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Mr Andrew Robb is a well-regarded consultant paediatric urologist based in Birmingham. From his private clinic at Spire Parkway, he specialises in treating urinary and genitalia problems in young people. His areas of expertise include urinary incontinence, hypospadias, urinary tract infections, circumcision, vesicoureteral reflux and hydroceles, to name a few.

After graduating in 1999 from Queen’s University Belfast, Mr Robb was awarded qualification in prehospital medicine by the faculty of pre-hospital care of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He completed his master’s thesis in 2010 and in 2011 became fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

After spending some time as a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon and Urologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, he was asked to return to Birmingham Children’s Hospital in 2015 to take over a complex reconstructive paediatric urology practice and develop the paediatric stone service for the West Midlands. Here, Mr Robb spends his time treating patients, alongside his private Spire Parkway clinic.

Mr Robb is actively involved in teaching, teaching courses like the Annual BAPU Paediatric Urology Course in Cambridge and is the regional Training Programme Director for paediatric surgery for the Birmingham, Bristol and Cardiff Consortium.

He has published 15 peer-reviewed research papers, 5 invited articles, 3 book chapters and has presented at regional, national and international meetings. He is a member of numerous organisations, including The British Association of Paediatric Surgeons.

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Professor Carlos Rivas Echeverría is a highly accomplished and distinguished GP with a special interest in sleep medicine who possesses expertise in sleep disorders, sleep-obstructive bronchitis, sleep apnoea, diabetes, obesity, and chronic fatigue. He is the medical director and CEO of Sleepcare Clinics, which he is responsible for running in Spain, Venezuela, and the UK. He currently practises at the Sleep Care Clinic at The Health Suite in Leicester. 

After qualifying with an MD at the Andes University in Venezuela in 1992, Professor Echeverría went on to successfully complete specialist training in internal medicine, intensive and critical care medicine, as well as family and community medicine. Following this, Professor Echeverría obtained a masters in sleep medicine, a PhD degree, as well as a post-doctoral fellowship in sleep medicine. These accomplishments were achieved in Canada, Spain, Venezuela, and the USA. 

To date, he has published an extensive amount of scientific papers and chapters in textbooks, and also lends his hand for several editorial committees and as a reviewer for journals and conferences. Professor Echeverría's priority is not only to provide top-class medical care to patients in the UK, but also to make himself as visible as possible to Spanish patients. He treats patients in the UK, Spain, and Venezuela.

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Mr Aidan Noon is a highly experienced consultant urological surgeon based in Sheffield, where he currently sees patients at Claremont Hospital and BMI Thornbury Hospital. Mr Aidan Noon treats patients with prostate, bladder and testicular cancer and also tends to other common urological problems, such as high PSA, blood in the urine, urinary tract infections problems with urination and lumps in the scrotum.

As part of his regular practice, Mr Noon offers surgery for patients with suspected prostate and bladder cancer, referred to Sheffield from the surrounding south Yorkshire and North Derbyshire areas. He is expert at interpreting high PSA levels and deciding on whether further investigation is necessary (prostate biopsy).
He performs surgery for patients with prostate cancer - robotic prostatectomy (RALP) and also manages patients on active surveillance or watchful waiting programs. He performs surgery for bladder cancer (TURBT) and bladder removal (radical cystectomy). He also manages patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. 

Mr Aidan Noon qualified from Manchester University Medical School (awarded honours in 2000). He completed his basic surgical training in the North Western Deanery. He carried out research in the molecular biology of cancer at the University of Liverpool and was awarded a Doctor of Medicine degree (MD) in 2008.

In 2008 he started specialist training in urology in South Yorkshire (Sheffield – Royal Hallamshire Hospital). He carried out a two year Society of Urological Oncology (SUO) Fellowship at the University of Toronto, Canada (Princess Margaret Cancer Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital and Sunnybrook Hospital). Mr Aidan Noon was trained in all aspects of urological cancer (prostate, bladder, kidney, testis and penile). He graduated from the programme in 2015 and took up a full time consultant position at Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Department of Urology.

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Dr Yohan Samarasinghe is a highly esteemed consultant in general internal medicine and clinical pharmacology, based in Frimley. He specialises in diabetes and hypertension from his private clinics at both the Frimley Park Hospital and Spire Clare Park Hospital, Surrey.

He grew up in South East London, and was educated at Dulwich College. After training at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School for his MBBS, he spent his junior years in London and the South East practising a variety of medical specialities. His registrar years in clinical pharmacology and general internal medicine were spent mostly at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. There he received valuable training in drug trials in the Kobler HIV Centre. He then went on to complete two and a half years of research for his MD at King’s College Hospital in the field of diabetes and was mentored by some of the best specialists in the field, like Michael Feher and Stephanie Amiel.

Having completed training, Dr Samarasinghe worked as a locum diabetes consultant at King’s and worked as a locum consultant in acute medicine at West Middlesex Hospital, in west London, before being appointed a permanent position as a consultant in acute medicine and diabetes at Frimley Park Hospital in 2009. Dr Samarasinghe is now the medical directorate lead for clinical governance at Frimley Park Hospital and chair of the drugs and therapeutics committee there.

Dr Samarasinghe has published numerous peer-reviewed publications in his areas of research, which include diabetes, insulin resistance and clinical pharmacology (drugs and their side effects). He is a member of a number of organisations, including the British Medical Association and Diabetes UK. Research interests include; diabetes, hypertension, problems with high lipids, including cholesterol and dyslipidaemias.

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Dr Giovanni Luigi De Maria is a distinguished consultant interventional cardiologist who is based in Oxford. He specialises in coronary heart disease, hypertension, coronary angioplasty, chest pain, and interventional cardiology.

Dr Giovanni Luigi De Maria qualified in medicine with an MD from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome, Italy in 2008. Following this, he undertook general cardiology training at Gemelli Hospital in Rome  in 2014. He later completed a clinical fellowship in interventional cardiology at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, along with a British Research Council fellowship at the University of Oxford. In 2019, he was awarded a PhD in 'Clinical, cellular, and molecular research' at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome.

Dr Giovanni Luigi De Maria has served as a consultant interventional cardiologist at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford since 2019.

In addition to his clinical responsibilities, Dr De Maria holds a number of senior positions, including lead of the Acute Cardiovascular sub-theme at the Oxford British Research Council and he is clinical lead of the Research Catheterization Laboratory of the Acute Multidisciplinary Imaging and Intervention Centre (AMIIC) at the University of Oxford.

He is also a leading name in medical education, and regularly teaches and trains junior doctors and acts as a supervisor for PhD students and both clinical and research fellows. He has also served as a faculty member on numerous international cardiology courses, and has appeared as a speaker and live operator in a number of key national and international conferences and workshops.

Dr Giovanni Luigi De Maria has an extensive background in research and continues to be involved in a number of key clinical trials. He has authored over 130 academic articles which appear in peer-reviewed journals, as well as several book chapters. He currently serves as associate editor for Frontiers Cardiovascular Medicine – Cardiovascular Imaging, and acts as a reviewer for various other academic journals, including JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, EuroIntervention and the International Journal of Cardiology.

Throughout his esteemed career, Dr Giovanni Luigi De Maria has received various awards in recognition of the excellence of his work, including the prize for best abstract from the Italian Society of Interventional Cardiology in 2009, and the Young Investigator Award in Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention from the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society in 2017.

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Professor Reza Nouraei is a highly esteemed consultant laryngologist and tracheal surgeon based in Nottingham who specialises exclusively in the treatment of voice, throat and reflux, airway and swallowing disorders, including adult laryngotracheal stenosis, chronic cough, early laryngeal neoplasms and airway destruction. Professor Nouraei offers a comprehensive diagnostic and evaluation of the airway, voice and swallowing disorders. In addition, he is also an experienced subject matter expert in healthcare informatics, clinical outcome management and the use of big data. Professor Nouraei sees patients at Queen’s Medical Centre.

Professor Nouraei obtained double qualifications in medicine and sensorimotor neurophysiology at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University in 2002 before moving to London, where he undertook his basic surgical training on the Hammersmith rotation. He then completed the NHS specialist registrar in academic otolaryngology, with rotations at Charing Cross Hospital, Royal Free Hospital and the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, and later obtained an MRCS and a diploma in otolaryngology from The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS). Professor Nouraei became a fellow of The RCS in 2007 before going on to accomplish a prestigious post CCT fellowship in laryngology and airway surgery in Auckland, New Zealand.

Besides his high-quality laryngology practice, Professor Nouraei is a notable figure in laryngology and surgical peer-reviewed research. He has authored more than 100 publications throughout his career and has co-edited two reference textbooks for clinicians and students as well. Professor Nouraei is the Outcomes Evaluation Lead for the national GIRFT programme and is also a member of the European Laryngological Society’s Committee on Laryngotracheal Stenosis.

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Mr Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos is an internationally recognised London-based Thoracic (Chest) Surgeon and a leader in the field of Robotic Thoracic Surgery. Currently, he is working at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic London, one of the largest private hospitals in UK with an international reputation. In December 2015, his team at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) performed the first robotic lung resection in London. Since then, Mr Panagiotopoulos is utilising the latest Da Vinci Xi Robot for the management of various benign and malignant conditions of the chest. These include lung resections (lobectomy, segmentectomy, lymph node dissection, metastases from other types of cancer), thymectomy (removal of the thymus gland for Myasthenia Gravis, Thymoma, Thymic Carcinoma, Thymic cyst), resection of cyst (Pericardial or Bronchogenic cyst), plication/repair for paralysed/ruptured diaphragm, sympathectomy for excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis) and long QT syndrome, removal of chest wall schwannoma and other neurogenic tumours.

Mr Panagiotopoulos has a dedicated specialised outpatient clinic for chest wall deformities including pectus excavatum and carinatum and offers surgical and non-surgical options. He is internationally renowned for the surgical management of slipping rib syndrome and has developed an expertise in diagnosing and treating patients with chronic rib cage/chest pain, rib injuries and fractures.

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Mr Abdul Qureshi is a highly respected consultant ENT surgeon based in Colchester. He is renowned for his expertise in ear infection, hearing loss, tinnitus and dizziness in both adult and paediatric patients. Mr Qureshi also specialises in throat pain, neck lumps including thyroid related issues, nasal obstruction, nasal polyps and sinusitis.

Mr Qureshi qualified in medicine from the University of Wales in 2001 before undergoing specialist ENT training across England and Wales. In 2012, he completed a Master’s research degree in thyroid cancer from the University of Cambridge and is also a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Since 2016, Mr Qureshi has been appointed as a consultant ENT, benign head and neck and thyroid surgeon at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. He sees private patients at Oaks Hospital in Colchester.

Mr Qureshi provides paediatric services but only for e-Consultation - first opinion, follow up, triage (the Oaks hospital does not offer surgical services for children).

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Miss Asifa Shaikh is a leading consultant ophthalmic surgeon. She has been a dedicated consultant at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) since september 2006.

Currently, Miss Shaikh serves as the joint lead for the glaucoma service and the clinical lead for the private ophthalmology service at BHT. She previously served as the clinical lead for ophthalmology at BHT for a six-year tenure from September 2016 to August 2022.

Her areas of expertise include glaucoma and its management, cataract surgery, general ophthalmology, corneal and eyelid disorders, and ocular inflammatory conditions such as uveitis. Miss Shaikh consults privately at The Chiltern Hospital in Great Missenden, The Shelburne Hospital in High Wycombe, and Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury.

Miss Shaikh undertook postgraduate surgical training in ophthalmology in the Oxford Deanery. Having achieved her Certificate of Completion of Surgical Training (CCT), she furthered her skills through a post-CCT fellowship training in cornea and external eye diseases at The Western Eye Hospital, St. Mary’s NHS Trust, London for 12 months, followed by an additional 12 months’ fellowship training in the medical and surgical management and laser treatment of glaucoma at The Oxford Eye Hospital.

Anterior segment pathology often occurs alongside glaucoma, with glaucoma surgery either preceding it (such as, glaucoma drainage surgery or trabeculectomy) or requiring concurrent cataract surgery (for example, the insertion of MIGS glaucoma implants). Notably, Miss Shaikh specialises in cataract surgery in concurrent glaucoma cases, where the complexities of both conditions necessitate a tailored approach. Her adeptness extends to state-of-the-art, high-volume, complex micro-incision cataract surgery, including the use of advanced techniques like toric and premium multifocal implants.

Miss Shaikh is highly proficient in all modalities of glaucoma treatment, including medical management, laser interventions such as selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT), endo-cyclo-photocoagulation (ECP), cyclodiode and micro-pulse treatments, as well as penetrating glaucoma drainage surgery, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) procedures like iStent, OMNI, Elios laser, and minimally invasive bleb surgery (MIBS) like Preserflo glaucoma micro-shunt and Xen glaucoma implant.

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Ms Zoe Barber is a highly regarded and experienced consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon with a specialist interest in breast cancer, breast lumps, breast reconstruction surgery, breast augmentation, breast reduction, and gynaecomastia. She practises at the Nuffield Health Cardiff Bay Hospital. 

Ms Barber was awarded the Phebe Todd scholarship to study medicine at the University of Oxford, graduating in 2009 with the Tutor’s Prize in surgery. She undertook her surgical training with a specialist interest in oncoplastic breast surgery in Oxford, the South West of England and Wales, before taking up her consultant post in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

She was appointed clinical specialty services director in 2020, responsible for breast services across the Health Board. In 2019, she was awarded the ASGBI (Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland) Gold Medal for the best performance in the FRCS (Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons) examination.

In 2015, she took up a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to work with the Los Angeles-based charity, Project AngelFood. Ms Barber is an associate fellow of the Higher Education Authority and regularly teaches as an Associate Clinical Tutor for Cardiff University and as an advanced trauma life support Instructor for the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

She was previously a tutor in both pre-clinical medicine and tutor in surgery at the University of Oxford. Ms Barber holds an MA in medical sciences from the University of Oxford, has published in numerous medical journals and has presented nationally and internationally. She has also published a book.

She was awarded the Medical Women’s Federation Research Prize, the Ethicon Prize, and was a finalist for the Royal Society of Medicine’s Adrian Tanner Prize. After suffering an eclamptic seizure following the birth of her twins and having her driving licence revoked for six months as a result, she undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of seizure recurrence following eclampsia.

She presented this research to the DVLA, who have changed their national guidance as a result, meaning no other eclamptic woman will have her driving licence revoked in the future. Ms Barber worked with ITV as a medical advisor on Maternal.

Outside of work, she is a keen runner. She represented the University of Oxford at athletics, cross country and cycling. Whilst at medical school, she won the National Duathlon Championships and was selected to represent Great Britain in the World Duathlon Championships. These days, however, most of her running is with her twins in a double running buggy! She lives in the Vale of Glamorgan with her husband, also a surgeon, and her twin daughters.

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