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Dr Dan Rutherford, BSc MB ChB MRCGP FRCP, qualified from Edinburgh University in 1979. After hospital training in General Medicine and Gastroenterology in Dundee and Edinburgh he became a full time Principal in General Practice in St Andrews, Scotland, in 1986. He was NetDoctor.co.uk's original Medical Director and was responsible for the content on the site from its inception in 2000 until 2003, when he returned to full time clinical practice. In addition to a range of medical writing work he now runs his own private general practice in St Andrews. Dr Rutherford is the main author of all 16 titles in the NetDoctor 'Help Yourself to Health' series of books published by Hodder & Stoughton.
Dr David Delvin MB BS LRCP MRCS DObst RCOG DCH FPA Cert MRCGP Dip Ven MFFPRCOG, author of 27 books, has appeared on more than 800 radio and TV programmes, contributes to many periodicals and still has time to see patients in his clinics in East Sussex, Cambridge and London.
Christine Webber LNCP, MNCH Dip PHTA, Dip Cognitive Approaches to Psychotherapy (London) is a popular columnist, TV and radio agony aunt and qualified psychotherapist and life coach. She is known for her direct approach and her sound advice balanced with a ready wit. She is currently filming a series for Living TV and is the author of numerous books including Get the Happiness Habit, Get the Self-Esteem Habit and How To Mend a Broken Heart. Visit her website for more details.
Dr Carl J Brandt, qualified in Medicine at Odense University, and carried out his postgraduate training in Faaborg, and his surgical residency in Glamsbjerg. After several years as Senior House Officer at the Odense University Hospital in the department of Medical Gastroenterology, he moved to the department of Clinical Biochemistry. During his time as a PhD research fellow at Odense University he worked on the smoker's lung project and the subsequent paper was published in The Lancet.
Dr Linda Appiah-Kubi, a clinical fellow, with Dr K Ray Chaudhuri, in Movement Disorders at the Guy's King's St. Thomas's School of Medicine. She has a BSc degree in Neurosciences and has presented her research work in several international Movement Disorders meetings. Her special interest lies in the area of Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and pharmacological therapy of Movement Disorders.
Dr Claire Atkinson MB BS MRCPsych, research specialist registrar in psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Mr Michael L Bowen FRCS MRCOG MRCP (Ireland), obstetrician and gynaecologist, honorary consultant North West London Hospitals NHS Trust. Mr Bowen is an experienced obstetrician and gynaecologist who is now in private practice. He has expertise in minimal access surgery and colposcopy and has a longstanding research interest in obstetric wound healing.
Dr Adrian Brady, consultant cardiologist, Department of Medical Cardiology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Professor Charles GD Brook, Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, London.
Dr Sarah Burnett, service director and consultant musculoskeletal radiologist, St Mary's Hospital, London. Qualified in 1985 from Westminster Medical School, and trained in radiology at Barts. Since 1993 she has been a consultant radiologist at St Mary's Hospital, London and Imperial College, School of Medicine, London.
Dr David Cahill, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St Michael's Hospital, Bristol.
Professor Ian W Campbell FRCP. Professor Campbell graduated from Edinburgh University in 1969. Since 1978 he has been a Consultant Physician in general medicine and diabetes at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Fife. In 1996, he was appointed to an Honorary Chair in the Department of Biological and Medical Sciences at the University of St Andrews. Professor Campbell was Chairman of the Scottish Committee of the British Diabetic Association (BDA) 1991-5, and a member of the UK BDA Department of Health Task Force for the implementation of the St Vincent Declaration in Scotland. Since 1994, he has been actively involved with the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) and has chaired the Steering Committees producing the original six evidence-based guidelines in 1996-97 and the recently updated seven guidelines published in November 2001 (SIGN 55). He is currently co-editor of British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease
Mr Eddie Chaloner, consultant vascular surgeon operating across London and the South of England through his private practice Radiance Health, BMI Healthcare and Benenden Hospital in Kent. He also treats NHS patients at Lewisham Hospital. Mr Chaloner is on the faculty of the minimally invasive veins course at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. His main interest in minimally invasive varicose veins surgery.
Dr Ray Chaudhuri, consultant neurologist, Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital, London. His special interests are Parkinson's disease, Huntingdon's disease and dystonia.
Dr Shern Chew, consultant endocrinologist, Department of Endocrinology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
Dr Stephen CP Collins MBChB DRCOG, is a GP in Christchurch, Dorset. Dr Collins qualified from Leicester University and went on to become a clinical assistant in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. He is also GP Adviser to PPP healthcare and is Board Representative for the Christchurch Primary Care Group.
Dr David Coghill A senior lecturer and honorary consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.
Dr Stuart Crisp FRCPCH FRACP, consultant paediatrician, Orange Base Hospital, Orange, Australia.
Dr Patrick Davey, consultant cardiologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Mr Chris Dawson MS FRCS LLDip is a consultant urological surgeon at Peterborough and Stamford NHS Foundation Trust where he has worked for the last 16 years. He qualified from University College Hospital London in 1986 and did his surgical training in Reading, Portsmouth and London. Chris has an interest in prostate cancer and performed radical prostatectomy in Peterborough before cancer services were centralised regionally a few years ago. Chris wrote the 1st edition of the ABC Of Urology (Wiley Publishing) and has edited the third edition with co-editor and close friend Janine Nethercliffe. This is due for publication in Spring 2012. Chris also co-edited The Evidence for Urology (TfM publishing) with Gordon Muir and this book won first prize in the urology section of the BMA Medical Book competition in 2005. He also has an interest in medicolegal issues and has undertaken expert witness training with London Law firm Bond Solon. He qualified with a Graduate Diploma of Law from the College of Law in Birmingham in 2008.
Professor Christopher P Day, BA, MB, BChir, MA (Cambridge), PhD, MD, FRCP, Professor of Liver Medicine. Professor Day is currently secretary of the British Association for the Study of the Liver and is on the Committee of the Liver Section of the British Society of Gastroenterology and Medical Advisory Board of the British Liver Trust. He is assistant editor of the international journal Liver and is on the editorial board of the CME Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. He is secretary of the Newcastle Centre for Liver Research and was awarded the 1999 Goulstonian Lectureship of the Royal College of Physicians and the 2000 British Society of Gastroenterology Sir Francis Avery Jones Research Medal for his work on alcoholic liver disease.
Dr John Dean, MBBS FRCGP, is a specialist in sexual medicine, working in London and in Devon. He is interested in all aspects of male and female sexuality, and its problems.
Mr Robert Diggory, consultant general surgeon practicing in Fife, Scotland. Mr Diggory graduated from Dundee University in 1977 and gained an MD in gastrointestinal motility in 1988. He completed his higher surgical training in Liverpool and Tokyo. He now specialises in the surgery of stomach malignancy, laparoscopic surgery and endoscopy.
Mr JM Dixon, consultant breast surgeon, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
Dr Chris Dudley BSc MB BS MD FRCP, consultant renal physician at the Richard Bright Renal Unit, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol. Dr Dudley has a clinical interest in hypertension, renal disease and multisystem disorders and also renal complications of obstetrics.
Dr Charlie Easmon MBBS, MRCP MSc Public Health DTM&H DocMed, specialist adviser in travel medicine and medical director of Number One Health Ltd, 1 Harley St, London www.numberonehealth.co.uk.
Professor James Ferguson, is a consultant dermatologist and Head of the Photobiology Unit at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.
Professor IN Ferrier BSc MB ChB MD FRCP FRCPsych, professor and honorary consultant psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Dr Jocelyn Fraser, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital, London.
Dr Robert C Gilbertson MBBS MRCP MRCS DRCOG DA, GP in Christchurch, Dorset.
Dr Rachel Green, clinical director of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Transfusion Centre. Dr Green has joint accreditation in haematology and transfusion medicine and has worked in the Glasgow centre for six years. As part of her clinical responsibilities Dr Green is also consultant in charge of the Clinical Apheresis Unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Dr Stephen Alan Greene, senior lecturer in child health, consultant paediatrician and paediatric endocrinologist for Tayside.
Dr J Hughes MB BS MRCPsych, lecturer and honorary specialist registrar in psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Dr Yousuf Karim MBBChir MSc MRCP, senior registrar, lecturer in clinical immunology and allergy, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, London. Dr Karim's area of clinical expertise includes allergy, immunology, inflammatory joint disease and organ transplantation.
Dr Paul Klenerman, general physician with a specialisation in infection at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Dr Richard Knight, National Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease Surveillance Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
Dr Bob Leckridge BSc MB Ch B MFHom, specialist in homoeopathic medicine, director of education at Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, President of the Faculty of Homoeopathy. Following extensive experience as a GP in Ayrshire and Edinburgh, Dr Leckridge, moved to full-time homoeopathic practice in 1995. He has an international reputation as a skilled practitioner and teacher of homoeopathy.
Dr Joanne M Lee MB ChB, DRCOG, GP in Christchurch, Dorset.
Dr Victoria Lewis is a consultant dermatologist in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. She trained in Dermatology on the South Wales rotation, based in Cardiff. She was also the UK registrar representative for Dermatology during this time. Her main areas of interest are skin cancer, vulval dermatology and cosmetic dermatology.
Professor Brian Lipworth, professor of allergies and respiratory medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee.
Dr AJ Lloyd MB BS MRCPsych, lecturer and honorary specialist registrar in psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Dr Brian Lunn MB ChB MRCPsych, senior lecturer and honorary consultant psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Dr Caroline MacEwen, consultant ophthalmologist at Ninewells Hospital and Medical school, Dundee.
Dr Janice Main FRCP (Edin and Lond), senior lecturer and honorary consultant physician in infectious diseases and general medicine at Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's Hospital, London. Qualified in Dundee in 1980 and has trained in general medicine and infectious diseases. She looks after patients with various infections including HIV and chronic viral hepatitis and runs the hospital infectious diseases referral service.
Dr Tony Marson, lecturer in neurology, Department of Neurological Science, University of Liverpool.
Dr Patricia Macnair MBChB, MA, DAFRCS, has combined work as a geriatrician with a career as a health journalist for over 20 years. She works part-time on the wards of two Surrey hospital, including a large District General Hospital and a small rehabilitation hospital, as part of a multidisciplinary team that look after elderly people recovering from severe illness or recent major surgery. For the rest of the week she is a freelance medical journalist and broadcaster, writing on a wide range of topics for both the public and for health professionals, in national magazines and papers, on the internet and on radio. She has had several books published, and has won several awards from The Medical Journalists Association, including a Commendation for Excellence in Journalistic Skills 2013, Best Health Website 2011, Freelance Health Journalist (runner-up) 2008 and Writing for the Web (runner-up) 2002.
Dr RH McAllister-Williams BSc MB ChB PhD MRCPsych MRC, clinical scientist, senior lecturer and honorary consultant psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Dr John C McLachlan, Department of Biology, University of St Andrews.
Professor Marion ET McMurdo, head of ageing and health at University of Dundee, honorary consultant in medicine for the elderly.
Dr Atul Mehta, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, consultant haematologist, Royal Free Hospital, London. After completing his undergraduate training at Cambridge University and King's College Hospital, Dr Mehta did various general medical training jobs prior to training in haematology at the Hammersmith Hospital. His MD was sponsored by the Medical Research Council and he spent two years examining molecular mechanisms underlying aplastic anaemia. Since 1986 he has been a consultant haematologist at the Royal Free Hospital, where his special interests are drug resistance and sensitivity, myeloma and Gaucher's disease.
Dr Robert P Mills MS Phil FRCS (Eng) FRCS (Ed), head of the Otolaryngology Unit of Edinburgh University and consultant otolaryngologist to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Dr Mills qualified from the London Hospital Medical College in 1973 and trained in Bristol and at Guy's Hospital and Kings College Hospital, London. Between 1986 and 1988 he was consultant otolaryngologist at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee and honorary senior lecturer, University of Dundee.
Professor Alastair J MunroBSc(hons) MBChB FRCR FRCP(E), is currently Consultant Clinical Oncologist and Professor of Radiation Oncology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.Has worked as consultant oncologist at St Mary’s Hospital London; Hammersmith Hospital, London; Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto; St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; and the Royal London Hospital.
Dr Carina Norris RNutr is a registered nutritionist, health journalist and media consultant. She has written 10 books on healthy eating, and contributes regular columns and features to several national magazines. Carina was the nutritionist for Channel 4’s Turn Back Your Body Clock (also writing the book accompanying the series). When nutrition is in the news, Carina is often called on for comment by national newspapers, TV and radio.
Professor JT O'Brien BM BCh MRCPsych, DM, professor and honorary consultant old age psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Dr Reginald Odbert, BSc (Wales) MB ChB (Sheffield 1976) MRCGP DRCOG DAvMed DipIMC(RCSEd) MRAeS, principal and partner in general practice in Christchurch, Dorset.
Dr Alan L Ogilivie MA ( Cantab), MD (Cantab), FRCP, FRCP (Edin), consultant physician and gastroenterologist, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, UK. He was formerly senior registrar, Edinburgh Teaching Hospitals and a former Research Fellow at Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham. Interests include oesophageal disease, liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease and endoscopy, including ERCP.
Dr Philip Owen MB BCh MD MRCOG DipFetMed, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at North Glasgow University NHS Trust.
Dr Badal Pal, consultant rheumatologist, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Withington Hospital.
Dr Colin Paterson, formerly reader in medicine at the University of Dundee and Honorary Consultant to the NHS. He has been involved in research and patient care in the field of bone disease since 1964 and is the author of two bone disease textbooks. He is responsible for a local 'bone clinic' and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the National Osteoporosis Society.
Dr Gavin Petrie MB, ChB FRCP consultant chest physician to Fife Health Board, Fife, University of Aberdeen.
Dr John E T Pillinger MB ChC DRCOG, (Liverpool), principal partner in general practice in Christchurch, Dorset. He has a special interest in male health, urology, sexology and respiratory medicine.
Dr John Powell MA MB Bchir MSc MRCPsych DFPHM, specialist registrar in public health medicine in Buckinghamshire. Dr Powell qualified from Cambridge University in 1992. He subsequently trained in psychiatry in Oxford. His special interests are in electronic health information and evidence-based medicine.
Dr Kaukub Rajput, consultant audiological physician, Cochlear Implant Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children.
Dr Jyoti Ramani MBBS DVD (Bombay, India) dermatologist. Dr Ramani has 13 years' experience in the field of dermatology and general healthcare. As a dermatologist she has been involved in treating diseases like acne, psoriasis, vitiligo, alopecia and various types of allergic diseases and dermatitis.
Mr Dai Rees M Ch Orth FRCS, is consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust, Oswestry, Shropshire. He specialises in sports injury and has extensive experience of injuries sustained by elite athletes in every discipline. He has travelled with National and Premier League football teams, and was Orthopaedic Surgeon to the FA National School at Lillishall.
Professor Jonathan Rhodes, professor of medicine, University of Liverpool. Former Avery Jones Research Medallist of British Society of Gastroenterology, chairman of the Joint Specialty Committee on Gastroenterology, and member of the research committee of National Association for Colitis and Crohn's disease. He is the author and editor of books and CD Roms on general gastroenterology and inflammatory bowel disease.
Dr Malcolm Rustin, dermatologist, Royal Free Hospital, London.
Mr Greg Sadler MB BCh FRCS MD (Wales), consultant endocrine surgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Mr Sadler is a very experienced general surgeon with wide exposure to all aspects of general surgery. He currently provides an endocrine surgical service at a regional level in Oxfordshire. He has had numerous scientific papers published.
Dr PM Shajahan MB ChB Mphil MRCP MRCPsych, senior lecturer and honorary consultant psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Dr Michael Sharpe MA MRCP MRCPsych, senior lecture in psychological medicine at the University of Edinburgh and honorary consultant psychiatrist to the Lothian University Hospitals Trust.
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Dr Roger Henderson Qualified as a doctor from St Bartholomew's Hospital, London in 1985 and as a general practitioner in 1990. He decided to work part time in 1995 to concentrate on his writing career, and within 2 years was the medical columnist of the Sunday Times. He has written regular columns for many newspapers and magazines and is currently the medical columnist for the Sunday Mirror, Woman’s Own, Slimming magazine, Yours magazine and a number of other publications. His medical responsibilities include being a college doctor and a busy family doctor in Shropshire, running a main surgery and two branch surgeries.Dr Dan Rutherford, BSc MB ChB MRCGP FRCP, qualified from Edinburgh University in 1979. After hospital training in General Medicine and Gastroenterology in Dundee and Edinburgh he became a full time Principal in General Practice in St Andrews, Scotland, in 1986. He was NetDoctor.co.uk's original Medical Director and was responsible for the content on the site from its inception in 2000 until 2003, when he returned to full time clinical practice. In addition to a range of medical writing work he now runs his own private general practice in St Andrews. Dr Rutherford is the main author of all 16 titles in the NetDoctor 'Help Yourself to Health' series of books published by Hodder & Stoughton.
Dr David Delvin MB BS LRCP MRCS DObst RCOG DCH FPA Cert MRCGP Dip Ven MFFPRCOG, author of 27 books, has appeared on more than 800 radio and TV programmes, contributes to many periodicals and still has time to see patients in his clinics in East Sussex, Cambridge and London.
Christine Webber LNCP, MNCH Dip PHTA, Dip Cognitive Approaches to Psychotherapy (London) is a popular columnist, TV and radio agony aunt and qualified psychotherapist and life coach. She is known for her direct approach and her sound advice balanced with a ready wit. She is currently filming a series for Living TV and is the author of numerous books including Get the Happiness Habit, Get the Self-Esteem Habit and How To Mend a Broken Heart. Visit her website for more details.
Dr Carl J Brandt, qualified in Medicine at Odense University, and carried out his postgraduate training in Faaborg, and his surgical residency in Glamsbjerg. After several years as Senior House Officer at the Odense University Hospital in the department of Medical Gastroenterology, he moved to the department of Clinical Biochemistry. During his time as a PhD research fellow at Odense University he worked on the smoker's lung project and the subsequent paper was published in The Lancet.
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Dr Kosh Agarwal, specialist research registrar at the Centre for Liver Research, Newcastle Medical School.Dr Linda Appiah-Kubi, a clinical fellow, with Dr K Ray Chaudhuri, in Movement Disorders at the Guy's King's St. Thomas's School of Medicine. She has a BSc degree in Neurosciences and has presented her research work in several international Movement Disorders meetings. Her special interest lies in the area of Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and pharmacological therapy of Movement Disorders.
Dr Claire Atkinson MB BS MRCPsych, research specialist registrar in psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Mr Michael L Bowen FRCS MRCOG MRCP (Ireland), obstetrician and gynaecologist, honorary consultant North West London Hospitals NHS Trust. Mr Bowen is an experienced obstetrician and gynaecologist who is now in private practice. He has expertise in minimal access surgery and colposcopy and has a longstanding research interest in obstetric wound healing.
Dr Adrian Brady, consultant cardiologist, Department of Medical Cardiology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Professor Charles GD Brook, Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, London.
Dr Sarah Burnett, service director and consultant musculoskeletal radiologist, St Mary's Hospital, London. Qualified in 1985 from Westminster Medical School, and trained in radiology at Barts. Since 1993 she has been a consultant radiologist at St Mary's Hospital, London and Imperial College, School of Medicine, London.
Dr David Cahill, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St Michael's Hospital, Bristol.
Professor Ian W Campbell FRCP. Professor Campbell graduated from Edinburgh University in 1969. Since 1978 he has been a Consultant Physician in general medicine and diabetes at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Fife. In 1996, he was appointed to an Honorary Chair in the Department of Biological and Medical Sciences at the University of St Andrews. Professor Campbell was Chairman of the Scottish Committee of the British Diabetic Association (BDA) 1991-5, and a member of the UK BDA Department of Health Task Force for the implementation of the St Vincent Declaration in Scotland. Since 1994, he has been actively involved with the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) and has chaired the Steering Committees producing the original six evidence-based guidelines in 1996-97 and the recently updated seven guidelines published in November 2001 (SIGN 55). He is currently co-editor of British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease
Mr Eddie Chaloner, consultant vascular surgeon operating across London and the South of England through his private practice Radiance Health, BMI Healthcare and Benenden Hospital in Kent. He also treats NHS patients at Lewisham Hospital. Mr Chaloner is on the faculty of the minimally invasive veins course at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. His main interest in minimally invasive varicose veins surgery.
Dr Ray Chaudhuri, consultant neurologist, Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital, London. His special interests are Parkinson's disease, Huntingdon's disease and dystonia.
Dr Shern Chew, consultant endocrinologist, Department of Endocrinology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
Dr Stephen CP Collins MBChB DRCOG, is a GP in Christchurch, Dorset. Dr Collins qualified from Leicester University and went on to become a clinical assistant in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. He is also GP Adviser to PPP healthcare and is Board Representative for the Christchurch Primary Care Group.
Dr David Coghill A senior lecturer and honorary consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.
Dr Stuart Crisp FRCPCH FRACP, consultant paediatrician, Orange Base Hospital, Orange, Australia.
Dr Patrick Davey, consultant cardiologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Mr Chris Dawson MS FRCS LLDip is a consultant urological surgeon at Peterborough and Stamford NHS Foundation Trust where he has worked for the last 16 years. He qualified from University College Hospital London in 1986 and did his surgical training in Reading, Portsmouth and London. Chris has an interest in prostate cancer and performed radical prostatectomy in Peterborough before cancer services were centralised regionally a few years ago. Chris wrote the 1st edition of the ABC Of Urology (Wiley Publishing) and has edited the third edition with co-editor and close friend Janine Nethercliffe. This is due for publication in Spring 2012. Chris also co-edited The Evidence for Urology (TfM publishing) with Gordon Muir and this book won first prize in the urology section of the BMA Medical Book competition in 2005. He also has an interest in medicolegal issues and has undertaken expert witness training with London Law firm Bond Solon. He qualified with a Graduate Diploma of Law from the College of Law in Birmingham in 2008.
Professor Christopher P Day, BA, MB, BChir, MA (Cambridge), PhD, MD, FRCP, Professor of Liver Medicine. Professor Day is currently secretary of the British Association for the Study of the Liver and is on the Committee of the Liver Section of the British Society of Gastroenterology and Medical Advisory Board of the British Liver Trust. He is assistant editor of the international journal Liver and is on the editorial board of the CME Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. He is secretary of the Newcastle Centre for Liver Research and was awarded the 1999 Goulstonian Lectureship of the Royal College of Physicians and the 2000 British Society of Gastroenterology Sir Francis Avery Jones Research Medal for his work on alcoholic liver disease.
Dr John Dean, MBBS FRCGP, is a specialist in sexual medicine, working in London and in Devon. He is interested in all aspects of male and female sexuality, and its problems.
Mr Robert Diggory, consultant general surgeon practicing in Fife, Scotland. Mr Diggory graduated from Dundee University in 1977 and gained an MD in gastrointestinal motility in 1988. He completed his higher surgical training in Liverpool and Tokyo. He now specialises in the surgery of stomach malignancy, laparoscopic surgery and endoscopy.
Mr JM Dixon, consultant breast surgeon, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
Dr Chris Dudley BSc MB BS MD FRCP, consultant renal physician at the Richard Bright Renal Unit, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol. Dr Dudley has a clinical interest in hypertension, renal disease and multisystem disorders and also renal complications of obstetrics.
Dr Charlie Easmon MBBS, MRCP MSc Public Health DTM&H DocMed, specialist adviser in travel medicine and medical director of Number One Health Ltd, 1 Harley St, London www.numberonehealth.co.uk.
Professor James Ferguson, is a consultant dermatologist and Head of the Photobiology Unit at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.
Professor IN Ferrier BSc MB ChB MD FRCP FRCPsych, professor and honorary consultant psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Dr Jocelyn Fraser, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital, London.
Dr Robert C Gilbertson MBBS MRCP MRCS DRCOG DA, GP in Christchurch, Dorset.
Dr Rachel Green, clinical director of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Transfusion Centre. Dr Green has joint accreditation in haematology and transfusion medicine and has worked in the Glasgow centre for six years. As part of her clinical responsibilities Dr Green is also consultant in charge of the Clinical Apheresis Unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Dr Stephen Alan Greene, senior lecturer in child health, consultant paediatrician and paediatric endocrinologist for Tayside.
Dr J Hughes MB BS MRCPsych, lecturer and honorary specialist registrar in psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Dr Yousuf Karim MBBChir MSc MRCP, senior registrar, lecturer in clinical immunology and allergy, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, London. Dr Karim's area of clinical expertise includes allergy, immunology, inflammatory joint disease and organ transplantation.
Dr Paul Klenerman, general physician with a specialisation in infection at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Dr Richard Knight, National Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease Surveillance Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
Dr Bob Leckridge BSc MB Ch B MFHom, specialist in homoeopathic medicine, director of education at Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, President of the Faculty of Homoeopathy. Following extensive experience as a GP in Ayrshire and Edinburgh, Dr Leckridge, moved to full-time homoeopathic practice in 1995. He has an international reputation as a skilled practitioner and teacher of homoeopathy.
Dr Joanne M Lee MB ChB, DRCOG, GP in Christchurch, Dorset.
Dr Victoria Lewis is a consultant dermatologist in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. She trained in Dermatology on the South Wales rotation, based in Cardiff. She was also the UK registrar representative for Dermatology during this time. Her main areas of interest are skin cancer, vulval dermatology and cosmetic dermatology.
Professor Brian Lipworth, professor of allergies and respiratory medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee.
Dr AJ Lloyd MB BS MRCPsych, lecturer and honorary specialist registrar in psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Dr Brian Lunn MB ChB MRCPsych, senior lecturer and honorary consultant psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Dr Caroline MacEwen, consultant ophthalmologist at Ninewells Hospital and Medical school, Dundee.
Dr Janice Main FRCP (Edin and Lond), senior lecturer and honorary consultant physician in infectious diseases and general medicine at Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's Hospital, London. Qualified in Dundee in 1980 and has trained in general medicine and infectious diseases. She looks after patients with various infections including HIV and chronic viral hepatitis and runs the hospital infectious diseases referral service.
Dr Tony Marson, lecturer in neurology, Department of Neurological Science, University of Liverpool.
Dr Patricia Macnair MBChB, MA, DAFRCS, has combined work as a geriatrician with a career as a health journalist for over 20 years. She works part-time on the wards of two Surrey hospital, including a large District General Hospital and a small rehabilitation hospital, as part of a multidisciplinary team that look after elderly people recovering from severe illness or recent major surgery. For the rest of the week she is a freelance medical journalist and broadcaster, writing on a wide range of topics for both the public and for health professionals, in national magazines and papers, on the internet and on radio. She has had several books published, and has won several awards from The Medical Journalists Association, including a Commendation for Excellence in Journalistic Skills 2013, Best Health Website 2011, Freelance Health Journalist (runner-up) 2008 and Writing for the Web (runner-up) 2002.
Dr RH McAllister-Williams BSc MB ChB PhD MRCPsych MRC, clinical scientist, senior lecturer and honorary consultant psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Dr John C McLachlan, Department of Biology, University of St Andrews.
Professor Marion ET McMurdo, head of ageing and health at University of Dundee, honorary consultant in medicine for the elderly.
Dr Atul Mehta, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, consultant haematologist, Royal Free Hospital, London. After completing his undergraduate training at Cambridge University and King's College Hospital, Dr Mehta did various general medical training jobs prior to training in haematology at the Hammersmith Hospital. His MD was sponsored by the Medical Research Council and he spent two years examining molecular mechanisms underlying aplastic anaemia. Since 1986 he has been a consultant haematologist at the Royal Free Hospital, where his special interests are drug resistance and sensitivity, myeloma and Gaucher's disease.
Dr Robert P Mills MS Phil FRCS (Eng) FRCS (Ed), head of the Otolaryngology Unit of Edinburgh University and consultant otolaryngologist to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Dr Mills qualified from the London Hospital Medical College in 1973 and trained in Bristol and at Guy's Hospital and Kings College Hospital, London. Between 1986 and 1988 he was consultant otolaryngologist at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee and honorary senior lecturer, University of Dundee.
Professor Alastair J MunroBSc(hons) MBChB FRCR FRCP(E), is currently Consultant Clinical Oncologist and Professor of Radiation Oncology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.Has worked as consultant oncologist at St Mary’s Hospital London; Hammersmith Hospital, London; Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto; St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; and the Royal London Hospital.
Dr Carina Norris RNutr is a registered nutritionist, health journalist and media consultant. She has written 10 books on healthy eating, and contributes regular columns and features to several national magazines. Carina was the nutritionist for Channel 4’s Turn Back Your Body Clock (also writing the book accompanying the series). When nutrition is in the news, Carina is often called on for comment by national newspapers, TV and radio.
Professor JT O'Brien BM BCh MRCPsych, DM, professor and honorary consultant old age psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Dr Reginald Odbert, BSc (Wales) MB ChB (Sheffield 1976) MRCGP DRCOG DAvMed DipIMC(RCSEd) MRAeS, principal and partner in general practice in Christchurch, Dorset.
Dr Alan L Ogilivie MA ( Cantab), MD (Cantab), FRCP, FRCP (Edin), consultant physician and gastroenterologist, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, UK. He was formerly senior registrar, Edinburgh Teaching Hospitals and a former Research Fellow at Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham. Interests include oesophageal disease, liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease and endoscopy, including ERCP.
Dr Philip Owen MB BCh MD MRCOG DipFetMed, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at North Glasgow University NHS Trust.
Dr Badal Pal, consultant rheumatologist, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Withington Hospital.
Dr Colin Paterson, formerly reader in medicine at the University of Dundee and Honorary Consultant to the NHS. He has been involved in research and patient care in the field of bone disease since 1964 and is the author of two bone disease textbooks. He is responsible for a local 'bone clinic' and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the National Osteoporosis Society.
Dr Gavin Petrie MB, ChB FRCP consultant chest physician to Fife Health Board, Fife, University of Aberdeen.
Dr John E T Pillinger MB ChC DRCOG, (Liverpool), principal partner in general practice in Christchurch, Dorset. He has a special interest in male health, urology, sexology and respiratory medicine.
Dr John Powell MA MB Bchir MSc MRCPsych DFPHM, specialist registrar in public health medicine in Buckinghamshire. Dr Powell qualified from Cambridge University in 1992. He subsequently trained in psychiatry in Oxford. His special interests are in electronic health information and evidence-based medicine.
Dr Kaukub Rajput, consultant audiological physician, Cochlear Implant Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children.
Dr Jyoti Ramani MBBS DVD (Bombay, India) dermatologist. Dr Ramani has 13 years' experience in the field of dermatology and general healthcare. As a dermatologist she has been involved in treating diseases like acne, psoriasis, vitiligo, alopecia and various types of allergic diseases and dermatitis.
Mr Dai Rees M Ch Orth FRCS, is consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust, Oswestry, Shropshire. He specialises in sports injury and has extensive experience of injuries sustained by elite athletes in every discipline. He has travelled with National and Premier League football teams, and was Orthopaedic Surgeon to the FA National School at Lillishall.
Professor Jonathan Rhodes, professor of medicine, University of Liverpool. Former Avery Jones Research Medallist of British Society of Gastroenterology, chairman of the Joint Specialty Committee on Gastroenterology, and member of the research committee of National Association for Colitis and Crohn's disease. He is the author and editor of books and CD Roms on general gastroenterology and inflammatory bowel disease.
Dr Malcolm Rustin, dermatologist, Royal Free Hospital, London.
Mr Greg Sadler MB BCh FRCS MD (Wales), consultant endocrine surgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Mr Sadler is a very experienced general surgeon with wide exposure to all aspects of general surgery. He currently provides an endocrine surgical service at a regional level in Oxfordshire. He has had numerous scientific papers published.
Dr PM Shajahan MB ChB Mphil MRCP MRCPsych, senior lecturer and honorary consultant psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.
Dr Michael Sharpe MA MRCP MRCPsych, senior lecture in psychological medicine at the University of Edinburgh and honorary consultant psychiatrist to the Lothian University Hospitals Trust.
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