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Dr Ben Esdaile is a prominent London dermatologist specialising in both adult and paediatric dermatology. He has a particular interest in the early diagnosis and surgery of skin cancer and lectures both nationally and internationally on dermoscopy (a tool used to detect skin cancer). He also has a special interest in psoriasis, eczema, acne and rosacea.

Dr Esdaile undertook his medical training at Imperial College London and qualified with distinction in medicine and surgery in 2003. Prior to this, he successfully completed a BSc in biochemistry at King's College London in 1998. The esteemed dermatologist would then go on to obtain two notable achievements: gaining his diploma from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (DRCOG) in 2008, as well as his Dermatology Specialty Certificate Examination, which he successfully completed in 2010. 

Dr Esdaile, who also possesses a high level of expertise in sun allergies, vitligo, warts, angioma, cellulitis, and atopic dermatitis, pursued and completed his specialist training in dermatology in Oxford. He has a full-time NHS consultant post at the Whittington Hospital in North London and is involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. He has published in multiple peer-review journals and has won an NHS clinical excellence award. He also works privately at the Highgate Hospital, Chase Lodge Hospital and at Skin 55 on Harley Street.

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Dr Rejin Khafaf is an expert dentist with a special interest in dental implants and facial aesthetics at the Harley Street Dental Studio in London. His areas of expertise include cosmetic dentistry, Invisalign, implants, All on 4 implants, composite bonding and teeth whitening.

Dr Khafaf graduated from King’s College London in 2007 and began his dental practice in surgeries in central and west London. He further trained in Italy and the UK and gained wider experience in cosmetic dentistry with a particular focus on smile design, facial aesthetics and implantology.

Over the last eight years, Dr Khafaf has been a trainer at the London Deanery where he passes on his extensive knowledge to the next generation of postgraduate dentistry students.

Dr Khafaf has a personal approach and friendly manner, which makes him a favourite amongst clients at the dental studio.

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Mr Ian Chilcott is an expert consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist based in London. He specialises in laparoscopy (keyhole surgery), which he uses to carry out procedures such as hysterectomies in a minimally invasive way. He is also a pregnancy expert, dealing with both conventional and complicated cases, and provides antenatal care, delivery, and post-natal care. He practises privately from the Portland Hospital and his NHS practice is in Hillingdon in West London.

Mr Chilcott graduated from St Mary’s Hospital Medical School (University of London) in 1993. He has more than two decades of experience, and has expertise in treating all kinds of gynaecological conditions. His years of experience has earned him a senior consultant position at The Hillingdon Hospital.

Currently, Mr Chilcott maintains three gynaecological operating lists each week amongst his antenatal and labour clinic wards and private clinic work. On top of these, he also has weekly general and rapid access (cancer) gynaecology clinics and trains senior trainees in obstetric and gynaecological surgery. Mr Chilcott goes above and beyond for not only his patients but also to his field and future surgeons. The busy environment Mr Chilcott works within warrants him to maintain his skills and continuously develop them for his pregnant and non-pregnant patients, providing the best care possible.

His experience is not limited to the clinics as Mr Chilcott also has extensive experience writing medico-legal reports. These have been in regards to obstetrics and gynaecology on a wide array of cases.

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Dr Rajiv Goonetilleke is a highly esteemed and mightily experienced general paediatrician with a special interest in paediatric endocrinology; the field of medicine regarding glands and hormone production in children. He also specialises in thyroid problems, asthma, urinary tract infections in children, growth disorders, bedwetting, and abdominal pain. 

Dr Goonetilleke also possesses a high degree of expertise when it comes to all general paediatric conditions including coughs, wheezes, hay fever, and constipation. He attends to children of all ages, from birth up to the age of 18. His interests in endocrinology have led him to obtain a wealth of knowledge in the conditions of children's thyroid disorders, delayed puberty, early puberty, weight disorders, diabetes and polycystic ovarian disease.

He currently practices at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital, Cambridge, and Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital, Leicester. Furthermore, he holds two current NHS posts: one at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, where he is the clinical lead for diabetes and paediatric endocrinology, and another at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, where he is an honorary visiting specialist. He has, thus far in his medical career, published an extensive amount of peer-reviewed articles. 

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Dr Anand Velusamy is a highly regarded eminent consultant endocrinologist based in London. His NHS work is at the world renowned Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and his private practice is based at HCA UK, The Shard, London Bridge hospital. 

His specialist areas of interest include: Thyroid disorders (overactive and underactive thyroid, goitre, thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer), adrenal, pituitary, bone health and calcium disorders, male and female reproductive pathologies (hypogonadism, erectile dysfunction, amenorrhoea, PCOS), Neuroendocrine tumours, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and complications, metabolic syndrome and weight management and other miscellaneous endocrine conditions.

He is very passionate about clinical research and regularly shares his clinical findings at national and international conferences.

In addition, he is a part of the southeast London thyroid cancer network and has several publications of his clinical and research work in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

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Mr Jimmy Uddin is the senior Adnexal consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, specialising in adnexal (oculoplastics, orbital and lacrimal) conditions with over 25 years of experience. He has a deep interest and unrivaled experience in managing all aspects of thyroid eye disease (TED/GO) as well as eyelid conditions (including tumours, ptosis, facial palsy, cosmetic, trauma & reconstructive), orbital (inflammation and tumours) and watery eyes (lacrimal). 

He is the longest serving Adnexal (Oculoplastic/Orbital/lacrimal) surgeon at Moorfields, treating children's (paediatric) adnexal conditions including watery eyes, droopy eyelids (potsis) & chalazia.

A Cambridge University graduate, he works in a number of top London hospitals (Moorfields Eye Hospital and St George's Hospital Medical School) and attends in his private practice at Moorfields, Upper Wimpole St and Parkside Hospital, Wimbledon. He is a member of many prestigious boards and has worked and taught nationally and internationally always with the highest degree of patient care and attention.

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Dr Sami Firoozi is a highly skilled cardiologist based in London. He specialises in procedures such as coronary angioplasty and TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation), and is an expert in treating heart failure, arrhythmias, and coronary artery disease.

Dr Firoozi qualified from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Medical Schools (University of London) in 1995. He became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in 1998, (going on to become a Fellow (FRCP) in 2017) and carried out research into heart muscle diseases as part of a British Heart Foundation Fellowship. He underwent specialist training in cardiology at St George's Hospital (London) 2002-2008. He is dual-accredited in both Cardiology and General Internal Medicine.

Dr Firoozi maintains active involvement in medical education, having organised and run a well-established postgraduate teaching course in London for over 10 years. He is also involved in organising cardiology and angioplasty training in the London area.

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Mr Rogan Corbridge is a highly respected consultant ENT surgeon based in Reading. He is renowned for his expertise in acid reflux, aphonia(loss of voice), neck lumps, thyroid cancer, chronic cough and dysphonia.

Mr Corbridge qualified in medicine from University College London in 1990, before pursuing further training. He was appointed as a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1994 and further qualified as a fellow in the College’s otolaryngology section in 1999. Mr Corbridge was awarded with the Cutlers Prize by the Royal College of Surgeons for surgical innovation. He has been a consultant ENT surgeon for over twenty years and has been based at The Royal Berkshire Hospital since 2001. He currently serves as clinical lead of the ENT department and also leads the head and neck service. Mr Corbridge sees private patients at The ENT Consultancy, a highly esteemed centre for excellence in ear, nose and throat care in Reading.

Mr Corbirdge is renowned for his academic contributions to the ENT field and has authored and contributed to numerous key textbooks and reference texts for ENT surgery. He is actively involved in teaching and is the training programme director for the Oxford region.

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Mr Christopher Ogden is a distinguished consultant uro-oncologist based in London. He is renowned for his expertise in prostate cancer, prostate biopsy, prostatectomy (prostate removal), robotic surgery in urology, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), and PSA testing.

Mr Ogden qualified in medicine from Imperial College in 1984 before pursuing further training. In this period, he completed various specialist international oncology surgery fellowships at renowned institutions, including John Hopkins Hospital, Duke University and Henry Ford Hospital in the USA, as well as the European School of Surgery in Paris, France. He is also an appointed fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, of England, and within the College’s urology section. Mr Ogden is also a fellow of the European Association of Urology. He serves as a consultant uro-oncologist at The Royal Marsden Hospital and sees private patients at HCA The Princess Grace Hospital.

Mr Ogden is internationally regarded as a revered expert in the realm of robotic surgery and holds the UK’s leading record for conducting the largest series of radical robotic prostatectomy procedures. In 2003, he complied the first UK team to be recognised and accredited by Da Vinci robotic surgery to perform robotic prostatectomies. He has also served as the UK representative at various key international meetings, including the European Robotic Urology Symposium.

Mr Ogden was listed in the Daily Mail's "Best Urologists in Britain" list in both 2010 and 2018 and has also received the Robotic Surgery International Innovation Award, in recognition of his dedication and excellence. He was the first urologist in the UK to peer-review, present, and publish one hundred consecutive cases with a validated questionnaire follow-up spanning a year. His paper on the long-term results of robotic prostate surgery was awarded the prize for best paper at the American Urological Association (AUA) Congress Meeting in 2010.

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Mr Ardeshir Vahidi is a highly skilled consultant plastic surgeon based in London & Kettering who specialises in cosmetic plastic and reconstructive surgery. With more than 30 years of experience, his practice focuses on face and body treatments. Included in his expertise is also gender affirmation surgery. 
 
Mr Vahidi has practised in the UK, Belgium and Romania. He originally qualified from Babes Bolyai University in 1989 and completed training in plastic surgery and reconstructive microsurgery. He accomplished a hand fellowship at the University Hospitals of Targu Mures and Bucharest and then went on to work as a consultant in plastics and cosmetic surgery at premier medical centres in Romania, most notably at Regina Maria, Euroclinic Hospital and Polisano, where he was also the first and principal surgeon.
 
In 2008, Mr Vahidi was named consultant senior specialist in cosmetic and plastic surgery at Wellness Kliniek, one of the foremost hospitals in Europe for cosmetic surgery. He later relocated to the UK, appointed consultant plastic surgeon at Longevity Health Care Plus and associate specialist at Kettering General Hospital, and having established his expertise in all aspects of cosmetic, plastic and reconstructive treatment.
 
Mr Vahidi works to align feeling with physical appearance, building upon the connection between plastic surgery and psychology. Thanks to this comprehensive understanding, Mr Vahidi is able to offer surgery services that respect patient needs and objectives, and work to achieve the best possible outcomes.

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