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Dr Lydia Dzhukha is a highly skilled, qualified, and experienced dentist with a special interest in orthodontics. She currently practices at Forest & Ray dental practice in central London. She possesses a high level of expertise in orthodontics, aesthetic orthodontics, Invisalign, adult orthodontics, paediatric orthodontics, bruxism, and malocclusion. 

Dr Dzhukha completed her DDS in Dental Surgery from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2008. She is now in the process of completing a postgraduate training programme in orthodontics at Ulster University in Northern Ireland.

Dr Dzhukha focuses on drastically inproving smiles while preserving natural tooth structure, whilst she also provides care for urgent dental needs. She is also an expert when it comes to conservative aesthetic dentistry, aesthetic braces, spark aligners, and temporomandibular joint disorders. Dr Dzhukha is known for her caring and enthusiastic demeanor. She is fluent in English, Greek, and Russian. 

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Mr Parv Sains is a leading general surgeon based in Sussex and London. He has a specialist interest in coloproctology, laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery and hernia surgery. He is an expert in treating hernias and haemorrhoids and other perianal conditions such as fissures and fistulas. He also performs bowel surgery and gallbladder surgery for gallstones.

Mr Sains qualified from the University of Birmingham Medical School before undergoing surgical training in London in the South-West Thames training region. He undertook a two-year fellowship at St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London. During this time, he was also an honorary research fellow and earned a Doctorate in Medicine (MD). During this time, he developed an interest in utilising new surgical technologies and techniques in his practice in order to deliver the best care to his patients.

Now practising privately at BMI Goring Hall Hospital and the Spire Montefiore and Spire St Anthony's Hospitals, Mr Sains is a dedicated surgeon who is known for his expertise and excellence in patient care.

Mr Sains has a keen interest in patient safety, medical law and clinical governance. His current roles apart from being a consultant surgeon at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton are the governance lead for the department of surgery and is one of the Medical Examiners for the Trust. Also his interest in teaching and training of new surgeons and medical students holds the title of honorary clinical senior lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. 

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Mr Michael Negus is a highly skilled Consultant Gynaecologist in Winchester, who specialises in Urinary incontinence, Vaginal Prolapse, Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Tract Infections, Benign gynaecology, heavy periods and pelvic pain. He provides expert care to patients at Sarum Road Hospital, part of Circle Health Group, and his NHS base is Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 

With a Certificate of Completion of Training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from the General Medical Council, Mr Negus' expertise extends to urogynaecological surgeries such as vaginal hysterectomy, pelvic organ prolapse repair, sacrospinous fixation, and Laparoscopic colposuspension. He also specialises in diagnosing and treating benign gynaecological issues, ensuring comprehensive care for his patients.

Throughout his career, Mr Negus has been dedicated to advancing his field through research and academic pursuits. He holds memberships with prestigious societies including the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), the British Society of Urogynaecologists (BSUG), and the British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE). Additionally, he has contributed to medical literature with publications in high-impact peer-reviewed journals and presentations at national and international conferences.

Mr Negus's commitment to excellence is reflected in his receipt of awards, including the 'Best Poster' prize at the NTC meeting in Newcastle for his research on the efficacy of Carbetocin at LSCS. Furthermore, his dedication to patient care has been recognised locally with accolades such as the 'WOW' award from Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

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Mr Jonathan Walczak is a highly experienced consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon, with private clinics at BMI Chelsfield Park Hospital, BMI The Sloane Hospital, BMI Shirley Oaks and KIMS Hospital in Kent. Mr Walczak specialises in hip and knee replacements, keyhole knee surgery, sports injuries, anterior cruciate ligament repair and bursitis. He is also experienced in the management of knee arthritis. A keen runner and cyclist, he understands the needs of athletes and is committed to helping people of all abilities to return to sports and physical activity where possible.

Mr Walczak trained at Guy's Hospital Medical School from 1981-1987. His postgraduate training included a specialist training fellowship in hip surgery. He has held the post of consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Bromley NHS Trust since 1999 and is now employed by Kings College NHS Trust, working at Farnborough, Beckenham and Orpington Hospitals.

His special interests are lower limb joint replacement including minimal access hip and knee replacements. He has developed a minimal access approach to the hip which has been used in over 1000 cases of hip replacement. The use of this approach has drastically reduced the need for blood transfusions in hip replacement surgery to less than 1 in 8 patients.

Mr Walczak is keen to treat both his private and NHS patients promptly with a very patient-focused approach. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a member of the British Orthopaedic Association.

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Mr Mohammed Abdus-Samee is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in London and Orpington, specialising in keyhole surgery, rotator cuff surgery and shoulder replacement alongside shoulder decompression (arthroscopic subacromial decompression), shoulder instability and shoulder pain. He privately practices for BMI The Blackheath Hospital, BMI Chesfield Park Hospital and BMI Sloane Hospital while his NHS base is University Hospital Lewisham for Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

Mr Abdus-Samee has a significant number of referrals for sports injuries as well as complex and revision surgery. He is held in high regard by his colleagues and patients alike, having been nominated for NHS Staff Awards for Safety as well as patient appreciation at University Hospital Lewisham. He has noted leadership credentials, too, as the previous clinical director of Trauma and Orthopaedics at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

Mr Abdus-Samee graduated from Imperial College London, where he completed his medical degree and intercalated BSc Honours. Following this, he did basic surgical training at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford and worked at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) in Harrow, London, after passing his surgical membership exams.

He completed his higher surgical training on the South-East Thames Orthopaedic Rotation at top centres including Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals as well as in Ashford in Kent, Lewisham, Woolwich and King's College Hospital. He went on to develop expertise and knowledge in his chosen field of shoulder and upper limb surgery, attending a wide range of courses and further training within Europe and North America. 

Alongside his clinical experience, Mr Abdus-Samee is an esteemed medical educator. An honorary senior clinical lecturer at King's College London, he is a keen teacher and currently he supervises both senior and junior surgical trainees. Furthermore, he examines medical students at King's College and is an FRCS (Orth) examiner on local courses and an active, qualified Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) instructor.

From the early days of his surgical career until present, he has undertaken various research projects, writing papers that have been published in peer-reviewed journals.   

Mr Abdus-Samee is a fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (FRCSEd). He underwent fellowship training in sports and arthroscopic surgery in Stoke-on-Trent and shoulder and elbow surgery in Bristol. He is an active member of various professional associations including the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS) and the British Trauma Society (BTS) alongside the British Medical Association (BMA), the Medical Protection Society (MPS) and the Conflict and Catastrophe Faculty (Society of Apothecaries).  

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Miss Sarah-Lucie Watson is an award-winning and leading Consultant ophthalmic surgeon based in Reading and Newbury, specialising in refractive cataract surgery, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), YAG laser treatment (capsulotomy), acute (emergency) and general eye conditions. She practices privately at Circle Reading Hospital and Spire Dunedin Hospital and for the NHS at The Royal Berkshire Hospital and West Berkshire Community Hospital (Newbury) where she has been the Lead Clinical Consultant for the last 3 years.

She can reduce spectacle dependence by using toric and trifocal lenses, following removal of cataract. Miss Watson also provides expert private services in wet and dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) providing full assessments with cutting-edge scanning, autofluorescence and angiography. She is happy to offer advice and treatment for diabetic eye disease, vascular problems (retinal vein occlusion) inflammatory conditions (uveitis) and any abnormalities detected on OCT scanning by community optometrists. She performs intravitreal injections of Lucentis, Eylea, Avastin, and the latest drug developed for AMD- Vabysmo (faricimab) using a novel device that improves comfort and experience.

She is well-respected in the field of ophthalmology, providing services based on the latest evidence and emerging technologies. She has over 25 years of experience and was nominated several times for, and won, the top clinician award by the Macular Society for her services for people with macular disease. She has been awarded six NHS clinical excellence awards in her career. Her expertise is also reflected in the support for patients and carers she can provide with her team, when restoration of normal sight is not always possible.

Previous roles for the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, include clinical lead for the Berkshire county diabetic eye screening service for seven years and clinical governance lead encouraging an environment with learning from errors and complications within the department.

She has been involved with the education and training of junior surgeons throughout her career and was appointed College Tutor for the Berkshire trainees in the Oxford deanery for six years. This involves first teaching the first surgical stages using simulators to safe surgery for routine and complex cataract cases at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

Miss Watson is a highly qualified professional with an esteemed education and training background. She graduated from King's College Hospital in London with an MBBS in 1988, where she was awarded the William Simpson award for tropical medicine. Following general training in every area of ophthalmology across London and the South, she completed her FRCOphth in 1994. She then finished senior training and her medical retina specialist fellowship at the respected and world-renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital in 2003.

She has presented her academic research in improving patient outcomes from intravitreal therapy and training techniques in cataract surgery, nationally and internationally. Miss Watson has also had her work published in peer-reviewed journals, has been the co-author for nationally recognised guidelines and worked on several advisory boards.

She has been an advisor to the Macular Society and trustee for Blind Veterans UK, a charity providing support for those who have served in the armed forces and now have impaired sight. She supported the Royal British Legion cycling from London to Paris with her husband (retired Lt General James Bashall CB, CBE). Furthermore, she has been a volunteer trainer for the Kwale District Eye Centre in rural Kenya for 8 years, visiting annually and supporting Eyes for East Africa helping with the development of screening for diabetic eye disease and treatment of cataract, glaucoma and retinal conditions.

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Dr Hina Agha is an experienced consultant adult psychiatrist with specialist training in the rehabilitation of chronic and enduring mental health conditions. Her areas of expertise include, but are not limited to, the diagnosis and treatment of depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and adult ADHD.

Dr Agha began her medical career with her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery qualification from the Khyber Medical College, Pakistan in 1991. After this, she moved to the UK to pursue her career in psychiatry. Dr Agha's psychiatric training took shape in South London and Maudsley (London Deanery) and the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery. After completing her MRCPsych degree in 2012 and therefore becoming a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, she then underwent a Masters in Psychiatric Research from the renowned King's College London.

When not treating her private patients at LycaHealth Canary Wharf and at LycaHealth Orpington, Dr Agha works as a substantive consultant as part of the Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

Since 2013, Dr Agha has been working as a consultant but her career has also involved the teaching, training and supervision of future psychiatrists. Her enjoyment and dedication to teaching within the field of psychiatry has lead her to become an honorary lecturer at King's College London and the Firm Head for third-year medical students. 

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Mr Neil Tan is a leading consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon based in Truro, Cornwall. With almost 20 years of experience, Mr Tan is highly experienced in a wide range of ENT conditions and surgical procedures. He has a sub-specialist are of interest in treating conditions of the nose and sinuses. His areas of expertise include sinusitis, nasal allergy, nasal polyps, blocked nose, smell issues and facial pain, as well as treating snoring and sleep apnoea.
 
Mr Tan currently practises privately at the Ramsay Duchy Hospital in Truro, Cornwall. He is a Consultant ENT Surgeon at the Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School.
 
Mr Tan undertook his basic medical training at Guy’s, King’s and St. Thomas’ School of Medicine, London, and included a degree in Radiological Sciences. He completed his higher specialist ENT Training in the East of England region and achieved Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2016. He undertook two years of sub-speciality fellowships in Anterior and Lateral Skull Base Surgery in Addenbrookes, Cambridge, and Advanced Rhinology, Endoscopic Skull Base and Lacrimal Surgery in Adelaide, Australia working with world leaders in rhinology and endoscopic sinus surgery.

He has an extensive background in academic rhinology research, having completed a Doctor of Philosophy with Distinction from the University of Adelaide in 2013, where he was awarded a Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. He has published extensively in basic sciences and clinical rhinology research, and has given numerous international presentations in the USA, Australia, Europe, and UK. 

He is the only UK member of the International Committee of the American Rhinologic Society. He sits on the National Councils of the British Rhinological Society and British Otorhinolaryngology & Allied Sciences Research Society. He is the National Research Lead for the British Rhinologic Society and Regional Peninsular Research Lead for the National Institute of Health Research ENT Clinical Research Network. 

Mr Tan has a keen interest in education and training. He is Chair of the Speciality Training Committee for ENT Trainees in the South West Peninsular. He was awarded a Master of Education with Distinction from the University of Cambridge and teaches on numerous internationally recognised sinus surgery courses in Australia, Canada, the UK. He convened and led the first UK Frontal Sinus Masterclass dedicated at teaching endoscopic sinus surgery of the frontal sinus.
  

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Mr Navid Jallali is a highly respected plastic surgeon who has been practising for over 20 years, specialising in breast augmentation and reduction, facelifts, rhinoplasty and tummy tucks. He is based in London, attending to patients at The London Welbeck Hospital. He is a consultant cosmetic and reconstructive surgeon and former head of plastic surgery for Imperial College London NHS trust.

He graduated, with honors, from the University of Bristol and was awarded an MD for his groundbreaking research on tissue engineering. He has received Imperial College London's prestigious Suple prize for both Surgery and medicine.  

Mr Javali is one ok the UK's most experienced microsurgery specialists, favouring this method for the reconstruction of the head, neck and breasts. He is also a reputable surgical tutor and has trained numerous surgeons who have gone on to become consultants in the UK, Sweden, Greece and Holland.

Dedicated to his profession, he and his team have served hundreds of patients with the utmost of care. He is also a well-published research author, a member of the Royal Society of Medicine, has won numerous awards, and has even appeared on and advised for television productions. He can be found in both his private clinic and NHS practice.

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Dr Nikki Scheiner is a consultant psychologist, founder, and clinic director of The Functional Symptoms Recovery Clinic on London's Harley Street. Dr Scheiner is an expert in the treatment of functional somatic and neurological disorders (distressing symptoms with lack of organic explanation) as well as having years of experience treating post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression as well as OCD. She also leads couple therapy sessions. 

Dr Scheiner is trained in a number of different models, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), cognitive analytic therapy (CAT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) and sensorimotor psychotherapy. She also has a DPsych doctorate in Counselling Psychology, an MSc in Counselling Psychology, and a BSc Hons Class I in Psychology. 

Following a psychological formulation of your difficulties, Dr Scheiner will tailor a collaborative treatment plan to help you achieve the quality of life that you want.

HCPC: PYL18356

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