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Cardiology
Dr Richard Cooke MB MCh BAO MRCP (UK) FRCP (UK)
Special Interests: Coronary angiography and stenting (transradial); general cardiology, echocardiography, pacemakers.
NHS base: Guy’s & St Thomas Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Friday PM
Profile: Bio to follow
Dr Sundip Patel MB BCh MRCP
Special Interests: General cardiology, hypertension, risk factor management, ischaemic heart disease, invasive / interventional cardiology
NHS base: Queen Elizabeth Hospital & St Thomas' Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Tuesday pm and Friday Pm
Profile: Dr Patel manages and investigates patients with general heart-related (cardiac) problems e.g. chest pain, palpitations, dizzy spells, breathlessness and murmurs. He, however, has a particular interest in the following: Cardiovascular risk management e.g. high cholesterol (Hyperlipidaemia), high blood pressure (Hypertension) Angina (Ischaemic Heart Disease)
Coronary angioplasty/stent/ pressure wire/ intravascular ultrasound/ rotational atherectomy (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, PCI)Dr Patel qualified from the University of Wales, College of Medicine in 1992. He undertook his specialist training in Cardiology on The London Deanery Training Programme, principally at St Thomas’ Hospital. During this time, he received full training in all aspects of adult cardiology including coronary angiography (cardiac catheterisation), permanent pacemaker implantation, echocardiography (transthoracic and transoesophageal, Adult BSE Transthoracic Accredited).
During his research training fellowship, he investigated the use of non-invasive techniques to assess vascular function enabling the prediction of cardiovascular risk. The findings of this research have been published and presented at peer-reviewed national and international cardiovascular meetings.
Having then secured an interventional cardiology training fellowship at St Thomas Hospital, he received comprehensive, high-quality exposure and training in conventional percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with balloon angioplasty and intracoronary stents, adjunctive techniques such as intravascular ultrasound and use of the intracoronary PressureWire as well as rotational atherectomy. He was appointed as a Consultant Cardiologist in 2005.
Dr Nicholas Gall MBBS BSc MSc FRCP MD
Special Interests: General cardiology and heart rhythm problems
NHS base: King’s College Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Monday PM
Profile: Bio to follow
Dr Khaled Alfakih MBBS MD MRCP
Special Interests: Diagnostic cardiac imaging, echocardiography, cardiac CT and cardiac MRI
NHS base: Lewisham University Hospital and King's College Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Tuesday PM
Profile: Dr. Alfakih qualified in 1993 from st. Bartholomew’s Medical College, London. He undertook his Cardiology training in Leeds and Nottingham Cardiac Centres, specialising in Diagnostic Cardiac Imaging. He is BSE accredited in Transthoracic and Transoesophageal Echocardiography as well as having SCCT level III accreditation in Cardiac CT.
His research was funded by a junior British Heart Foundation fellowship and was undertaken in the Institute of Genetics and the BHF Cardiac MRI unit in Leeds, leading to an MD and over 20 peer reviewed articles. He was appointed Consultant Cardiologist to Lewisham University and King’s College Hospitals in 2008 where as well as General Cardiology he performs Stress and Transoesophageal Echocardiography, Cardiac CT, Cardiac MR and Cardiac Pacing. He leads clinical governance and research in cardiology in Lewisham.
Colorectal Surgery
Mr Mark George BSc MS FRCS (Gen)
Special Interests: Colorectal cancer, recurrent rectal cancer, family history of colorectal cancer, hernia repairs, endoscopy/colonoscopy
NHS base: Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust
Consulting Sessions: Tuesday Evening
Profile: Mr Mark George qualified form St Mary's Hospital in 1991 and is a specialist in advanced primary and recurrent colorectal cancer. His higher surgical training was undertaken in the South East London Region. His research was performed at the Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research and was awarded his Master of Surgery in 2002.
He was appointed as a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon to Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals in 2003 and is lead clinician for colorectal cancer. He is interested in laparoscopic colorectal surgery and is a specialist in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer and is the regional anal cancer surgeon.
His other surgical expertise includes pilonidal sinus surgery, haemorrhoids, fistula and fissure surgery and treatment thereof, general surgery, ie. appendicectomy, inguinal, umbilical, sports and abdominal hernia repairs.
Mr Nicholas Boyle BM, MS, FRCS
Special Interests: Laparoscopic (keyhole surgery) for Hernia repair surgery including inguinal; femoral; incisional; umbilical; epigastric; hiatus Gallstone disease Reflux (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease – GORD)
NHS base: Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Thursday PM
Profile: Bio to follow
Mr Danny Lawes BSc MBBS FRCS MD
Special Interests: all aspects of general surgery ,Colorectal surgery, Haemorrhoids
NHS base: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Consulting Sessions: Thursday PM
Profile: Bio to follow
Dermatology
Dr Sandy Flann MBBS BSc (Hon) MRCP (UK) (Dermatology)
Special Interests: Paediatric dermatology, eczema and food allergy, inflammatory deratoses, skin cancer, dermatological surgery, vulval dermatoses
NHS base: Orpington Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Tuesday AM
Profile: Dr Flann graduated from King’s College School of Medicine, London in 2000, attaining Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (London) in 2003. She started her Dermatology training at the world renowned St John’s Institute of Dermatology, London and then built upon this by gaining experience in the dermatology departments of King’s College Hospital, St George’s Hospital and Orpington Hospital where she obtained the Royal College of Physicians Speciality Certificate in Dermatology.
She presents at a variety of national and international meetings including the British Association of Dermatology, the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, the American Academy of Dermatology and the World Congress in Paediatric Dermatology.
Dr Flann sees patients with general dermatological problems such as eczema and psoriasis & skin cancers and holds a weekly dermatology surgical list at Orpington Hospital. She has a specialist interest in paediatric dermatology and allergy and is studying for a postgraduate MSc in Allergy at Imperial College so that she can bring the most up-to-date knowledge in this rapidly developing area to her patients.
For more information about Dr Sandy Flann, please visit her website
Dietitian
Ms Muriel Gall RD BSc MSc MBDA
Special Interests: Nutrition and dietary aspects of irritable bowel syndrome, Coeliac Disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, weight management (both weight gain and weight loss) difficulties, cholesterol lowering diet, in addition to other diet related disorders.
NHS base: Darent Valley Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Tuesday PM and Friday AM & PM
Profile: Muriel Gall is a dietitian and nutritionist registered with the Health Professions Council. She graduated in 1979 with a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Robert Gordon’s Institute of Technology, Aberdeen and has worked abroad and in various posts in the NHS for over thirty years.
Since 1997, she has worked for Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley NHS Trust, as a Senior Dietitian, undertaking general out-patient clinics seeing patients with gastrointestinal disorders and in the community with stroke patients as well as nutritional support of residents in care homes. In 2011, she received training on the new FODMAP dietary approach to treating irritable bowel syndrome.
For six years until 2010, she represented the British Dietetic Association on the Royal College of Physicians, Intercollegiate Working Party for Stroke producing national clinical guidelines on stroke management and in 2010 was presented with an Ibex Award by the British Dietetic Association for ‘outstanding professional achievement’. She has been the lead on a number of projects evaluating dietetic practice that have been published in professional journals.
ENT
Mr David Bowdler MBBS FRCS
Special Interests: Ear disease, dizziness, tinnitus and deafness, Otosclerosis, Otitismedia (glue ear), middle ear & mastoid disease and surgery, implantable hearing aids (Esteem)
NHS base: University Hospital Lewisham
Consulting Sessions: Monday PM, Thursday PM
Profile: Bio to follow
Mr Tony Jacob MSc. FRCS (Oto) FRCS (ORL-HNS)
Special Interests: All aspects of paediatric ENT, thyroid disorders, salivary gland disease and the diagnosis and management of head and neck cancers
NHS base: University Hospital Lewisham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich and Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup
Consulting Sessions: Monday PM, Thursday PM
Profile: Mr Jacob was appointed as a Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist at University Hospital Lewisham in 2005
Mr Jacob has experience in the medical and surgical management of general ENT conditions and has a special interest in paediatric ENT for which he gained experience at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He also has experience in thyroid disorders, salivary gland disease and the diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer.
Since graduating in 1991 he has gained higher surgical training rotating through many of the major London teaching hospitals. He is a Royal Society of Medicine gold medallist and has obtained a Masters degree for advanced research into laryngeal cancer. He is on various teaching faculties and closely involved in the higher surgical training scheme.
Mr Nabil Salama FRCS, MBBCH
Special Interests: Sinus diseases and rhinology, snoring, paediatric ENT, general ENT problems
NHS base: University Hospital Lewisham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup
Consulting Sessions: Monday Evening
Profile: Mr Salama graduated from Cairo University and then did his postgraduate training in the UK. He undertook his ENT training in Cambridge and London (based at the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital), before becoming a consultant.
He works as a Consultant ENT Surgeon at University Hospital Lewisham, where he is also currently the Director of Surgery. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer to Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical School. Mr Salama has extensive experience in the specialty, in particular in sinus diseases, snoring and paediatric ENT.
Gastroenterology
Dr Adam Harris BSc MB BS MD FRCP
Special Interests: symptoms and treatment of dyspepsia, gastrooesophageal reflux, inflammatory bowel diseases and irritable bowel syndrome.
NHS base: The Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Thursday PM
Profile: Bio to follow
Dr Laurence Maiden BSc (Hons), MB BS, MD, MRCP
Special Interests: small bowel diseases and capsule endoscopy
NHS base: The Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Thursday PM
Profile: Bio to follow
General Practitioner
Dr Martin Jones MB ChB Dip (Medical Acupucture)
Special Interests: Joint and muscle pain/ Musculoskeletal and Orthopaedic Treatment.
NHS base: Private Only
Consulting Sessions: Thursday PM/EVE
Profile: Dr Martin Jones is a medical doctor and GP who specialises in acupuncture. He studied medicine at Bristol University, qualifying as a doctor in 1994, and completed his training as a General Practitioner in 1999.
Before going into medicine, he graduated from London University with a language degree in Chinese. It was during his time as a language student in Beijing that he first became interested in Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Since then his knowledge of Chinese has enabled him to study acupuncture at the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and several of the top hospitals in China. In addition to traditional Chinese acupuncture, he is also fully trained in Western medical acupuncture and is an accredited member of the British Medical Acupuncture Society. He is also a fully qualified homeopathic physician, and a member of the Faculty of Homeopathy.
In addition to his private practice in acupuncture, he works in NHS General Practice, where he uses acupuncture and homeopathy alongside conventional treatments. He is a recognised acupuncture provider for major insurance companies.
Dr John Crook MB BS MRCGP FPA CERT
Special Interests: Sports medicine with a special interest in motorsport, Young Adult HPV treatment.
NHS base: Private Only
Consulting Sessions: Thursday PM
Profile: Dr John Crook trained at the Royal London Hospital, qualifying in 1964. He completed training for General Practice in 1968, and worked as a full time GP for 33 years until 2001.
He became a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 1977, retiring in 2001.
Dr Crook was an approved Trainer in the South-east Thames area, teaching young GP Trainees from 1978 until 2001. Since 2001, John has been a locum GP in the Bromley PCT area, and a private GP at Chelsfield Park Hospital, Kent from 2007 until 2011. He has worked as a private GP at Sevenoaks Medical Centre since 2008.
General Surgery
Mr Frank Smedley MS FRCS
Special Interests: Colorectal
NHS base: Orpington Hospital
Consulting Sessions: ALT Monday PM
Profile: Bio to follow
Mr Simon Atkinson MS FRCS
Special Interests: Oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine surgery. Ulcers. Gallstones, gallbladder (cholecystectomy) and biliary surgery. Pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer surgery. Heartburn and reflux surgery. Fundoplication. Laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery. Hernia and general surgery. Cysts and skin lumps. Endoscopy, gastroscopy, colonoscopy. Haemorrhoids.
NHS base: Guys & St Thomas Hospital
Consulting Sessions: AD HOC
Profile: Bio to follow
Gynaecologist
Miss Shanti Raju MD FRCOG
Special Interests: General gynaecology, gynaecological oncology, urogynaecology, minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, colposcopy.
NHS base: Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Wednesday AM
Profile: Bio to follow
Mr Andreas Papadopoulous MBBS BSc MD MRCOG
Special Interests: Well women clinic, abnormal bleeding, colonscopy and abnormal smears, HPV vaccines, Keyhole surgery, ovarian cysts, fibroids, endometriosis, pelvic pain, cancer screening, diagnosis and cancer surgery.
NHS base: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Consulting Sessions: Tuesday AM
Profile: Bio to follow
Mr Omer Devaja MD MSc PhD MRCOG
Special Interests: Well women screening, keyhole surgery, ovarian cysts, fibroids, endometriosis, pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, colposcopy and abnormal smears, HPV vaccines, cancer screening.
NHS base: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Consulting Sessions: Tuesday AM
Profile: Bio to follow
Miss Nataly Atalla MRCOG MD
Special Interests: Infertility & Assisted Conception and genetics, reproductive health check, recurrent miscarriage, well woman clinic/period problems/pelvic pain
NHS base: Private only
Consulting Sessions: Thursday PMProfile: Dr Atalla is a Consultant Gynaecologist specialised in infertility, Reproductive Medicine & Genetics.
She graduated and trained in Cairo, Egypt. Following completing her Master’s degree in Obs/Gynae she pursued advanced training in UK and qualified as a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in1998. She then completed her MD in the UK in 1999 on "Bone loss & oestrogen depletion after hysterectomy despite ovarian conservation."
She has practiced as a Senior Specialist in both the NHS and the Private sector hospitals in the UK since 1996. Her experience is wide as a general gynaecologist including management of abnormal periods & pelvic pain, with special interest in gynae ultrasound scanning & office gynaecology procedures as outpatient hysteroscopies.
As an Infertility specialist, she has high skills in all assisted conception & IVF techniques including egg freezing, management of recurrent implantation failure, recurrent miscarriage & reproductive immunology.
She is an expert in Genetics linked assisted conception including Pre-implantation genetic embryo diagnosis and screening.Mr Andreas Lesseps MBBS, FRCS(Eng), MRCOG
Special Interests: Minimally invasive surgery, including treatment of incontinence, Colposcopy
NHS base: Darent Valley Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Wednesday PM
Profile: Bio to follow
Neurosurgeon
Mr Bhupal Chitnavis BSc(Hons) MBBS FRCS(Eng) FRCS(SN)
Special Interests: General neurosurgery, spine surgery (stabilisation and fixation), vascular neurosurgery inc cerebral bypass, minimally invasive spinal surgery.
NHS base: Private Only
Consulting Sessions: AD HOC
Profile: Bio to follow
Mr Christos Tolias MBBS, PhD, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (SN)
Special Interests: General neurosurgery, back pain, sciatica, arm and neck pain, spinal surgery, lumbar and cervical disc degeneration, vascular neurosurgery, brain haemorrhage, aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, radio surgery, hydrocephalus, neuroendoscopy, headaches, facial pain and trauma.
NHS base: King’s College Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Wednesday PM
Profile: Mr Christos Tolias has been a Consultant Neurosurgeon at King’s College Hospital since September 2005. He has a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Warwick and extensive research experience in traumatic brain injury and the mechanisms of brain cell death. He undertook specialist training in neurosurgery in Liverpool and Birmingham followed by a Clinical Fellowship in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He is the Lead Neurovascular Surgeon at King’s College Hospital and the Associate Clinical Director for Trauma.
He is the first surgeon in the UK to perform the non-occlusive cerebral vascular bypass technique. In addition to his expertise in degenerative spine disease which includes the management of back and neck pain, arm pain and sciatica together with peripheral nerve disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome; he has specialist expertise in the management of neurovascular conditions ( e.g. cerebral aneurysms, AVMs, cavernomas, AV fistulas), the surgical treatment of stroke (decompressive craniectomy and revascularisation for Moya-Moya and Sickle Cell anaemia) and trauma. His expertise extends to the use of radiosurgery (CyberKnife and Gamma Knife) for the treatment of such conditions.
Occupational Health
Dr Maarten Van Kets AFOM AMED
Special Interests: Occupational Medicine, Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, Travel Medicine, Tropical Medicine, Medicine for Offshore and remote areas and General Practice.
NHS base: Great Ormond Street Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Tuesday AM/PM, AD HOC Appointments
Profile: Bio to follow
Opthalmology
Mr Christopher Jenkins BSc MBBS MRCP FRCS DO FRCOphth
Special Interests: General Opthalmology
NHS base: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Consulting Sessions: Friday PM
Profile: Bio to follow
Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
Mr Andrew Lyons MS FDS FRCS
Special Interests: Head and neck cancer, orofacial lumps and bumps, facial pain.
NHS base: Guy’s & St Thomas Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Monday EVE
Profile: Mr Andrew Lyons is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon working in the NHS at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Trust. He has an interest in dentoalveolar surgery facial pain and a particular interest in head and neck oncological surgery, and reconstruction.
He is a member of the Guy’s and St Thomas multidisciplinary head and neck team providing tertiary cancer services for South London.
Mr Lyons graduated from the University of London in 1990, and trained in Maxillofacial and Head and Neck Surgery on the South Coast Rotation.
Mr Lyons has published over 15 original articles in peer reviewed medical journals and has authored 3 chapters in the new Textbook of Operative Maxillofacial Surgery. He has run a number of international courses and conferences at both Guy’s and the Royal College of Surgeons
Orthopaedics
Mr Tony Kochhar MSc FRCS (TR&ORTH)
Special Interests: Shoulder and elbow surgery, wrist and hand surgery, upper limb injuries, sports injuries.
NHS base: Queen Mary’s Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Wednesday EVE, Friday AM
Profile: Mr Tony Kochhar is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon. He is an expert in surgery of the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand. He completed his training at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London. He has furthered his shoulder and upper limb training by working with some of the best surgeons in the world, having completed specialist fellowships at worldwide centres of excellence in New York and the world-renowned Alps Surgery Institute in Annecy, France.
By remaining at the forefront of the latest techniques and ensuring best practice, Mr Kochhar has developed a high quality and efficient shoulder service for both sports injuries and fractures as well as degenerative conditions of the shoulder and upper limb. Tony regularly lectures on shoulder and upper limb surgery at national and international conferences and training courses.
Further information is available on Mr Kochhar's website - www.shoulderdoctor.co.uk
Mr Jonathan Walczak MB BS BSc FRCS (Orth)
Special Interests: lower limb joint replacement including minimal access hip and knee replacement, sports medicine including injuries to hips, keyhole knee surgery, knee ligament reconstruction (including Anterior Cruciate ligaments) and calf and foot problems.
NHS base: Bromley NHS Trust
Consulting Sessions: Wednesday EVE
Website: www.hipkneesandfeet.co.uk
Profile: Mr Walczak was born in London and qualified from Guy’s Hospital Medical School in 1987. He has a held a substantive post as Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon since 1999.
His elective work predominantly involves the lower limb, with specialist interests in Total, Resurfacing and Revision Hip Replacement, Total and Partial Knee Replacement, Knee arthroscopy for injury and arthritis, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Sports injuries.
Mr Walczak offers a patient-focussed service and if he is ever unable to resolve a problem, he will find a colleague with the necessary skills. He works closely with Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Orthotists, Chiropractors, and Sports Masseurs. As an active person, he understands the needs of the Athlete as well as the less active patient.
Mr Paul Gill MBBS FRCS (Eng) FRCS (Tr&Orth)
Special Interests: All aspects of knee surgery and treats a comprehensive range of knee conditions. These include childhood knee problems, sports injuries, malalignment conditions, patella and degenerative arthritic conditions. Treatment is tailored to the individual.
NHS base: Queen Mary, Sidcup
Consulting Sessions: Monday Evening
Profile: Mr Paul Gill is an experienced Knee Surgeon who specialises in all aspects of knee surgery. He treats a comprehensive range of knee conditions including sports injuries, meniscus (cartilage) tears, anterior cruciate ligament injuries, patella (kneecap) problems, childhood conditions and osteoarthritis (wear and tear).
Each condition is assessed and tailored to the individual. Surgical Procedures include: Knee Arthroscopy (Keyhole Surgery) ACL Reconstruction Osteotomy (Limb realignment) Patella Stabilisation and realignment, Knee Replacement (Partial and Total)Revision Knee Replacement, Total Hip Replacement Surgery
Mr Graeme Groom MRCS MB BS LRCP
Special Interests: Orthopaedics and trauma
NHS base: Blackheath Hospital
Consulting Sessions: AD HOC
Profile: Bio to follow
Mr Martin Klinke
Special interests: Orthopaedics, foot and ankle surgery, injury to foot and ankle, complex reconstruction of the foot and ankle, sports injuries, arthritis, ankle replacement, hallux valgus, rheumatoid disorders, flat foot, toe deformities, cavus foot.
NHS base: Private Only
Consulting Sessions: Tuesday's 08.30am-12.30pm
Profile: Bio to follow
Mr Adel Tavakkolizadeh MBBS MSc FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Special interests: Shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand surgery, upper limb trauma, sports injuries and arthroscopic surgery.
NHS Base: Kings College Hospital
Consulting sessions: Thursday PMProfile: Bio to follow
Mr Paul Jairaj MBChB FRCS(Eng) FRCS(Orth)
Special Interests: Arthroscopic and minimally invasive surgery of hip and knee, with special interest in sports injuries, computer-guided surgery and joint replacement using custom-designed implants.
NHS base: Private only
Consulting Sessions: Friday
Profile: Bio to follow
Mr Simon Owen-Johnstone MBChB (Hons) FRCS (Eng) FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Special Interests: Shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist problems and injuries, ‘keyhole’ surgery, shoulder instability, impingement, rotator cuff disease
NHS base: Private only
Consulting Sessions: Tuesday PM
Profile: Bio to follow
Mr Charles Willis-Owen BM Bch MA MFSEM FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Special Interests: Lower limb, sports orthopaedics
NHS base: Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Consulting Sessions: TBC
Profile: Bio to follow
Paediatrician
Dr Jack Singer MD FRC PCH
Special Interests: General Paediatrics
NHS base: Private Only
Consulting Sessions: Thursday AM
Profile: Dr Jack Singer is a Consultant Paediatrician in full time private practice. He trained in Boston USA at The Children’s Hospital Medical Centre and Harvard University where he was a corporation appointment. He then spent four years at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Health Bethesda Maryland. He then joined Professor Paul Paulani at The Paediatric Research Unit at Guy’s Hospital. Dr Singer is now in full time private practice in general paediatrics and has a particular interest in Neurodevelopmental paediatrics and Allergy. He also covers all aspects of paediatric medicine.
He is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Child Health at Imperial College and has published many research papers and chapters in Paediatrics.
Official Bodies
Dr Singer is a member of Council of Independent Doctors Forum, a Trustee of the Little Foundation and the Home from Home Sick Children’s Trust and an Assessor for the Royal Collage of Paediatrics and Child Health.Dr Gautam Kulkarni MBBS MD DNB MRCPCH
Special Interests: Childhood allergy, food Intolerance, blackouts /fits, headaches, chronic pain and adolescent medicine
NHS base: Darent Valley Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Thursday AM
Profile: Bio to follow
Pain Management
Dr Fariborz Neirami MD FCARCSI
Special Interests: Pain management with interest in spinal pain.
NHS base: Queen Mary’s Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Wednesday PM
Profile:Dr Neirami is a Consultant in Pain Management and Anaesthesia. He achieved his CCST from St George’s School of Anaesthesia. Dr Neirami qualified in pain management from St George’s and Brighton University Hospitals and has extended his expertise in pain medicine by attending a fellowship programme in Canada’s McMaster University.
Dr Neirami has a balanced approach to pain management; he provides services for headache, neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, referral pain to arm and leg, pelvic pain and cancer pain.
Providing consultations and medical management with a special interest in spinal interventions offering a wide range of procedures to patients including lumbar/cervical/thoracic/caudal epidural and selective nerve root Injection of local anaesthetic and steroid, lumbar/thoracic/cervical facet joint and Sacroiliac radiofrequency and pulsed RF medial branch block.
Other procedures include Sympathetectomy i.e.; stellate ganglion, lumbar sympathetectomy, celiac plexus and superior hypogastric blocks and pulsed radiofrequency, Spinal cord stimulation and neuromodulation technique, Peripheral nerve blocks and stimulation, Percutaneous disk decompression and Vertebroplasty/Balloon Kyphoplasty.
Physiotherapy
Mr Mike Brown BPhty PGDIP (Orth Med) PGDIP (Injection Therapy)
Special Interests: Muscoskeletal
NHS base: Sevenoaks Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Monday EVE, Wednesday PM, Thursday PM/EVE.
Profile: Bio to follow
Psychiatrist
Dr Adrian Winbow MB BS FRCPsych MRC(Psych) DPMT (Psych)
Special Interests: General Adult Psychiatry, Older adults and memory problems, Affective Disorders including depression, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Eating Disorders, Alcohol misuse and addictions, Anxiety disorders and phobias, Post Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) ,Psychotic Disorders and Personality Disorders.
NHS base: Private Only
Consulting Sessions: Friday PM
Profile: Dr Winbow has over 30 years of experience as a Consultant Psychiatrist within the NHS and private sectors. He became a consultant in 1976 and worked at Basildon NHS Hospital until 1986 when he made the move to private practice.
He held positions as medical director within the Priory and Cygnet Groups before founding Private Psychiatry in 2008. We hold outpatient clinics across London and the Home Counties with the aim of offering our patients first class care and service in a convenient location. Dr Winbow has led the company into new geographical areas and in the provision of additional psychiatric services such as specialist Dementia Care.
Dr Winbow is fully trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Counselling and Hypnotherapy as well as being an advanced EMDR therapist.
He is a member of the Association of European Psychiatrist, the Independent Doctors Federation and the Federation of Independent Practitioner Organisations. He is also a member of the General Medical Council’s panel of Psychiatric Examiners
Dr Jeremy Broadhead MA MBBS MRC(Psych) M.Phil FRC(Psych)
Special Interests: General Adult Psychiatry including the assessment and treatment of Anxiety Disorders, Depression and Addictions.
NHS base: The Priory
Consulting Sessions: Tuesday AM
Profile: Bio to follow
Rheumatologist
Dr Anthony Hammond MD FRCP
Special Interests: Interventional spinal pain management including: back pain, slipped disc and sciatica, neck pain including post whiplash with arm pain (brachialgia), lumbar and cervical facet treatments and SIJs, advanced techniques employed include spinal endoscopy, radiofrequency disc decompression by Coblation. General rheumatology.
NHS base: Maidstone Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Wednesday PM, AD HOCProfile: Dr Tony Hammond MD FRCP is a Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. After university in Edinburgh, he trained in General Medicine and Rheumatology at The Royal National Hospital (Bath), Bart’s Hospital, London and doctoral research in SLE at The Hammersmith, London.
In addition to experience in General Medicine and all aspects of general Rheumatology, he is also expert in interventional spinal pain management. Guided by the standards of the International Spinal Intervention Society (ISIS)
Dr Hammond follows accurate anatomical diagnosis with a range of techniques including targeted (transforaminal) epidural injections, lysis of epidural adhesions by guided catheters and endoscopic methods, decompression of bulging discs by needle based (coblation) technology and radiofrequency treatments, to treat a wide variety of acute and chronic neck, back and radiating limb pain (eg sciatica) problems.
He is active in research and teaching and is Chairman of the Kent CLRN, on the European Committee of ISIS, and co-Chair of the British Pain Interventional Research Group.
Dr Hammond’s practice manager, Michelle Burgess, can be contacted on 01732 221127.
Dr Jonathan Houghton MBBS MRCP MFSEM BSc DipSEM PGCert MSK USS
Special interests: Musculoskeletal ultrasound, sports and training injuries, injury rehabilitation, ultrasound guided injections, inflammatory arthitis, soft tissue rheumatology and tendinopathy.
NHS Base: Defence medical Rehabilitation Centre – Headley Court
Consulting sessions: Fridays All dayProfile: Jon Houghton qualified from St.Marys Hospital Medical School, London, in 1996. He undertook specialist training in Rheumatology between 2000-2006. During his training he undertook specialist clinics in Sports Medicine at the Olympic Centre Harrow, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and specialist Musculoskeletal Ultrasound clinics at Charing Cross Hospital. He gained a distinction in the University College London Sport and Exercise Medicine Diploma in 2005 and was awarded his Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Rheumatology and General Internal Medicine in 2006.
Jon is currently the lead consultant for the Lower Limb Rehabilitation Unit at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court. He is an examiner and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Sports medicine at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC). He has worked with the Wales Football Association International Team and Surrey County Cricket Club. He also sits on the Specialist Advisory Committee in Sport and Exercise Medicine.
Jon has a wide spectrum of experience including NHS rheumatology, military injury rehabilitation and elite level sports medicine, enabling him to treat a wide range of musculoskeletal complaints.
For further information please visit www.sportsortho.co.uk
Sports Medicine
Dr Jonathan Houghton MBBS MRCP MFSEM BSc DipSEM PGCert MSK USS
Special interests: Musculoskeletal ultrasound, sports and training injuries, injury rehabilitation, ultrasound guided injections, inflammatory arthitis, soft tissue rheumatology and tendinopathy.
NHS Base: Defence medical Rehabilitation Centre – Headley Court
Consulting sessions: Fridays All dayProfile: Jon Houghton qualified from St.Marys Hospital Medical School, London, in 1996. He undertook specialist training in Rheumatology between 2000-2006. During his training he undertook specialist clinics in Sports Medicine at the Olympic Centre Harrow, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and specialist Musculoskeletal Ultrasound clinics at Charing Cross Hospital. He gained a distinction in the University College London Sport and Exercise Medicine Diploma in 2005 and was awarded his Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Rheumatology and General Internal Medicine in 2006.
Jon is currently the lead consultant for the Lower Limb Rehabilitation Unit at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court. He is an examiner and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Sports medicine at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC). He has worked with the Wales Football Association International Team and Surrey County Cricket Club. He also sits on the Specialist Advisory Committee in Sport and Exercise Medicine.
Jon has a wide spectrum of experience including NHS rheumatology, military injury rehabilitation and elite level sports medicine, enabling him to treat a wide range of musculoskeletal complaints.
For further information please visit www.sportsortho.co.uk
Urology
Mr Rick Popert MS FRCS (Urol)
Special Interests: Prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, PSA testing, prostate brachytherapy, laser prostate surgery, erectile dysfunction, infertility
NHS base: Guy’s & St Thomas Hospital
Consulting Sessions: ALT Thursday PM
Profile: Bio to follow
Mr Gordon Muir FRCS (Urol) FEBU
Special Interests: Minimally invasive treatment of prostate disease and prostate cancer. Urological laser surgery, Erectile dysfunction and andrology
NHS base: King’s College Hospital
Consulting Sessions: ALT Friday AM
Profile: Bio to follow
Mr Gordon Kooiman MB BS FRCS(Eng) MSc(Urol) FRCS
Special Interests: Laparoscopy and endo urology
NHS base: King’s College Hospital
Consulting Sessions: Wednesday AM
Profile: Bio to follow
Vascular Surgery
Mr Hany Zayed MD MSc FRCS
Special Interests: Management of patients with peripheral vascular disease, especially diabetics, open and endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms, varicose veins surgery including minimally invasive techniques (Radiofrequency and laser ablation and foam sclerotherapy) and carotid artery disease.
NHS base: Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Consulting Sessions: Mon - Ad- Hoc, Tues - EVE Fri - PM/EVE
Profile: Bio to follow
