Petros Mikalef

Biography Petros Mikalef is a Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Spasticity surgeon who works at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham. He has completed Fellowship training in Hand Surgery and in Spasticity Surgery, in 2013. His classification system for surgical neurectomy has been adopted internationally. He has significant experience in the operative treatment of elective hand…

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Rosario Mela

Biography Mr Rosario Mela graduated from medical school in 1992 at the University of Florence, Italy and completed his speciality training in Odonto-Stomatology three years later. He has over 25 years’ experience working in oral surgery. Mr Mela retired with the rank of colonel from Italian Air Force Medical Service in 2019 and joined the…

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Lydia Knoell

Biography Dr Lydia Knoell graduated from the Medical Faculty of J.W. Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1986. She started her medical career in general medicine and paediatrics and then began her training in Anaesthesia and Intensive Medicine and Emergency Medicine in 1990. Dr Knoell qualified as a specialist in Anaesthesia in 1996…

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Peter Vasas

Biography Peter Vasas is a Bariatric (weight loss) surgeon who completed an Ethicon-sponsored national bariatric fellowship programme in the UK and Belgium. He specialises in bariatric operations, including gastric band, bypass, and sleeve gastrectomy, as well as revision surgery. Additionally, he performs removal of benign skin lesions, total cholecystectomy, and hernia repair (unilateral and bilateral)….

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Charles Kanavati

Biography Mr Charles Kanavati MB ChB, FRCSEd, FRCOphth Medical Director and Clinical Director, Ophthalmology, Rochdale Following Medical School Graduation in 1983 and two years in General surgery, he completed higher surgical ophthalmology training at St John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem and UK in 1990 and undertook a subspecialty training fellowship in Vitreous and Retina surgery…

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Edward Ridyard

Biography Mr Ridyard is a multi-award winning Ophthalmologist specialising in all aspects of medical and surgical Glaucoma. He also specialises in complex and high volume Cataract Surgery. Ed also holds a substantive Consultant post at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds. Related consultants

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Rubina Rahman

Biography Having trained as a specialist registrar at the Oxford Eye Hospital, Rubina completed a two-year fellowship in Vitreo-retinal surgery. She has been working as a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS foundation Trust since September 2002, providing Vitreo-retinal service to the whole of Huddersfield, Halifax and surrounding areas. She has recently retired from…

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Zsolt Balogh

Learn more about Zsolt Balogh Dr Balogh accepts self-pay patients, private medical insurance patients and NHS patients. Why choose a surgeon from Practice Plus Group? At Practice Plus Group Hospitals, we’re passionate about giving patients a positive experience and excellent clinical outcomes, with personalised care from start to finish. Whether you’re paying for yourself or using private medical insurance,…

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Szabolcs Szigethy

Learn more about Szabolcs Szigethy Mr Szigethy is an active member in the ear, nose and throat medical field. He has been involved in award-winning research in the treatment of sarcoidosis, and regularly participates in local and international courses. Mr Szigethy joined Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet in 2014. Mr Szigethy treats self-pay, private…

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Yahia Al-Tamimi

Biography Mr Yahia Al-Tamimi completed his medical training in 2002 and graduated with honours from the University of Leeds. He gained membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England following training in Preston and Cambridge. He was subsequently placed onto a post-graduate neurosurgical training program in Leeds General Infirmary and gained entry to the…

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