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Dr Eleni Besi is a distinguished consultant oral surgeon based in London. She is renowned for her expertise in extractions, dental bone grafts, apical surgery, dental implants, temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ), and conscious sedation, amongst many other areas of dental care.

Dr Besi graduated with honours in dentistry from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece in 2010. She went on to undertake training at various locations in the UK, including Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, and the Edinburgh Dental Institute, obtaining certifications in surgical and prosthodontic implantology and clinical education from the Eastman Dental Institute at University College London. Dr Besi has also attained a Master's in oral surgery from the same institution and a doctor's degree in dentistry from the University of Edinburgh. She currently serves as a consultant oral surgeon at Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, and sees private patients at the revered Bespoke Dental clinic in Fulham.

In addition to her clinical practice, Dr Besi is actively involved in research and education. She holds the positions of senior clinical lecturer and lead of the oral surgery undergraduate programme at Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr Besi has also published numerous research papers which appear in peer-reviewed journals. She is an appointed member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery and the Oral Surgery section of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

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Professor Richard Cohen is a leading colorectal and general surgeon based at the Cleveland Clinic in London. He is an expert on open and minimally-invasive laparoscopic colorectal surgery, colorectal cancer, and irritable bowel disease (IBD). Currently, Professor Cohen serves as a clinical professor of surgery, consultant surgeon, and honorary senior lecturer at University College London (UCL). He is renowned as a pioneer of introducing new techniques in the United Kingdom. 

After receiving his medical qualification from Cambridge with distinction in 1987, Professor Cohen continued his training as a surgery registrar in Northwest England, and later as a senior registrar at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital surgical training programme. Whilst undergoing his training, Professor Cohen also accomplished to carry out research at Yale University, USA, for his Master's thesis.

Professor Cohen joined UCL in 2005, where he has since helped to develop the colorectal service. Here and within his private practices, Professor Cohen maintains his expertise in open and minimally invasive colorectal surgery. Beyond his advanced surgery techniques, he focuses on colorectal cancer, benign colorectal disease, and management of ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and IBD. He is a leading example for his practice fellows and other surgeons in his field.

Following his expertise in such subject, Professor Cohen continues to do research on topics of interest. These include pelvic floor disorders (incontinence and constipation), Crohn's disease, and colorectal cancer in Ashkenasi Jews. Research has persisted to be a passion of his, and subsequently he has had many papers published in peer-reviewed journals. Professor Cohen extends his involvement in colorectal surgery by also training young surgeons and lecturing nationally and internationally.

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Mr Ben Challacombe is a highly experienced and accomplished consultant urological surgeon based in London. He specialises in prostate cancer, robotic surgery in urology, nephrectomy (kidney removal), prostatectomy (prostate removal), minimal access surgery (keyhole surgery), and holmium laser (HoLEP) procedures.

With over 25 years of experience, Mr Challacombe is internationally renowned for his expertise in the field of urology. Mr Challacombe qualified in medicine from the University of London in 1998, and later gained a Master of Surgery (MS) degree. He went on to undergo training at esteemed institutions such as Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, The Royal Marsden Hospital, and the Royal Melbourne Hospital under the mentorship of Professor Tony Costello. He was later honoured with the prestigious Rowan Nicks Fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. His comprehensive training encompassed both laparoscopic and robotic techniques, culminating in a significant milestone when he conducted the inaugural clinical trial of telerobotics in London and Oxford in 2002.He became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in urology in 2008 and also holds a certificate in medical education. He sees private patients at The Prostate Clinic at The Harley Street Clinic.

Throughout his career, Mr Challacombe has held multiple esteemed positions in public associations and currently serves as the urological cancer and clinical robotics lead for Guy’s and St Thomas' Multi-disciplinary Meeting (MDM), chairman of the oncology section at the British Association of Urology (BAUS), and associate editor for the British Journal of Urology International (BJUI). Additionally, he is a trustee for The Urology Foundation Charity. Mr Challacombe is a passionate educator and is a robotic surgery mentor and robotic fellowship director, as well as an honorary reader and associate professor. He has produced over 230 articles, which appear in high-impact journals, as well as 3 books, and 25 contributions to textbooks. He remains actively involvement at the forefront of medical research, focusing on robotic surgery training and haptic probe development, amongst other areas in the field of urology.

In 2019, Mr Challacombe was awarded the Golden Cystoscope from the British Association of Urology (BAUS), and the Stevens Lecture from the Royal Society of Medicine in 2021. Notably, Mr Challacombe played a pivotal role in establishing the robotic cystectomy and robotic partial nephrectomy programs at Guy's Hospital, helping to vastly improve services and outcomes for patients. He is an active fundraiser and supporter of The Urology Foundation, having taken part in a number of running and cycling challenges for the charity.

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Mr Donald Adam is an experienced consultant in vascular and endovascular surgery based in Birmingham, Solihull and Sutton Coldfield. He is a pioneer in keyhole vascular treatments and specialises in varicose veins, thread veins, venous insufficiency, foam sclerotherapy, radiofrequency ablation and venous surgery.

Mr Adam graduated from the University of Edinburgh and gained extensive training in vascular and endovascular surgery in Edinburgh, Leicester and Adelaide, Australia. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1995 and was then awarded a doctorate in vascular research from the University of Edinburgh.

He offers the full range of assessment and treatments for patients with venous disease and offers walk-in-walk-out procedures for varicose veins. 

Mr Adam is a council member of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland (VSGBI) and a member of the British Society of Endovascular Therapy (BSET). He is also an author of various publications on varicose veins, and their management.

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Miss Lamiese Ismail is an accomplished consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist specialising in menstrual disorders, ovarian cysts, vulval problems, and (medical management of) endometriosis in Oxford. She also specialises in minimal access surgery (keyhole surgery), hysteroscopy, and the diagnosis of gynaecological cancer.

Having received her primary medical qualification in 2000 from the University of Cape Town, Miss Ismail gained initial experience working in busy units in South Africa. She then relocated to the UK where she began her career in obstetrics and gynaecology in London. Her specialised training was later undertaken in Oxford where she completed a structured postgraduate training programme. Miss Ismail received her membership with The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) during this time. Not long after, she achieved her Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in obstetrics and gynaecology in 2014.

Miss Ismail continues to carry out research in her field. She has had many papers published in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, Miss Ismail is an active leader in educating future doctors by previously taking on the role of a college tutor with the RCOG, where she helped to teach and train junior doctors at the Women's Centre.

Currently, Miss Ismail practises at her private clinic with Nuffield Health while also working with the NHS. Within her practice, she puts a priority on enhancing patient experience, especially in an outpatient setting. She attains this by being an expert in both open and keyhole (laparoscopic and hysteroscopic) procedures.

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Dr Saifee Mullamitha is a leading consultant medical oncologist at The Christie Hospital in Manchester: one of the largest cancer treatment centres of its type in Europe. He has a specialist interest in the management of early and advanced colorectal cancer. He advises on many aspects or facets of systemic treatment especially on the suitability of immunotherapy. Amongst other commitments he is a part of the a) Peritoneal Tumour Service and multidisciplinary team with a special interest in management of colorectal peritoneal malignancies. This looks at the role and suitability (patient selection) of cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC (so called hot chemotherapy), and b) Member of the regional Specialist HPB (Liver) MDT for selection of optimum liver directed therapies. He closely works with other providers of specialist cancer care such as pelvic surgeons, interventional radiologists and users of specialist radiotherapy techniques such as stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR).

The aim of this multi-disciplinary approach is to constantly strive in identificaton of those patients who might be possible candidates for curative surgery or other ablative treatments. There will be however patients in whom such approaches might not work and this has to be honestly and sensitively discussed and care focused to maximise life expectancy. 

He is a principal investigator, Co-investigator and Chief Investigator for clinical trials looking at increasing survival and cure rates for patients with early and advanced bowel cancer. Personalised treatments including using of established biomarkers but also other techniques (liquid biopsies for circulating tumour DNA) to identify rarer mutations that may lend itself to molecular targeted treatments. Dr Mullamitha provides a second opinion service for patients seeking to interrogate their ongoing management. 

In 1998, Dr Mullamitha completed his postgraduate studies at the University of Bombay in India and then moved to the UK to complete his medical oncology training at The Christie Hospital.

At The Christie Hospital, more than a decade ago, Dr Mullamitha set up the 30-day Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Dataset (SACT) mortality database and infrastructure. This is to continuously make highly complex treatments as safe as possible by critically looking at clinical care pathways and actual patient management.  Dr Saifee Mullamitha is a consultant appraiser for consultant peers and more junior colleagues in the trust.

He is also the training program director for Northwest Medical Oncology leading the program designed to develop the next generation of medical oncologists for the NHS. He is an invited fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London, and also has been an examiner for the South Manchester University Hospitals. Dr Mullamitha is dedicated to the teaching and training of medical students as well as oncology trainees.

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Dr Syed Afzal Sohaib is a Consultant Cardiologist with a special interest in heart rhythm problems. Palpitations, blackouts (syncope), and heart rhythm problems such as atrial fibrillation can be quite distressing when a person first experiences them, especially when it is unclear why they are happening. Dr Sohaib applies a personalised approach to each individual patient to find the right tests to find the cause and right treatments for each person. These treatments may just be reassurance and advice, but sometimes medication is required, and in some people procedures such as pacemakers and  implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) implantation or ablation procedures which he performs.

He qualified from the University College London (UCL) in 2005. After his studies, Dr Sohaib trained in leading teaching hospitals in London, including the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals NHS Trust. He obtained a PhD from Imperial College. Aside from his NHS posts, Dr Sohaib attends private patients at the One Heart Clinic and Spire London East. He performs procedures including ablations, pacemaker and defibrillator implants at St Bartholomew's Hospital, The Wellington Hospital, and London Independent Hospital. 

Dr Sohaib's research interests are in cardiac electrophysiology and cardiac devices. He has written a book in this area and has published numerous scientific peer reviewed articles. Furthermore, he has given speeches at national and international cardiology conferences. He has also assisted in improving the teaching and training of cardiology for medical students and junior doctors in the UK and Europe from roles he has held.

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Mr Clemens von Widekind is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Northampton who specialises in minimally invasive surgery and deals with complications in pregnancy as well as all gynaecological conditions. These include fibroids, endometriosis, ovarian cyst, pelvic pain, hysterectomy and menopause.

Mr von Widekind graduated from Freie Universitat Berlin in 1989 with his medical degree. He trained in advanced laparoscopic surgery at the Krankenhaus Nuekoelln in Berlin, Germany, which is a recognised centre by the German Association for Gynaecological Endoscopy. 

As a specialist in minimally invasive surgery, Mr von Widekind avoids conventional open surgery in nearly all situations. This means that there is a lower risk of infection, much faster recovery, less scarring and fewer complications. 

Mr von Widekind teaches Consultants and junior doctors and medical students from Oxford and Leicester Universities.

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Mr Hemanshoo Thakkar is a highly regarded, award-winning, consultant paediatric surgeon based in London. He treats a wide range of health conditions in children, specialising in paediatric laparoscopy, anorectal malformations, Hirschsprung’s disease, umbilical hernias, iguinal hernias and undescended testes.
 
Mr Thakkar qualified with a bachelor of medicine, bachelor of science (MBBS) in 2009 from King’s College London. Following this, he commenced basic and higher surgical training in London and South East Deanery. Upon completion of his medicine, he began to work as a locum consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

In his career to date, Mr Thakkar has received a whole host of awards for his paediatric work. In 2021, he was awarded the title of young consultant of the year from Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. He was also awarded the renowned Alex Simpson Smith Travelling Fellowship Award for child health research in 2019.

Mr Thakkar has also been awarded the title of global scholar in surgical leadership from the prestigious Harvard Medical School.
 
He is devoted to innovation, quality improvement and surgical leadership, as well as research within the medical field. He holds a special interest in research within areas such as necrotising enterocolitis and Hirschsprung’s disease.

Not only does he hold the role of educational lead in the department of paediatric surgery at the Evelina London Children's Hospital and work as an undergraduate tutor for second and third year medical students at King's College London, Mr Thakkar has also created evidence-based podcasts in paediatric surgery, bringing medical education to a wider audience. 

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Mr Jeremy Crew is a consultant urological surgeon with 22 years of urological clinical practice. With private practices in Oxford and Banbury, Mr Crew offers state-of-the-art management for bladder, prostate and renal cancer, urinary tract infection (UTI), benign prostate enlargement, vasectomy, and vasectomy reversal.

Mr Crew has been performing vasectomies for over 20 years and vasectomy reversal for over 13 years, with a high level of success and patient satisfaction for all of his procedures. For benign prostate enlargement he offers a relatively new procedure known as Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP), which has the advantages of reduced bleeding and a shorter hospital stay compared to traditional prostatic surgery.

After qualifying from Cambridge University and St Thomas' Hospital, London, Mr Crew undertook basic surgical training in London and Guildford prior to starting specialist urological training in Oxford in 1994. In 1998 he received the European Association of Urology Thesis Award and the Sir Walter Langdon Browne Award for his thesis on the molecular biology of bladder cancer. He went on to pursue additional training in urooncology with travelling fellowships to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, and Inselspital Hospital, Bern. Mr Crew is now urological lead at Churchill Hospital, Oxford, and sits on the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) Section of Oncology Committee.

In additon to teaching students and junior doctors at the University of Oxford, Mr Crew maintains an active interest in research and clinical trials, and has produced over 40 publications in books and peer reviewed journals. With his extensive experience, outstanding academic record, and access to highly specialised equipment within Oxford, Mr Crew offers a full, evidence-based, and individualised urological service to private patients.