Specialists in Coventry

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Dr Rina Agrawal is a multi-award winning London gynaecologist and obstetrician. Specialising in reproductive medicine and fertility, she is well-known in her field not only for her professional achievements, but also for her kind, caring and warm nature. Dr Agrawal practises as a consultant gynaecologist and associate professor at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, alongside her private clinics on London's Harley Street and in Warwickshire. She was formerly the director at London's Fertility Clinic, the first centre in the UK to offer assisted reproduction. Dr Agrawal has received a number of awards for the work in her field, including the Pride of India award, and the Jewel of India award, for her outstanding economic and philanthropic work.

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Mr Charles Evans is a leading consultant general surgeon and one of a small number of UK surgeons specially trained in robotic surgical techniques. Working across Leamington Spa and Coventry, Mr Evans has a wide practice covering hernia surgery, diagnostic and interventional endoscopy, bowel resection for cancerous and non-cancerous conditions, anal fissure and fistula, haemorrhoids, and appendix removal. He also has a paediatric practice covering hydrocele repair, orchidopexies and circumcision. Mr Evans completed basic surgical training in London and was awarded an MD from the University of London following research into colorectal cancer and minimally invasive surgery. After completing two fellowships in complex colorectal surgery, Mr Evans was appointed Consultant Surgen and Clinical lead for colorectal cancer at UHCW. Mr Evans continues to have an active role in surgical research, presenting at national and international conferences. He is a regular reviewer for journals including the British Journal of Surgery and Colorectal Disease, and at UHCW he is heavily involved in research focusing on early cancer detection and advances in robotic surgical techniques.

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Professor T. Justin Clark has been a consultant gynaecologist at the Birmingham Women’s & Children’s Hospital since 2004 and an honorary professor at the University of Birmingham since 2015. His clinical expertise and research outputs have earnt him a national and international reputation in gynaecology. He specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of menstrual disorders, fibroids, menopausal problems, pelvic pain and endometriosis. His private practice is based at BMI the Priory and BMI the Edgbaston Hospitals. He is also Director of the Birmingham Women’s Hospital Clinical Teaching Academy.   Known for his accomplished technical skills in performing laparoscopic (key-hole) surgery, Professor Clark is a pioneer at the forefront of his field, using hysteroscopy and ultrasound techniques to diagnose and treat menstrual disorders in a minimally invasive way. He is actively involved in research, having published over 100 papers, 8 books, and 4 national guidelines for evidence-based gynaecological practice. He lectures nationally and internationally and holds over £4 million in research grants. He prides himself on his approachability, communication and bedside manner and mandated job appraisals have commended him for these attributes, receiving complimentary feedback from both patients and colleagues.

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Mr Suman Biswas is a leading consultant ophthalmologist specialising in laser surgery for cataracts and glaucoma, trabeculectomy surgery, and general ophthalmological treatments. From his private clinics in Birmingham, Derby and Burton, Mr Suman Biswas provides a wide range of ophthalmological treatments and procedures, with a great deal of emphasis on the quality of care he provides for his patients, with the success rate of his procedures well above the national average. Alongside his clinical work, Mr Biswas is involved in training junior doctors, and has also published numerous peer-reviewed articles in medical journals. 

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Mr Seni Mylvaganam is a top consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon specialising in breast cancer, breast reconstruction and cosmetic breast surgery. He is based in Solihull, Birmingham and Wolverhampton, providing breast services in both his NHS practice and at his private clinics.  Mr Mylvaganam undertook his training at the Royal Free and University College London and then specialist and sub-specialist training in breast surgery in the West Midlands. He gained expertise in breast oncoplastic and reconstruction surgery and cosmetic breast surgery whilst undertaking the National Oncoplastic Breast Fellowship. This fellowship is extremely competitive, selecting just a few breast and plastic surgeons each year and is hence considered the gold standard for breast reconstruction and breast cosmetic training in the UK. Mr Mylvaganam also holds a number of leadership roles in numerous organisations. These include the NHS Breast Screening programme as West Midlands Surgical advisor, with responsibility to ensure all breast surgeons adhere to the very best standards. Also as a training programme director for Health Education England, responsible for the quality of training of core trainee surgeons in the West Midlands. He is also committed to improving breast reconstruction surgery, and is currently a leading member of a national research group investigating the practice of implant-based breast reconstruction aiming to improve UK wide patient outcomes and experiences.  Mr Mylvaganam is a driven consultant, dedicating his time to surgery, patient experience and research. He has been invited to speak at more than 25 national and international conferences and has numerous journal and textbook publications to his name.

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Dr Andrew Peter Holt is a leading consultant hepatologist, based in Birmingham. Specialising in the treatment and management of complex liver disease and in liver transplantation, he sees patients with a wide range of liver conditions from his private clinics across Birmingham, where he offers such treatments as endoscopic therapy for liver related bowel problems, and AlfaPump therapy. Originally training and being registered with GMC in gastroenterology and general internal medicine, he specialised in liver disease, and has worked as a consultant in the Liver Unit since 2008.  Alongside his clinical practice, Dr Andrew Peter Holt is involved in a number of committees and steering groups, dedicated to improving outcomes for patients with different kinds of liver disease, and is chair of the Liver Transplant Board. He is dedicated to teaching, and is a senior lecturer in medicine at the University of Birmingham, along with publishing numerous peer-reviewed articles in medical journals in his medical field. 

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Mr Richard Irving is a specialist in otology, neurotology and skull base surgery in Birmingham. He specialises in the conditions of the ear, hearing and balance in both adults and children. This includes cholesteatoma, cochlear and middle ear implants, facial paralysis, Ménière's disease, perforation of the eardrum, tinnitus and tumours of the skull base. Mr Irving qualified from London University in 1985 and furthermore trained in London, Cambridge and San Francisco. During his training, he was awarded a fellowship to the Universitatspital in Zurich and to the Causse Ear Clinic in France. He was awarded the intercollegiate gold medal for best performance in the FRCS(ORL-HNS) examination in 1996. Whilst training in Cambridge, Mr Irving undertook pioneering research into the molecular genetics of tumours of the inner ear, which led to the award of an MD in 1996. For this work, he was awarded the Royal Society of Medicine short papers prize in 1993 and the Xomed-Treace Prize in 1994. Mr Irving’s current research activity address the issues facing the hearing impaired, those with facial paralysis, balance disturbance and skull base tumours. He has received awards of over £2 million for deafness research into translational projects involving bringing technology into clinical practice. He has published over 100 peer review articles on a variety of subjects related to ear diseases. Richard lectures regularly at national and international conferences. He assists with training overseas surgeons and works as advisor and external surgeon to teams in India, Bangladesh and Oman. Richard serves on the editorial board of a number of journals and has worked with NICE to develop guidelines to manage hearing loss in the UK. He is heavily involved in postgraduate teaching and training, runs a prestigious fellowship training course, and is a past President of the British Society of Otology and the current President of the Royal Society of Medicine Section of Otology.

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Mr Michael Kuo is an ear, nose and throat surgeon with a special interest in children’s ENT disorders, particularly in paediatric head and neck diseases, thyroid swellings, voice disorders, breathing problems and hearing disorders. Mr Kuo graduated from the University of Birmingham and also trained at the University of Hong Kong. He spent three years pursuing molecular biology research as a Medical Research Council and Royal College of Surgeons fellow, which lead to a PhD. He chairs the education committee of the European Society for Paediatric Otolaryngology. Mr Kuo has published numerous original research papers, review articles and book chapters. He serves as the only UK member of the Editorial Board of The Laryngoscope.

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Mr Mark Dunbar is a leading consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in the Birmingham area who specialises in treatment of the knee. His areas of expertise include knee replacement, knee arthroscopy and knee ligament surgery. Mr Dunbar graduated with his medical degree from the University of Oxford and pursued both his early and his specialist trauma and orthopaedic training in the West Midlands. He is active in research and completed his PhD at the University of Warwick in 2009. As an honorary associate professor at the university, his research work continues and Mr Dunbar prides himself on being able to use the highest quality of evidence available to inform the decision making in his clinical practice. Mr Dunbar returned to Oxford for knee fellowship training where he was able to focus his expertise so that his practice was exclusively based on problems affecting the knee, offering clinics and performing operations in both Solihull and Sutton Coldfield.

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