sutton. 

Mr Butler-Manuel has worked on many varied clinical and surgical research projects alongside academic papers, which have been published in various peer-reviewed publications. He is a recognised surgical teacher too, working as the Royal College of Gynaecologist's Subspecialty Training Programme Supervisor at the Royal Surrey and is regularly invited to speak or teach on professional courses, meetings and at conferences both in the UK and abroad.

Mr Butler-Manuel is also an active member of various associations including British Gynaecological Cancer Society (BGCS), The British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (BSCCP) and the International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS). 

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Dr Gabriella De Salvo is an internationally recognised consultant ophthalmologist who is based in Southampton and has over 20 years of experience. She provides highly professional and personalised care to adults and paediatric patients aged 3 and older.

Her areas of expertise include the diagnosis and treatment of medical retina conditions such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), retinal vein occlusion, diabetic retinopathy and central serous chorioretinopathy. Furthermore, she regularly performs procedures such as intravitreal injections of anti-VEGF and intravitreal steroid implants. In fact, she has performed over 10,000 intravitreal injections of VEGF and steroid implants for retinal conditions. As an expert in diagnosing and treating challenging cases, she is available to provide a second opinion for rare and complex retinal disorders as well as for other conditions. 

Based on the work she has published, she ranks in the top 2% of medical retinal specialists in the world.

Dr De Salvo graduated as Medical Doctor at the University of Messina in Italy and completed her specialist training in Ophthalmology at the University of Palermo, Italy. During her training she won various scholarships and was able to deepen her studies at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia in the USA and at the University hospital in Vienna, Austria. She completed over a year of advanced training in Medical Retina at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. She is a keen researcher and lecturer and regularly publishes her work in international peer-reviewed journals and is the principal investigator in various clinical trials. She is actively involved in the teaching of ophthalmologists, allied health professionals and medical students.

Dr De Salvo also works in collaboration with prestigious pharmaceutical companies in the development and research of new medicaments. Specifically she works with Novartis, Bayer, Roche, AbbVie, Boehringer Ingelheim, Teva, Heidelberg Engineering. She sits on national and international advisory boards for the development of innovative molecules to treat eye diseases. She is also Clinical Outcome Lead for Ophthalmology at University Hospital Southampton. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologist and is also a certified trainer and appraiser for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. She has won various prizes during her career and a few clinical excellence awards.

In addition to ophthalmology, she has a special interest in facial and anti-wrinkle assessment.

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