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Professor Francesco Rubino is a leading bariatric surgeon and a pioneer in the field of metabolic weight loss treatment and surgery. Originally trained in Italy and with extensive experience in the US, he now holds the position of Professor of Metabolic Surgery at King's College Hospital, the first of its kind. He has been awarded innumerable prizes, holds posts and memberships all over the world, has published over a 100 peer-reviewed papers, and is a reference in his field.

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Mr Ahmed R. Ahmed is one of London's leading surgeons. Practising on Harley Street and other reputable clinics, he specialises in laparoscopic (keyhole) gastrointestinal and hernia surgery as well as having a specialist interest in weight loss. He has been committed to education and training, winning numerous prizes and awards throughout his career and now he serves as a senior lecturer at Imperial College London. He runs his own research team investigating mechanisms of weight loss surgery as well as researching newer technologies for helping people lose weight. He forms an integral part of numerous professional bodies including the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society and has been widely published in numerous field-related, peer-reviewed journals.   Mr Ahmed will provide you with a friendly and honest opinion regarding your suitability for surgery, putting your safety and well-being as the first priority. He pays particular attention to pre and postoperative care in order to optimize the outcome of your operation and provide you with a smooth recovery after surgery. Mr Ahmed has >99% success in achieving a complete laparoscopic result without converting to open surgery.

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Mr Abhay Chopada is one of London's leading surgeons specialising in colonic, hernia and gallbladder surgery, as well as operations for anal conditions and the removal of lumps and lesions. He operates from a number of reputable clinics, including the Clementine Churchill Hospital, and has a reputation for compassion and for putting his patients at ease. Mr Chopada has maintained a special interest in healthcare IT over the years and has been at the forefront of helping to implement strategic solutions in the clinical community. He has published several research papers in general surgery and coloproctology, especially in angiogenesis of colon cancer, and through his role as Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College, remains committed to education and training.

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Mr Sanjay Agrawal is one of London's leading consultants in the specialty of bariatric, laparoscopic and upper GI Surgery and is certified as a 'Master Surgeon in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery™ (MSMBS™)'. He has a broad range of surgical expertise and is one of the country's prominent experts in obesity and weight loss surgery. Mr Agrawal has undergone extensive training in the UK, Belgium, Japan and India and has undertaken more than 2,000 general surgical procedures so far. In addition, he has experience in over 1,000 laparoscopic bariatric procedures to date. Mr Agrawal is a well-respected and very active member of the medical community, dividing his time between consultation and surgery, teaching, committee membership, publishing books and articles and even finding time for television appearances as an expert in his field. 

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Miss Christina Choy is an experienced oncoplastic breast surgeon based in London, with a specialist expertise in one stop rapid assessment for various breast symptoms and lumps, family history risk assessment and genetic testing, breast screening and counselling, state of the arts management for both benign breast disease and breast cancer. She works at HCA hospitals in London with a group of dedicated multidisciplinary team members to provide holistic personal care with updated and cutting-edge management approaches for breast management. She is a trustee for Breast Cancer Hope Charity which promotes breast cancer research for improvement of breast cancer awareness and disease treatment. Miss Christina Choy qualified from the Medical School of the University of Sydney in 1986 and undertook her postgraduate training in surgery and has worked in various major centres in Australia, Hong Kong and the UK, including The Royal Marsden Hospital and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. She worked as consultant breast surgeon in the NHS previously and was Lead for the Breast Service at the Homerton University Hospital. She has worked in the private sector since 2003. From January 2017 she has worked exclusively for HCA private hospitals including the London Breast Institute at the Princess Grace Hospital, the Harley Street Clinic, the Portland Hospital for women and the new HCA specialist unit at the Chiswick Outpatient and Diagnostic Centre. Miss Choy is actively involved in research and has worked in conjunction with the pathology department at St Bartholomew's Hospital on a study of the gene arrays and demographic data of young women, particularly Afro-Caribbean women and other ethnic groups, presenting with breast cancer. Other projects that she is involved in include research into barriers to women accessing early diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer in various ethnic groups (in conjunction with King's College Hospital, recently presented in Parliament for Black Afro-Caribbean and Ethnic Minority Group, BAEM), the development of a 23 hours model for early discharge after breast cancer surgery and an audit to determine if sentinel node of highest isotope count can be the predictor of nodal status in breast cancer.

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Professor Muntzer Mughal is an esteemed consultant general surgeon, based in London. Specialising in gastroesophageal cancer, gastroesophageal reflux, hiatal and abdominal wall hernias. Currently practising from his private clinic on London's Harley Street, he also serves as a consultant surgeon and head of upper GI services along with being an honorary clinical professor in surgery at University College Hospitals London. Professor Muntzer Mughal has amassed a great deal of experience in his field, including setting up a specialist unit in oesophagogastric surgery, which was chosen to be the centre of the Lancashire and South Cumbria cancer network. Professor Mughal has a great deal of interest in teaching and has worked in many national organisations to improve the quality of surgery across the UK. His programme was selected as the Best Surgical Training Programme by a national training survey in 2010. 

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Mr Ali Alhamdani is one of London's leading bariatric surgeons. He has performed over 2,500 procedures and provides the full range of obesity surgery procedures including gastric bypass, gastric band, gastric sleeve and revisional bariatric surgery. Mr Alhamdani has had extensive training in laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery in the UK, Europe and America. A surgeon at the forefront of his field, he was one of the pioneers in using the stretta procedure - a minimally invasive endoscopic procedure used to treat GORD (gastro-oesophageal reflux disease).  Mr Alhamdani has a reputation for performing extremely safe surgery with a very low complication rate and a zero mortality rate. He always prioritises the well-being of his patients, and makes sure they understand all of the options available and are actively involved in making decisions about their treatment.  He has published several articles about bariatric surgery in reputable scientific magazines.

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Mr Sakhawat (Zak) Rahman is a prestigious consultant general surgeon based in London, specialising in open and advanced laparoscopic (keyhole) surgical techniques. From his private clinics in London, he offers a broad range of procedures for hernias, pancreatic cancer, pancreatic disorders, gallstone disease, gastric / oesophageal diseases and obesity. As a specialist hepatobiliary surgeon, Mr Zak Rahman has developed a special interest in the treatment of gallstone disease and its surgical management. He has a strong clinical and medicolegal practice centred around the surgical management of gallstones (cholecystectomy) and bile duct injuries as a result of clinical negligence due to substandard care. He is currently leading the development of a fast track pathway to deliver high quality care to patients with symptomatic gallstones. Well-respected for his contributions to surgical research, Mr Rahman became a Hunterian Professor of Surgery for the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2007, and is among the pioneers of laparoscopic pancreatic and upper GI surgery in the UK. Mr Rahman undertook fellowships in renowned centres of excellence in Hong Kong and Germany and has gained experience in prestigious centres across the UK. Mr Rahman was recently voted as one of The Best Gallbladder Surgeons in the UK by his peers: The Good Doctors Guide: Meet the best doctors for gallbladder and IBD.

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Mr Krishna Moorthy is a leading London surgeon specialising in general surgery, upper gastrointestinal surgery for cancer, bariatric surgery and hernia surgery. He performs laparoscopic gastric banding, laparoscopic gastric bypass and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Mr Moorthy has performed over 3000 laparoscopic procedures of which nearly 1000 are bariatric procedures. He is also a specialist in the surgical management of cancers of the stomach and the oesophagus and at present works in the reputable surgical unit in St Mary’s Hospital. He also specialises in all kinds of hernia surgery. He focuses on improving patient safety and quality of care in surgery. He was involved in the development of the World Health Organisation surgical checklist which is now used throughout the NHS and often gives lectures on surgical training, patient safety in surgery, quality improvement and bariatric surgery. Mr Moorthy also performed the UK’s first robotic gastric bypass procedure.

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Professor Hemant Kocher is an internationally renowned professor of liver and pancreas surgery at the University of London. He is a leading consultant general, laparoscopic and HPB surgeon based in London. His special interests include diseases of the gallbladder and bile duct, the liver, and the pancreas. He counts innovative surgical techniques and patient care pathways among his research interests. Professor Kocher qualified from the University of Mumbai with various distinctions before travelling to London and completing his MD at King's College London.  A supremely knowledgeable and dedicated professional, Professor Kocher runs a multi-disciplinary pancreas and liver research program at the Barts Cancer Institute. He is at the cutting-edge of his field and keen to offer up-to-date, evidence-based techniques and treatments for his patients. Professor Kocher has been a prolific research contributor to his discipline and has published widely. Highly respected by his peers, he has made numerous appearances in the press, worked with medical charities, and has been interviewed by the BBC. He has also gained both national and international recognition, receiving numerous prestigious awards in his field, chairing national and international committees and conferences.

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Mr Andrew Clarke is a leading consultant general, colorectal and laparoscopic surgeon based in Poole and Bournemouth in Dorset. After gaining his qualification from the University of Manchester in 1988, Mr Clarke went on to gain further training in numerous teaching hospitals in the north-west. In 2002 Mr Clarke became a Consultant Surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary and by 2004, he moved to Dorset where he set up a dedicated pelvic floor surgery service in Poole.  Mr Clarke's surgical skills cover general and colorectal surgery and he has a special interest in using endoscopy and laparoscopy to treat hernias, haemorrhoids and to repair pelvic floor disorders. Mr Clarke's contribution to treating pelvic floor conditions, such as prolapse, constipation and bowel incontinence, has seen him become founder of the Southern Pelvic Floor society and member of the National Pelvic Floor Society in the UK.

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Timothy Rees Worthington is a top general surgeon based in Guildford. He specialises in removing gallstones and hernias and treating the liver and pancreas. He is an expert in laparoscopic surgery, holding the position of Laparoscopic Tutor at the Minimal Access Therapy and Training Unit at the University of Surrey. After graduating from the University of Birmingham, Mr Worthington was awarded the Royal College of Surgeons Simpson Research Fellowship and studied the biology of pancreatic cancer. He earned his MD in 2001, after which he underwent higher surgical training in London and undertook further specialist training at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. He became a consultant surgeon at University College Hospital, London in 2004, before later moving to the Royal Surrey County Hospital. Mr Worthington leads the Hepatopancreaticobiliary Unit at the Royal Surrey County Hospital and University of Surrey in the development of minimally-invasive surgery for pancreatic and liver disease and is an acknowledged expert in the field. 

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Mr Cheuk Bong Tang is a leading Essex-based consultant general surgeon specialising in upper GI surgery. Among his areas of expertise are hernia (abdominal wall  and hiatal) repair and gallbladder issues, performing gastrectomies and oesophagectomies. He is also well-versed in using modern techniques such as robotic surgery and laparoscopy to carry out surgical procedures. He lead the development of endoscopic surgery for lesions of the stomach and gullet, and introduced RFA ablation (HALO) for Barrett's oesophagus at Broomfield. A graduate of UCL (University College London), Mr Tang went on to train at post-graduate posts in London, the North-West and Singapore, before pursuing higher surgical electives in Hong Kong and Japan. He was previously the Clinical Lead for upper GI cancer at Broomfield Hospital,  and is now the Clinical Lead for upper GI surgery.

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Professor Tan Arulampalam is an award-winning consultant general surgeon based in Colchester, Essex and London, with a special interest in minimally invasive pilonidal sinus (EPSIT) and anal fistula surgery,(VAAFT), gallbladder surgery, hernia surgery and colorectal surgery. He has also developed skills in minimally invasive pilonidal sinus (EPSIT) and anal fistula treatment (VAAFT). He also specialises in minimally invasive techniques, using both laparoscopy and endoscopy in many of his procedures. Professor Arulampalam is a dedicated consultant and is equally committed to teaching. Currently, he runs numerous surgical and laparoscopic skills courses and has developed a masters programme in minimally invasive and robotic surgery. His current interest is the use of artificial intelligence in surgery, blockchain technology in medicine, patient safety and human factors and how we train the surgeon of the future. Professor Arulampalam gained his Medical Degree by the University of London following five years at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, training at numerous London teaching hospitals. His Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England was awarded in 2003 after which he was awarded a travelling fellowship by the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALSGBI). He is on the research committee of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons and a member of the council of the ALSGBI. Today, Professor Arulampalam runs his private practices, teaches and spends time doing charity work, including his membership on the Board of Beating Bowel Cancer and training surgeons in low and middle income countries. He also co-edited the Essential Surgery (6th Edition), a surgical textbook featuring simplified problem-solving with illustrations, which is used by medical students in the UK and around the world. 

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Mr Shahab Siddiqi is a well-regarded consultant surgeon based in Essex, who specialises in colorectal surgery and pelvic floor surgery. He treats a variety of conditions, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), enteric dysmotility, and pruritis (itchy bottom), and is one of the UK's leading experts in using advanced robotic-assisted surgery for the treatment of colorectal diseases. He has led the development of the advanced robotic surgery facility at Broomfield Hospital since 2011. He also introduced new and innovative treatments for bowel incontinence and constipation, and has both surgical and medical clinical interests, including the management of pelvic floor disorders, pelvic pain, irritable bowel syndrome, whole gut motility disorders, functional bowel disorders, and pruritus ani. Mr Siddiqi qualified from St George’s Hospital Medical School in 1993, before completing specialist training in general and colorectal surgery at the North Thames Deanery. He also undertook a pelvic floor fellowship at Castle Hill Hospital, Hull and a laparoscopic surgery fellowship at Waikato Hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand. His research into methods to improve detection of the spread of colorectal cancer to the lymph glands using genetic techniques at the Royal London Hospital earned him an MD from the University of London in 2008. Mr Siddiqi now serves as the lead surgeon for pelvic floor surgery in the Department of General Surgery, also practising privately at Springfield Hospital. He is an honorary senior lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University and is still involved in a number of research projects. He is currently using his expertise in robotic surgery to help develop new surgical treatment methods for other colorectal diseases, like rectal cancer. 

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Mr Zaed Hamady is a leading consultant general surgeon who is based in Southampton, Winchester and Portsmouth, and specialises in gallstones, hernia, liver and pancreatic surgery. Mr Hamady qualified with an MBChB from the University of Baghdad and moved to the UK to complete his basic surgical training. He started his clinical research training in Leeds and was awarded a Royal College of Surgeons Research Fellowship in 2005 and a Medical Research Council Clinical Training Fellowship in 2006 to carry out research into the genetic engineering of a human gut bacterium. Mr Hamady received surgical training in liver and pancreatic surgery in Leeds and obtained a firm grounding in HPB benign and cancer surgical practice, as well as liver transplant surgery. Mr Hamady is currently examiner in the Royal College of Surgeon of England and Edinburgh, he is the secretary of the British Association of Surgical oncology and continues his research on pancreatic and liver cancer in University of Southampton 

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Mr James Kirkby-Bott is a consultant general surgeon based in Southampton. He specialises in endocrine surgery and is an expert in the management of endocrine diseases, hernias and gallbladder problems. He also set up one of the UK's leading acute surgery and trauma units in Southampton. Mr James Kirkby-Bott can be seen privately at Nuffield Wessex Hospital and Spire Southampton University Hospital on various days. Mr Kirkby-Bott qualified at St George's Medical School and went on to train as an endocrine surgeon at the Hammersmith Hospital in London and was the International Endocrine Fellow in Lille, France where he spent 12 months carrying out research and operating alongside leading specialists. When awarded his Fellowship of the European Board of Surgery in Endocrine surgery he was one of just four surgeons in the UK to be awarded this. Mr Kirkby-Bott founded the Wessex Endocrine Society, a charity providing patient centred training and education in surgical endocrinology across Wessex. Mr Kirkby-Bott is a Q member and specialist in Quality Improvement (QI) having been involved in numerous QI projects and regional lead for the Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative (2015-2017) and The Wessex Emergency Surgery Network (2017-present). He is currently Consulting for the Academic Health Science Networks emergency laparotomy project. In 2018 he was appointed to a senior role in University Hospital Southampton as co-director for clinical outcomes. Other awards to his name include the Norman Tanner Prize medal, given by the Royal Society of Medicine in 2008 and Braun Aesclepius prize in endocrine surgery awarded in 2011. Mr Kirkby-Bott is equally committed to his research and has several scientific papers on the role of vitamin D in parathyroid surgery, as well as several book chapters and the first textbook dedicated to Parathyroid disease, to his name.

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Mr Irfan Halim is a highly esteemed and sought after Consultant General and Laparoscopic Surgeon in London. From his private clinics; BMI The London Independent Hospital, The Blackheath Hospital and BMI Hendon Hospitals as well as Highgate Hospital and Harley Street clinics, he offers the full range of General Surgical expertise including upper GI surgery, colorectal surgery, bariatric surgery, laparoscopic surgery, endoscopies and treats hernias. He has a specialist interest in Virtual Reality surgery, medical education and ultra-minimally invasive surgery. He holds one of the highest volume practices in the UK, seeing approximately 300 new patients on a monthly basis and personally performs over 1200 procedures annually. His outcomes, both short-term and long-term are excellent with supporting data acquired through regular audit work and his overall daycase procedure rate is over 99%. His outcomes also favour him as the surgeon of choice for most hospital staff members requiring general surgical advice or treatment for themselves or their family and friends. Mr Halim qualified in 2000 from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Medical School with prizes and distinctions and trained in general surgery with sub specialisation in laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery on the North Thames Higher Surgical Rotation. He completed his specialist training in GI surgery at UCL Hospitals, with additional specialist training in cancer surgery at the Royal Marsden Hospital and bariatric surgery at the Homerton Hospital. He won numerous awards, and in 2014 became fellow to the Royal College of Surgeons England. He is also qualified in Law and holds a masters in Surgical Technology from Imperial College London as well as an MBA (masters in business administration) from the US.  Having previously worked as an NHS Consultant Surgeon at West Hertfordshire NHS Hospitals Trust and the North East London NHS Treatment Centre since 2016, Mr Halim has recently moved into full-time private practice. He has a very large practice in day case procedures including gallbladder, hernia surgeries, cosmetic skin procedures and colorectal surgery with an impressive turnaround from consultation to completed treatment. Mr Irfan also offers courses to GP's on topics such as hernia surgery, rectal bleeding and haemorrhoids. He has published numerous textbooks and several textbook chapters about bariatric and general surgery as well as having taught on numerous courses over his career to date. He is also an article reviewer for BMJ Case Reports, The International Journal of Surgery and The Journal of Vascular Surgery and Research. Mr Halim is a member of a number of a number of organisations such as the British Medical Association, Association of Upper GI Surgeons-UK and British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society-UK, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) as well as the World Endoscopy Organisation (WEO). He is a highly sought after speaker at major international conferences.

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Mr Atif Alvi is a highly-trained laparoscopic colorectal surgeon with his NHS practice based at Watford General Hospital. He holds a special interest in keyhole surgery for bowel cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, hernia and gallbladder surgery for stones. He also treats proctological disorders like haemorrhoids, anal fistulas and anal fissures. He has completed a Training the Trainers course fron St Marks Hospital in colonoscopy and has been certified as a JAG - Accredited trainer and endoscopist (colonoscopy, gastroscopy, sigmoidoscopy). Mr Alvi trained in the East Anglian region (Cambridge) and finished his higher surgical training (CCT) in September 2010, working in various specialties of surgery and certified specialist training in colorectal surgery. He has also formally completed Fellowship in Laparoscopic Colorectal surgery.  Mr Alvi has performed more than 400 open and 600 laparoscopic colorectal operations with good surgical and oncological outcomes comparable to national standards.

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Mr Bart Decadt is an experienced consultant general surgeon based in Manchester, Cheshire, Warrington and Blackpool. He is an expert in laparoscopic bariatric and upper GI surgery (including surgery for hernias, gallbladder problems and acid reflux). Mr Decadt originally qualified in Belgium. He performed his surgical training at the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and in Manchester (UK). He gained an MD at the University of East Anglia on Evidence Based Laparoscopic Surgery where he was involved in the first gastric band procedures performed in the UK in 1997. Mr Decadt won the 1st European prize in Linz (Austria) in 1999 (EAES congress) with his randomised study comparing the best surgical versus the best medical treatment for patients with severe acid reflux disease. This world-unique study involving over 300 patients proved for the first time the superiority of laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery above medication in terms of quality of life and longterm outcome. Mr Decadt was appointed consultant surgeon at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust in 2005 where he was Lead Consultant for Upper GI Surgery. He also obtained an honorary consultant position in Manchester Royal Infirmary where he pioneered laparoscopically assisted surgery for stomach and oesophageal cancer. He was part of the surgical team granted one of the first NHS bariatric contracts in the UK in 2007 involving over a 1000 patients. Mr Decadt performs all routine bariatric (weight reducing) and diabetic (treating type 2 diabetes) surgical procedures including gastric sleeve, bypass, band, balloon and revisional procedures. He is committed to providing his patients with the highest standard of care, making sure that the best service is given through each step of their weight-loss journey.

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