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Dr Alessandro Giardini is a top cardiologist based at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London, specialising in paediatric cardiology. An expert on congenital heart disease, Dr Giardini is Director of Inpatient Services at GOSH, and also provides outpatient consultations for all manner of heart problems in children, including palpitations, heart murmurs, chest pain, and heart valve issues.

Graduating from the University of Bologna in his native Italy, Dr Giardini went on to undergo extensive training in paediatric cardiology both in Bologna and in San Francisco, USA. He is actively involved in research, having published over 120 articles in peer-reviewed journals. His unit at GOSH is a world leader in cardiac care. His philosophy is a patient-centric approach, delivering treatment with compassion and understanding, and personalising his consultations and treatment to each child and their family.

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Professor Keyoumars Ashkan is a leading neurosurgeon and one of the handful of neurosurgeons in London to be awarded a professorship. He practices at various top London clinics and hospitals including King's College Hospital, the London Neurosurgery Partnership, Harley Street Clinic, Cromwell Hospital and New Malden Diagnostic Centre. He has a special interest in functional neurosurgery; image-guided minimally invasive surgery; spine disease; and brain and spinal tumour surgery. He is actively involved in research, especially in developing new treatments for brain tumours and for Parkinson's disease. He is the UK Lead for the Genomics England programme for brain tumours; president of the British Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery; chairman of the Neurosurgery Section of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, chair of King's Neuroscience Clinical Trial Unit; and deputy lead for King's Neuroscience Research & Innovation Committee. He has published over 350 peer review papers, abstracts and book chapters and is an associate editor and reviewer for several journals. He has been awarded numerous prestigious fellowships and prizes and plays an integral role in myriad professional bodies.

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Mr Charles Imber is a prominent consultant general surgeon with more than 20 years of experience working as a medical professional. After completing his medical studies at Manchester University and Cambridge University, he began specialising in liver transplants, hepatobiliary surgery, and pancreatic surgery, working at hospitals in London, Cambridge, and Birmingham, and became Consultant Surgeon in 2006. He continues to work at some of the capital's best hospitals and clinics, including the Royal Free Hospital and The Princess Grace Hospital in London. His other clinical interests include hernia surgery and gallbladder surgery. Always aiming to maximise patient care, he employs the use of the best technologies available, and is a pioneer of innovative mesh techniques for hernia repair. He is expert in both simple operations and more complicated cases, and has written extensively for peer-reviewed journals.

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Dr Ashok Reddy is an experienced dentist specialising in endodontics. Since qualifying in 2005 from the University of Liverpool, he has become an expert in root canal treatment, performing this at a very high level, proven by his high success rate. Dr Reddy is part of the skilled team at St Paul's Square Dental Practice where he works as their referral endodontist. 

Dr Reddy continues to improve his own dentistry skillset, having undertaken a Masters training programme at the University of Manchester five years after qualifying. As Dr Reddy is constantly updating his skills, he is able to offer his patients the very best in endodontic treatments, using the most up-to-date technologies available.

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Mr Jalal Sameen Kokan is an esteemed Consultant Oncoplastic breast surgeon working privately at BMI The Alexandra Hospital, Spire Regency Hospital, The Wilmslow Hospital and The Christie Clinic. Mr Kokan runs a one stop breast clinic (clinical examination, Mammogram and Ultrasound and biopsy on the same day) on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The clinic endeavours for patients to be seen as soon as possible, either on the same or next day, with support from an expert team of breast care specialists and professionals, including brease care nurses, radiologists and oncologists.

Mr Kokan specialises in benign and malignant breast problems, carrying out lumpectomies, mastectomies, sentinel node biopsies and breast reconstructions. He also performs cosmetic breast surgery, including breast reduction, augmentation and breast lift.

Alongside his private practice, Mr Kokan is a consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon for the East Cheshire NHS Trust and is the principal investigator for international breast cancer clinical trials at Macclesfield General Hospital. He is also the lead breast reconstructive surgeon at MDGH.

Mr Kokan has treated over 1000 breast cancer patients, performed more than 200 breast reconstructions and reductions and more than 100 augmentations in both his NHS and private practice. He sees around 150 new symptomatic and screen-detected breast cancers a year.

Mr Kokan is a senior clinical advisor in breast surgery to the Parliamentary and health service Ombudsman. He is a member of the Association of Breast Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow. He is also an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow.

Mr Kokan also offers free consultations for cosmetic breast patients. 
 

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Mr Simon Choong is an esteemed consultant urologist based in London. Mr Choong has a wide urological practice covering the treatment of kidney stones, urinary tract infections, acute renal colic, blood in the urine, benign prostate enlargement, and prostate cancer, and specialises in Super-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

Mr Choong undertook his medical school and postgraduate urological training at University College Hospital, London. After completing two fellowships - a Hunterian Fellowship awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons and a BAUS/BJU International Travelling Fellowship - Mr Choong was appointed to lead the stone and endourology unit at University College London Hospitals in 2002. He continues to work at University College London Hospitals in addition to his private practice.

Outside his clinical practice, Mr Choong is heavily involved in research and teaching. He has secured over £350,000 of research grant funding to understand encrustation in urological devices with the aim of reducing complications associated with their use. As well as Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Urology, Mr Choong organises a number of courses and regularly carries out live surgery masterclasses across the country.

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Mr Simon Brewster is a consultant urological surgeon with 25 years' experience of clinical practice in urology. With a private practice in Oxford running alongside his senior NHS consultant position, Mr Brewster offers state-of-the-art care for the diagnosis and management of prostate cancer, benign prostate enlargement symptoms, prostatitis, urinary tract infections (UTI), scrotal conditions and blood in the urine (haematuria).

After qualifying as a doctor from London's Charing Cross Hospital in 1986 with a first class degree in anatomy and honours in pathology, Mr Brewster undertook his training in surgery and a doctorate research thesis based in Bristol. In 1998 he was appointed as a consultant in Oxford and pioneered the prostate cancer and HoLEP services there. He has led the University Hospitals department with teaching, clinical management, clinical governance and is currently an elected staff governor for the NHS Foundation Trust with the responsibility to hold the non-executive directors to account. He is a fellow and clinical student tutor at Hertford College, Oxford. Nationally and internationally, Mr Brewster has influenced specialist training and auditing of surgical outcomes by working on two committees of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) and the uro-oncology Board of the European Association of Urologists.

Mr Brewster performs MRI-targeted prostate biopsy, diagnostic bladder examinations (cystoscopy) and a wide range of surgery with a high level of patient satisfaction. For prostate and bladder symptoms he offers all medical options and recent surgical innovations including holmium laser enucleation (HoLEP) and Rezum steam ablation which have the advantages of reduced bleeding, side-effects and a very short hospital stay compared to traditional prostate surgery. He also has considerable experience with ultrasound-guided prostate brachytherapy and SpaceOAR implants prior to prostate radiotherapy as well as day-case injections to treat incontinence after prostatectomy.

Mr Brewster maintains an active interest in research and education; he has produced over 90 publications in books and peer-reviewed journals. He is a co-author of the very popular Oxford Handbook of Urology, now in its 4th edition. He undergoes annual appraisal and revalidates with the GMC every five years. With extensive experience in patient care and urological surgery when necessary, Mr Brewster offers a comprehensive evidence-based and personalised service to private patients within and beyond Oxfordshire.

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Dr Gabriela van den Hoven is a leading clinical psychologist based in London who specialises in psychotherapy, anxiety, panic attacks, depression, relationship problems and trauma.

Dr Gabriela van den Hoven is highly experienced in her field, offering psychotherapy assessments, consultations and treatments for adults. During her therapies, which are offered in both English and Spanish, she uses a wide range of psychological interventions to those wanting to move forward and explore issues that are generating problems in their lives. Dr van den Hoven is very passionate about her clinical work and how psychotherapy can bring out our unconscious thoughts and feelings that underline some of our unhelpful behaviour patterns, thus creating new opportunities and ways to relate to ourselves and others.

She has years of experience working in the NHS at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and is currently working at the IPPT (Integrated Psychology and Psychotherapy Team) and her private practice, VD Hoven Therapy, based in London. She is also a fellow associate of the British Psychological Society and registered with the Health Professional Council and the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, and has worked as part of the HIV service at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

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