Personal/occupational injury claims (abdominal trauma) Surgical negligence involving: • Emergency or elective general surgery (intestinal obstruction, peritonitis, appendicitis, abdominal pain, hernias) • Upper GI/hepatobiliary (gallbladder surgery, jaundice, splenectomy, hiatus hernia, reflux) • Sarcoma, adrenal tumours, GIST, neuroendocrine tumours • Endocrine surgery • Complications (anastomotic leak, ureteric injury) • Endoscopy, ERCP

Professor Augustine has experience in thyroid and parathyroid surgery, and laparoscopic adrenalectomy. He also has extensive experience in kidney and pancreas transplantation, including living donor transplantation and laparoscopic donor nephrectomy and organ retrieval.

Histopathology: specifically in thyroid pathology and cytology, and gastrointestinal pathology • Pathology - cancer, gastric, gastrointestinal, oesophageal, small intestine, colon • Parathyroid gland • Thyroid gland • Adrenal gland I have a particular interest in thyroid pathology and cytology as a member of various UK and international expert groups with a significant number of peer-reviewed publications. Visiting Associate Professor, UCL Cancer Centre, London.

Dr Younis is experienced in the management of thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and pituitary diseases. In addition, he is also experienced in the management of type I and type II diabetes and has a specific interest in patient education, insulin complex pathways and complications of diabetes, such as neuropathy, renal disease, diabetic eye disease and diabetic foot disease. From a general internal medicine perspective, Dr Younis treats hypertension, osteoporosis and lipid disorders.

Diagnosing and managing acute medical conditions like sepsis, acute heart failure and respiratory distress • Endocrine disorders such as diabetes, thyroid disorders, adrenal conditions and metabolic bone diseases All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.

Diagnosing and managing general medical conditions like hypertension, diabetes and respiratory illnesses • Endocrine disorders such as thyroid disorders, diabetes management, adrenal conditions and metabolic disorders All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.

I hold dual accreditation as Consultant Paediatrician and Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist. I have a Master of Laws degree from the University of Liverpool. I have undergone medico-legal expert training courses and attended court with expertise in general paediatric and paediatric endocrinology cases (25% claimant, 25% defendant, 50% joint). I have provided 100+ medico-legal reports in all aspects of paediatric endocrinology and diabetes, child protection, road traffic accident and clinical negligence....

I am the Clinical Lead for Acute Medicine and Acute Frailty. I also review complaints and author serious incident reports. Common themes are delays in the treatment of: • Sepsis • Acute kidney injuries • Chest pain • Pulmonary embolism/venous thromboembolism (VTE) • Delirium • Falls • Seizures • Complications of alcohol I manage diabetes and endocrine patients both acutely (like acute diabetic feet/DKA) and long term (conditions like diabetes, thyroid disorders, adrenal conditions, osteoporosis and hypercalcaemia).

I am a broadly trained Consultant General and Cancer Surgeon in current NHS practice, with specialist expertise in thyroid and parathyroid surgery, hernia surgery and extensive experience of breast, soft tissue disorders and complex trauma care. I have been in regular medico-legal practice for more than 20 years. I was Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Surgical Oncology from 2003-09, since when I have been the Subject Chair for Medicine of the SCOPUS curation system for some 8,000 academic journals...