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Mr Rajiv Vashisht is an expert consultant breast & general surgeon with specialist interest in reconstructive, breast, laparoscopic, and varicose vein surgery. With significant experience in the management of breast disease, Mr Vashisht runs a one stop breast clinic which follows his own developed protocols for patients requiring assessment of breast symptoms. The clinic endeavours for patients to be seen as soon as possible, with support from an expert team of breast care specialists and professionals, including nurses, pathologists, radiologists, consultant oncologists, and plastic surgeons.

Mr Vashisht also performs general surgical procedures, and cosmetic surgery, including varicose vein surgery, using the latest methods and techniques in his approach. Aside from his significant surgical experience, Mr Vashisht also has an interest in education and training, and holds the position of Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London. 

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Dr Ashish Chandra is a leading consultant histopathologist and cytopathologist based at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London. He also sees patients on the private sector (Hospitals Corporation of America International (UK) or HCA) for performing fine needle aspiration (FNA). He also offers consultation on slides or blocks of tissue sent from other hospitals and laboratories for an expert opinion. He performs onsite evaluation of FNA samples taken by radiologists or physicians at endoscopic procedures such as EBUS and EUS.

Dr Chandra is available to perform FNA at HCA clinics including those at the Shard, London Bridge Hospital, Harley Street Clinic, the Platinum Medical Centre and the Wellington Hospitals. Dr Chandra was the Clinical Lead of the department at Guy’s and St Thomas’ (2009-12). He continues to be the Lead Consultant for Cytopathology and Urological histopathology.

Dr Chandra is an examiner for the RCPath and organises courses for the British Association of Urological Pathologists (BAUP), the British Association for Cytopathology (BAC) and the RCPath. He is an enthusiastic teacher and presents workshops and lectures at Cytology Training Centres in the UK and at international conferences. He has co-authored scientific papers, book chapters and is deputy editor of the journal, Cytopathology.

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Mr Gordon Muir is a consultant urologist based in London. He has a specialist interest in the minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of prostate disease, both BPH and prostate cancer. He also specialises in male sexual dysfunction and infertility, with particular regard to reducing treatment related side effects for men with prostate problems. Mr Muir's research has been widely published, and he a recognised international expert and teacher in laser prostatectomy, Urolift and focal prostate cancer treatments. He has also developed and published operative techniques for foreskin and penis problems.

Wherever possible he offers one stop diagnostic visits, working from a few well equipped modern clinics, with his private base at the iconic Shard.

After qualifying in medicine from Glasgow, he served as a medical officer in the army, and later completed his post-graduate training in surgery and urology at the Royal Marsden and St George's Hospitals, also spending time in Egypt, the USA, France and Italy.

He has been a consultant urologist at King’s College Hospital since 1996 and is also Honorary Senior Lecturer in Surgery at King’s College London.

An active teacher and researcher, Gordon has published over 100 scientific papers, and has lectured, taught and held visiting professorships in every country in the world except Antarctica.

He researches in the area of penile size problems and genital anxiety in men, trying to reduce the harm often done by unscrupulous surgeons, and in 2016 published the largest ever review of penis size.

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Mr Jordi Sanchez-Ballester is a leading consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in St Helens and Warrington, at the Fairfield Independent Hospital and the Spire Cheshire Hospital respectively. He specialises in lower limb foot and ankle treatment, as well as knee surgery, trauma surgery and osteoarthritis. Mr Sanchez-Ballester trained in Barcelona, Spain where he is from and completed his postgraduate studies in London and Manchester.

Mr Sanchez-Ballester is a fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association and member of the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society. He has many publications in his areas of expertise, and also an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Liverpool. Alongside his surgical and clinical commitments, Mr Sanchez-Ballester is presently the Clinical Director of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at the St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

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With more than 25 years at consultant level, Mr Graeme Nicholas Fernandez is one of the UK's most experienced orthopaedic surgeons. Working across BMI The Winterbourne Hospital and Circle Reading Hospital, Mr Fernandez's special interest is in shoulder surgery but he also has considerable experience in partial and total knee replacement, hip replacement, and carpal tunnel surgery. He is committed to achieving the best possible outcomes in surgery with the latest minimally-invasive techniques and surgical guidance systems, and is the recipient of four clinical excellence awards.

Mr Fernandez qualified from the University of London in 1976 and pursued specialist training in Exeter, Bath, Portsmouth, Southampton and Alton. He passed the Orthopaedic Specialty Exam FRCS Orth in Edinburgh in 1989 - one of the first in the country - and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon at Dorset County Hospital in 1993. In his capacity as Clinical Director, he spent six years overseeing the growth of the department into a centre of Orthopaedic excellence. In 2012 he founded the Dorset Orthopaedic Clinic and the Dorset Shockwave Clinic, bringing together a team of experienced specialists to provide high-quality care to patients using the latest proven treatments.

Mr Fernandez has widely published in leading orthopaedic journals and has presented at conferences in San Francisco and Basel. He also offers talks at the Dorset Orthopaedic Clinic to GPs interested in keeping up to date with modern techniques in orthopaedic surgery.

Mr Fernandez treats degenerative conditions such as arthritis as well as acute trauma and sports injuries. He has a special expertise in performing arthroscopy of the knee without a tourniquet which results in a lighter anaesthetic, faster recovery and less postoperative pain. Patients who play racquet sports or work in construction and suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome will be operated on endoscopically, as this results in reduced post-operative pain and scar sensitivity. Finally, Mr Fernandez has special interest in patient-specific instrumentation for knee replacements, which results in a more accurate fit and a shorter time in the operating room. If, on occasion, a patient's case is complex and requires care beyond his area of expertise, Mr Fernandez has a wide network of experienced colleagues to whom he can refer. 

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Mr Syed Tahir Hussain is a leading surgeon with a specialist interest in hernia surgery and diabetes. Working across a number of leading hospitals in north London, Mr Hussain provides a full surgical service including expert care and attention on hyperhidrosis and gallstones.

Mr Hussain obtained his medical degree from St George’s, University of London, before undergoing surgical training at leading centres of medical excellence, including St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London and the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Mr Syed Tahir Hussain founded and now maintains a major Vascular Unit which specialises in endovenous and carotid surgery. As Tutor at the Royal College of Surgeons for the last ten years, Mr Hussain is heavily involved in the education of the next generations of surgeons.

Mr Hussain is also a leading vascular surgeon. You can learn more about his vascular surgery experience and expertise here.

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Mr Himanshu Borase is a highly qualified consultant gynaecologist and fertility specialist with private clinics at Spire Harpenden Hospital, One Stop Doctors in Hemel Hempstead and Create Fertility. He is renowned for helping patients with their fertility issues and performs many fertility surgical procedures. Among his specialities are IVF, endometriosis, fibroids, menstrual dysfunction, psychosexual medicine and all matters related to fertility. He has been recently nominated for the Patient's Choice Award at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. 

After graduating from medicine in 2001, he completed his post-graduate diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology in Mumbai, India. He came to the UK in 2005 and started his specialist fertility training in the southwest, where he worked with various accomplished consultants in different hospitals. He got the opportunity to work in the largest satellite clinic in the UK, the busiest delivery suite in Gloucester and one of the largest IVF units in Oxford. 

Along with his private practice, Mr Borase is the lead for the fertility services at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, with most of his fertility services based at St Alban's City Hospital. He also works as an obstetric consultant at Watford General Hospital. He has started "one-stop" services for his fertility patients at Spire Harpenden, investigating their case and formulating a plan in one go, saving waiting times for both NHS and private practice patients. He uses diagrams and audiovisual guides to help his patients understand their situation and his "fertility scan" can detect any issues that may be damaging to reproductive success early on. He is described by patients as very calm, professional and relaxed. 

Mr Borase is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the British Fertility Society and the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.  A number of his publications can be found in the Journal of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine. 

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Mr Bahrami is a senior consultant in cardiac surgery at Harefield Hospital, where he performs heart and lung transplantations and mechanical circulatory support. He trained and qualified at Pitie-Salpetriere University in Paris, France. His areas of expertise in cardiac surgery include minimally invasive and endoscopic cardiac surgery, for which he is lead surgeon, mitral valve repair, a procedure he performs 180 times per year, minimally invasive no-sternotomy aortic valve replacement, minimally invasive endoscopically assisted coronary artery bypass graft, off pump coronary artery bypass graft, totally endoscopic/surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation, endoscopic vein harvesting and complex reoperation.

Mr Bahrami has been at the forefront of developments in endoscopic minimally invasive heart surgery and mitral valve repair program since 2002, working alongside Professor Alain Carpentier, Sir Professor Magdi Yacoub and Professor Alain Cabrol. He also pioneered and performs coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) through a mini incision on the left side of the chest whilst the heart is beating (off-pump CABG). The conversion rate for this procedure has remained at zero since 2001.

Mr Bahrami has published research papers on valve repair (mitral and tricuspid) and transplantation in peer-reviewed journals including the European Journal for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, the Annals of Thoracic Surgery and the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

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