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Dr Shazia Malik is an expert consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in London who specialises in menopause, caesarean, miscarriage, pregnancy counselling, polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS) and heavy periods.

Dr Malik gained her medical degree with honours and a gold medal in obstetrics and gynaecology in 1991. She undertook her specialist training in Cambridge where she was also a research fellow funded by the MRC with a world-famous team, looking at abnormal vessel function in women with extremely heavy periods or endometriosis. She successfully completed her subspecialty accreditation in reproductive medicine and surgery at UCLH (London) where she remains an honorary consultant.

Dr Malik has worked as a consultant as part of the recurrent miscarriage team at St Mary’s Hospital, and as a consultant in IVF at CRGH, one of the country’s leading IVF units. She is regularly consulted by the national press and her articles appear in national publications.

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Professor Richard E. Field is a world-renowned hip and knee surgeon with practices in both the NHS and Private sectors. He is the Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at St George’s University of London.  He was appointed on the staff of St Helier Hospital, Surrey in 1994 where his NHS practice was based until the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC) opened in 2004. He has been SWLEOC's Director of Research since the centre opened and leads the centre's academic surgical team. His private practices are based at the Lister Hospital in Chelsea and St Anthony’s Hospital in Cheam.

Professor Richard Field qualified from the Westminster Hospital in 1980.  His PhD was undertaken at Cambridge University, on the design of a hip resurfacing implant. He has been actively involved in the design and evaluation of new hip and knee designs throughout his career. Professor Field has undertaken many world-first operations. His pioneering work in arthroscopic hip surgery was recognised by his Presidency of ISHA, the International Society for Hip Preservation Surgery in 2016-17.

Professor Field has been undertaking hip resurfacing since 1995 and adopted the muscle sparing, Direct Anterior Approach (DAA) for hip replacement in 2008. He is the UK's most experienced surgeon in DAA hip replacement.  

Professor Field has built up one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive databases on the outcome of hip and knee replacement and has published extensively on hip preservation and joint replacement surgery. He was an advisor on Hip replacement to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), a board member of the British Hip Society and President of ISHA, the International Society for Hip Preservation Surgery. He continues to teach and lecture, in the UK and abroad, on hip and knee surgery.

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Dr Mark Austin is an experienced consultant gastroenterologist based in Brighton, Hove and Haywards Heath. He is an expert in the investigation and management of gastrointestinal problems, including abdominal pain, inflammatory bowel syndrome (IBS), hiatal hernias and food intolerances. He also specialises in hepatology, caring for patients with liver disease, hepatitis and jaundice, and is an accredited bowel cancer screening practitioner as well. Before working as a consultant, Dr Austin spent six years at the Liver Unit at Kings College Hospital treating patients who had undergone live transplantation. Here he also completed his research on the survival characteristics of patients with end-stage liver disease.

Dr Austin is a very advanced interventional endoscopist, carrying out all variations on endoscopy, including colonoscopy, ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and gastroscopy. These allow Dr Austin to achieve a very close examination of the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts and digestive tract. Additional to being a consultant, he is also the Clinical Lead for endoscopy at his NHS posting. Dr Austin is very committed to putting his patients first, and most recently he has enabled a much improved referral pathway for rapid access and diagnosis for patients with lower gastrointestinal symptoms.

Dr Mark Austin is keenly involved in teaching, acting as director for the annual South East endoscopy symposium, as well as taking time out of his busy schedule to train and teach endoscopy skills to other doctors in both the UK and overseas.

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Professor Lobo is director of the renowned Bart's Blood Pressure Clinic in London, which has been recognised as a Hypertension Centre of Excellence by the European Society of Hypertension. The centre has become the premier UK centre for trials of device-based therapy of hypertension. He is a specialist advisor to NICE on interventional therapy of hypertension, and has authored UK and European guidance on renal denervation. Dr Lobo is an NHS Professor in Cardiovascular Medicine at Bart's and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, and has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed articles for medical journals and medical textbooks.

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Mr P Nithin Unnikrishnan is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon practising in Oswestry with a specialist interest in adult lower limb arthroplasty and young adult hip pathology. His areas of expertise include both primary and revision hip and knee replacement surgery as well as knee and hip arthroscopy. 

Mr Unnikrishnan graduated from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India with an MBBS in 2001. He then undertook specialist orthopaedic training on the Liverpool Orthopaedic Rotation and in 2017 he earned his CCT from the General Medical Council.  

Mr Unnikrishnan was awarded a Professor Sir John Charnley lower limb arthroplasty fellowship, at the highly regarded Wrightington Orthopaedic Hospital, and then he completed a fellowship in young adult hip practice at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Young Adult Hip Unit, Birmingham. Mr Unnikrishnan was also awarded travelling fellowships on two occasions, firstly the Zimmer-Biomet travelling fellowship in 2018 and then in 2019 the European travelling fellowship from the British Hip Society. 

Mr Unnikrishnan treats patients in the renowned Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, from Wednesdays through to Saturdays. In addition to his clinical work, Mr Unnikrishnan is interested in research and has authored a large number of peer-reviewed publications. He presents at both national and international meetings frequently. He holds an honorary senior lecturer position at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk. 

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Mr Neil Jain is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon and the founder of UK Sports Medicine, a private practice focused on the prevention and treatment of sports injuries through innovation. He is able to offer keyhole surgery for a wide range of knee, shoulder and elbow injuries, in addition to administering non-operative treatments such as injections of platelet-rich plasma (PRP).

Mr Jain originally graduated from the University of Southampton before undergoing basic surgical training in Plymouth. After graduating from a sports injuries and reconstructive arthroscopy fellowship at the world-renowned University of British Columbia in Canada, Mr Jain was appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Mr Jain is widely published in peer reviewed journals and medical textbooks, and has given over 100 presentations at national and international conferences. He has worked with a number of sports clubs and associations including Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Barrow Raiders RLFC, Bury FC, University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, Vancouver Canadians (Baseball), Winnipeg Blue Bombers (American Football) and Vancouver Canucks (Ice Hockey). Mr Jain is actively involved in teaching and is an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Salford.

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Dr Shane Roche is an esteemed consultant in general (internal) medicine and specialist in geriatric medicine, providing expert care and attention to patients aged 65+ with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), stroke and Parkinson's alongside Alzheimer's disease, memory disorders and dementia. He privately practices at St John & St Elizabeth Hospital, The Clementine Churchill Hospital, Cromwell Hospital and King Edward VII's Hospital, while his NHS base is Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. 

Dr Roche is one of the 250 doctors honoured in the Tatler’s Good Doctors guide. Working across leading hospitals in central and north London, Dr Roche also treats delirium, frailty and hypertension alongside heart failure and falls. He regularly sees patients with very complex needs and works with other health professionals to co-ordinate full diagnostic and care services. Mr Roche is available to admit medical emergencies privately, conduct home visits, and regularly carries out medicolegal work.

Dr Roche qualified in Dublin in 1980 then moved to London, training at Charing Cross, Central Middlesex and St Mary’s Hospitals. In 1992 he was appointed consultant physician at St Mary’s Hospital, where he currently practises alongside the Hammersmith Hospitals. 

Dr Roche also runs a community rehabilitation unit for older people at Imperial College Healthcare Trust, and is part of the acute admissions team within the Clementine Churchill Hospital and the St John and St Elizabeth Hospital. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr Roche lectures on the diagnosis and management of conditions including Parkinson’s disease, dementia and hypertension, alongside delirium and stroke.

Dr Roche's clinical research, particularly in Parkinson's and dementia, has been published in various peer-reviewed articles, and he's a member of several professional organisations including the Movement Disorder Society, British Geriatrics Society and the British Medical Association. He's also a member (MRCP) and fellow (FRCP) of the Royal College of Physicians London. 

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Mr Andrew Gordon is a leading consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in Sheffield, with almost three decades of experience in his specialty. His areas of expertise include hip and knee replacements, revision hip and knee replacements, arthritis, and hip and knee pain.

Mr Gordon currently practises privately at Sheffield Orthopaedics Ltd. He also has extensive experience working within the NHS, currently serving as both the organisation development clinical lead and the clinical lead in the lower limb arthroplasty unit at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Mr Gordon has an impressive educational background, first qualifying with an MbChB from the University of Sheffield in 1997. He went on to complete his surgical training in Sheffield and Nottingham, before being awarded a PhD from the University of Sheffield in 2012. He is also a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.

In addition to his clinical work, Mr Gordon is also a respected voice in medical research, having published numerous articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He is currently the vice chair of the Dr Foster Global Comparators Group.

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Mr Fahad Attar is a consultant trauma & orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in knee treatment procedures. With clinics in Greater Manchester and Cheshire, Mr Attar treats a wide range of patients, from young adults with knee arthritis and athletes with sports injuries to older patients requiring a knee or hip replacement. Mr Attar makes use of innovative procedures such as knee resurfacing and meniscal transplant surgery to improve pain and function in his patients.

After qualifying with an MBChB from the University of Liverpool in 1999, Mr Attar went on to complete basic surgical training in Merseyside and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2004. He spent two years at world renowned centres including the Nuffield Orthopaedic centre in Oxford and Holland orthopaedic centre, Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto after completing his specialist trauma and orthopaedic training, and gained his FRCS (Tr & Orth) intercollegiate specialist fellowship exam in 2009.

Mr Attar takes a special interest in education, as ATLS instructor and former examiner for medical students at the University of Toronto. He is a reviewer for the Knee Journal and a member of the British Association for Surgery of the Knee.

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Mr Tom Rourke is a highly regarded consultant ENT surgeon based in Reading renowned for his expertise in skin cancer of the head and neck region and facial plastic surgery. He also has expertise in facial plastic surgery, skin cancer, blocked nose, CSF leak, sleep apnoea and snoring. With over 20 years’ experience, Mr Rourke currently consults privately at The Forbury Clinic.

Mr Rourke, who is a partner and clinical lead at the acclaimed The ENT Consultancy group, originally qualified from the University of Nottingham. He completed his basic surgical training in Nottingham, Norwich and Oxford, and then joined the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, before going on to accomplish six years of higher specialist ENT surgery training on the prestigious Oxford/Thames Valley deanery. During this period, Mr Rourke simultaneously undertook a surgical fellowship in nose, sinus and facial plastic surgery, notably acquiring proficiency in complex nose/sinus conditions and skin cancers of the head and neck. To complement this practice, Mr Rourke later worked at the Churchill Hospital, where he specialised in head and neck cancer surgery.

In addition to his high quality private practice, Mr Rourke is also an NHS consultant at Royal Berkshire Hospital since 2015, where he is the clinical governance lead for the ENT department and educational supervisor for the foundation doctors. As a leading figure in his specialty, Mr Rourke also has an interest in medical education, and was awarded a Masters from the University of Warwick in 2013. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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