Biography Mr Woodnutt started his career as a Synthetic Organic Chemist working for the Open University. Subsequently, he attended Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School and obtained his MB at the University of London in 1990. He began working for the NHS in Swansea in 2001 where he specialised in arthroplasty of the lower limb, especially…

Learn more about Victor Hugo Baptista Mr Baptista has 14 years’ experience as a consultant general surgeon. He specialises in hernia repair, gallbladder surgery, avulsion of nail surgery, haemorrhoid surgery, benign skin lesion removal, and anal tissue repairs. Mr Baptista treats self-pay patients, private medical insurance patients and NHS patients. A private consultation with Mr…

Biography Dr Stefano Sansone is an experienced Consultant Gastroenterologist at Nottingham University Hospital. He completed his medical degree at the Second University of Naples, School of Medicine, Italy, in 2009. Subsequently, he undertook specialty training in gastroenterology at the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, achieving certification in upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy. Dr…

Biography Dr Esmaeil Arbabi is the Medical director at Moorfields Eye Hospital Abu Dhabi. He specialises in corneal transplant, cataract and laser refractive surgery. Prior to joining Moorfields Eye Hospital, he was Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and the Lead for Refractive Services at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK, where he helped establish Liverpool’s fully-fledged laser…

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…

Biography Oliver Blocker is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Birmingham. He was previously a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Emersons Green in Bristol, but relocated in September 2024, to our hospital in Birmingham. Mr Oliver Blocker specialises in primary and revision knee and hip replacements.  In addition to…

Biography Mr Bishay retired from the Royal united Hospital after serving as a consultant Orthopaedic surgeon for 25 years in January 2020. Mr Bishay started working as a part time consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet in 2014 mainly to do revision hip surgery for a cohort of Metal on metal…

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…

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…

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…