Our Contributors
Dr Lisa Anderson, Private GP
Dr Anderson qualified from St Mary’s Hospital Medical School in 1986 and completed her post graduate training in General Practice at St Mary’s and Central Middlesex Hospitals, gaining her MRCGP in 1991.Her post graduate qualifications include the Diploma of Child Health, Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
For the past 20 years she has been a partner in a large NHS GP practice. Over the years her special interests have grown to include women’s health, paediatrics, chronic disease management (asthma, diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease and mental health). This is in addition to the all round knowledge required to be a GP. Within her practice she has been actively involved in delivering the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF).
In parallel over the last eight years she has developed a private practice which has enabled her to devote the time needed to treat the person as a whole. This includes general medical consultations, full health screens, insurance work, and occupational health. She is used to dealing with high profile clients particularly in the public eye.
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Dr Catherine Spencer-Smith, Consultant Sports Medicine Physician, MBBS, DRCOG, MRCGP, MSc, MFSEM
Dr Spencer-Smith trained in Sports Medicine at Bath University. She specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of all musculoskeletal conditions, whether acquired through sport or otherwise.
She has expertise in groin, hip, knee and ankle conditions, overuse injuries, and injuries affecting the shoulder and spine. She has a particular interest in helping people recover after surgery, or those who have failed to recover despite previous treatment.
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Mr Jonthan Wilson, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, MBChB, PhD, FRCS
Mr =Wilson completed his basic surgical training inLeedsand successfully obtained a PhD as a Medical Research Council/ Royal College of Surgeons Fellow in Colorectal Cancer (2004).
His higher surgical training was within the North West Thames region (London Deanery) and he has completed specialist colorectal training at the internationally renowned St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow, focusing on complex colorectal pathologies, laparoscopic surgery, and contemporary colonoscopy. He now works as a Consultant Colorectal and General Laproscopic Surgeon at theWhittingtonHospital, Highgate, and the Wellington Hospital, St John’s Wood.
He offers management of suspected colorectal cancer, benign colorectal and anal conditions (polyps; diverticular disease; Inflammatory Bowel Disease [crohn's and ulcerative colitis]; contemporary day-case haemorrhoidectomy [stapled and HALO techniques]; anal fissure and fistula; rectal prolapse), and general surgical conditions such as hernias and gall stones. He is also a nationally accredited colonoscopist.
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Damian Muncaster, Senior Chief Respiratory Physiologist
Damian graduated from UCL with a degree in Physiology and he has since gained 15 years experience in ling function testing. He has managed lung function laboratories in a variety of settings that includes the NHS, the private sector and clinical trials. He is proficient in all basic and complex lung function diagnostics and has a special interest CPET and in maintaining quality standards in spirometry. Damian is currently undertaking an MSc in clinical leadership and holds a Post Graduate Certificate of Education. Damian is a also a past chair of the Professional Body for Respiratory Physiology (ARTP)
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Dr Asjid Qureshi, Consultant Endocrinologist
Dr Qureshi is a Consultant in Endocrinology and Diabetes at Northwest London NHS Trust, Harrow. He undertook his specialist training in London and during his career has worked at professorial units at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, The Royal London Hospital and St George’s Hospital. He is a specialist in the management of parathyroid, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal and gonadeal disorders including Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) hirsuitism, hyper- and hypothyroidism, hypercalcaemia, male and female hypogonadism and thyHis expertise include the management of patients with hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, electrolyte distances osteoporosis, Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, hypoglycaemia, insulin pumos, obesity and general internal medical conditions.
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Mr Gidon Lieberman, Consultant Gynaecologist BSc, MBChB, MD, MRCOG
Gidon Lieberman is a consultant gynaecologist and a sub-specialist in reproductive medicine and surgery, based at the Wellington Diagnostics and Outpatients Centre in Golders Green.
He is also a consultant surgeon at The Whittington Hospital, and an honorary senior lecturer at University College Hospital, London. His special interests include sub-fertility, PCOS, menstrual disorders and early pregnancy scanning.
