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Dr Robin Russel-Jones is a highly experienced consultant dermatologist based in London who has over 25 years of experience. He focuses mainly on the subject of skin cancer, particularly skin lymphoma and melanoma.

Dr Russel-Jones was the director of the skin tumour unit at the St John's Institute of Dermatology for ten years. He was the lead clinician for Skin Cancer at Guy's Kings and Thomas' (GKT). He forms an integral part of numerous professional bodies and has influenced government policy in several important areas over the past 30 years. He is now retired from the NHS, and he works exclusively in the private sector. However, he doesn't undertake medico-legal cases and does not see children unless they have melanoma or cutaneous lymphoma.

Dr Russel-Jones has contributed to over 200 peer-reviewed journals in medical literature, he is also  the holder of an A (Gold) Merit Award.

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Mr Simon Eccles is an esteemed consultant craniofacial plastic surgeon practising in London. Having first qualified as a dentist and then as a maxillo-facial surgeon in 1985, he then trained and qualified as a doctor before beginning training in plastic surgery, specialising in head and neck and cranio-facial surgery. He was awarded the McGregor medal for outstanding performance in the Royal College of Surgeons plastic surgery examination. 

Mr Simon Eccles works as a consultant plastic surgeon in both the NHS and in private practice across different sites in London, and is a member of a number of committees in his field. He is also a member of a group of surgeons working for the charity 'Facing the World', where they carry out life-saving and life-changing surgical work on children across the world who would not otherwise have access to this level of care. 

Mr Eccles is also dedicated to training and teaching junior plastic surgeons and has written a number of articles for peer-reviewed journals, he has also made a number of television appearances as an expert in his field, and has been an invited speaker for TED.  

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Dr Vivek Chhaya is a leading consultant gastroenterologist and general physician based in London and Worthing. He sees patients at the BMI Goring Hall Hospital, Spire St Anthony's Hospital, and is also a substantive consultant at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust where he offers expertise in all forms of advanced endoscopy and gastrointestinal disorders. Dr Chhaya's clinical interests include dyspepsia and reflux, IBS and alternations in bowel habits, Crohn's and colitis, GI cancers, pancreatic and liver disorders.

Dr Chhaya has access to a JAG accredited endoscopy unit, where he carries out investigations for bowel conditions using techniques such as gastroscopy or colonoscopy. He's fully accredited in diagnostic and colonoscopy and therapeutic upper GI endoscopy. He performs advanced endoscopy in the form of oesophageal and enteral stenting, EUS and biopsy, ERCP and biliary stenting, and the removal of polyps.

Dr Chhaya completed his undergraduate training at St Bartholomew's and The Royal London School of Medicine at the University of London in 2005 whilst also attaining first-class honours in Biomedical Engineering. He completed general medical training and went on to gain membership to The Royal College of Physicians. Dr Chhaya undertook specialist training in gastroenterology in the South Thames region. Dr Chhaya has worked at some of London's most prestigious institutions such as The Royal London Hospital, The Royal Marsden Hospital and St Batholomew's Hospital.

He gained his higher degree at St George's Hospital Medical School at the University of London, and he was awarded an MD in 2016. Dr Chhaya currently sits on the specialist training committee for gastroenterology in Sussex, Kent and Surrey. He is currently a substantive consultant with expertise in gastrointestinal disorders and advanced endoscopy. He's helped transform the IBD service in his NHS post and has a supervisory role in medical education.

He has an active role in medical education, supervising junior doctors and gastroenterology trainees. Dr Chhaya regularly teaches on the JAG accredited endoscopy course. He's the cancer lead at the Worthing Hospital for oesophageal, gastric, pancreatic and biliary cancers. Dr Chhaya is an active researcher and has had over 20 articles in international peer-reviewed gastroenterology journals and has also taken part in various conferences worldwide.

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Dr Saqib Mukhtar is a highly experienced NHS and private general practitioner with over 15 years of experience, who privately practices at Chelsea Pharmacy Medical Clinic, London. He specialises in general health check ups (health screening), vaccinations, blood tests and investigations, such as diabetes, liver, kidney and thyroid (amongst others), chest infections, urine infections, neonatal examinations, acute and elderly medicine, general paediatric care as well as sexual health. 

Dr Mukhtar's list of subspecialties is quite the wide-ranging, substantial one. From anxiety disorder to food poisoning, Dr Mukhtar certainly covers the fair share of land in the medical field. Other special interests of his include back pain, flu, alcoholism, gout, headache, gonorrhoea, meningitis, rash, pregnancy, strep throat, as well as stomach and abdominal pain. Dr Mukhtar is extremely passionate with regards to improving the overall state of healthcare across the UK, and has thus set up his own London-based private clinic, which has been named above. 

After successfully completing a MBBS in medicine at the prestigious Bart’s & The London School of Medicine in 2004, Dr Mukhtar decided to pursue specialist medical training in general medicine, emergency medicine, accident & emergency, elderly medicine, general paediatrics, neonatology and ENT in London and Brighton. He has been a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners since 2009 and can also be considered and labelled somewhat of a health entrepreneur, having impressively founded the revolutionary tech startup, watdoc.com, an online health-focused platform that assisted a great deal in reducing the overall NHS expenditure on the hiring of temporary agency staff. 

His overall health-related approach is holistic and patient-centred and he firmly believes that human health possesses a complicated but fascinating mixture of physical, psychological, social and spiritual elements. Dr Mukhtar strives to enable his patients to understand this philosophy in order for them to grow, resulting in a significantly positive life-changing impact. 

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Miss Aimee Di Marco is a leading consultant thyroid and endocrine surgeon in London, who specialises in and practises exclusively thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal surgery.  She is an expert in thyroid cancer, parathyroid disease, thyroid nodules, the surgical management of hyperthyroidism and adrenal disease.

Miss Di Marco qualified from the University of Cambridge and Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine in 2004 with distinction. She underwent basic and higher surgical training in London. Miss Di Marco was awarded a doctorate in 2016 from Imperial College London for her work on surgical technology.

In 2017 Miss Di Marco became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and was awarded the ASGBI gold medal for outstanding performance. She undertook the prestigious T.S Reeve Fellowship in the endocrine surgery unit of Sydney University at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia before returning back to London.

Miss Di Marco is actively involved in teaching and research. She has co-authored over 25 peer-reviewed research papers.

She sees patients at the Lister Hospital in Chiswick and Chelsea and at Imperial Private Healthcare at the Hammersmith and Charing Cross Hospitals.  She has regular private clinics but may also be available at others times - please contact her PA to discuss your requirements.

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Mr Gaurav Kumar is a top consultant ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon based in Brentwood and Ilford. He has an extensive wealth of experience in treating all adult and paediatric ear, nose and throat conditions. His areas of expertise lie in rhinoplasty, dysphagia (swallowing difficulties), voice disorders and endoscopic ear and sinus surgery for both children and adults.

He is passionate about providing high-level care to all his patients with complex ear, nose and throat problems. To date, he has performed over 500 cases of LASER in-ear surgery to treat cholesteatoma and more than 1,000 other types of ear surgery procedures. This includes eardrum perforation repair with no facial palsy complications.

He initially trained in ENT centres and centres of excellence in India before undergoing further training in the UK. Here, he was awarded his fellowship from the Royal Colleges of Surgeons. He also underwent advanced training in voice disorders from University College London.

He has a subspecialist interest in managing patients with voice and swallowing disorders and offers rhinoplasty procedures for both functional and nasal valve problems. Other procedures he specialises in include stapes surgery for patients with otosclerosis.

Mr Kumar pioneered the use of narrow band imaging in cholesteatoma surgery, which is an imaging technique for endoscopic diagnostic medical tests. He also publishes widely in peer-reviewed journals and frequently presents his research work at international conferences.

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Mr Joshi George is a highly trained neurosurgeon practising at the BMI The Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle, Stockport. He specialises in complex spine problems, cancer of the spine and  head injuries and is highly experienced in performing minimally invasive surgery.

Mr George has trained in trauma and neurosurgery for many years in India, Europe and North America, performing operations to a world-class standard. He received training in many leading centres including the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast and the Royal London Hospital. He has worked as an honorary lecturer in Sports Medicine at the University of London, and  regularly treats professional athletes for sports-related injuries. His neurosurgical training was completed in the West Midlands, England. He was awarded the FRCSGlasg(Neuro.Surg) and  also  the Fellowship of the European Board of Neurological Surgeons. A year later in 2012, he received a Fellowship in Spine Surgery from the University of Toronto. During this time, he gained experience in treating cancer of the spine and performing complex reconstructive spine surgery.

Mr George has dealt with the aftermath of terrorist bombings in Belfast, London and Manchester, which lead to him being involved in the organisation and development of mass casualty training schemes. He is also the Clinical Lead for Neurosurgery in Manchester and is proud to lead a team of 27 highly skilled neurosurgeons. He currently practices as an NHS consultant Neurosurgeon at Salford Royal Foundation Trust and privately at the BMI The Alexandra Hospital. As well as this, he teaches at Salford University and routinely presents at international conferences

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