• Former Examiner in Surgery, London University, former Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Royal Free & University College Medical School • Chief Medical Advisor, UK Medical Consultants Ltd – http://www.UKMedicalConsultants.co.uk Medical Legal Expert Reports 1. Surgical oncology • Diagnostic endoscopy: cancer diagnosis and management, risk factors and cancer inheritance syndromes • Primary diagnosis – malignant lesions of head and neck, breast, gut/bowel/gastroenterology, skin, urology, gynaecology, lung, sarcoma,...

All aspects of pre-hospital care, including the full range of medical & trauma conditions, including the assessment & management of: • Cardiac arrest & arrhythmias • Medical emergencies (abdominal pain, chest pain, breathlessness, headache) • Traumatic emergencies (head trauma, spinal trauma, thoracic trauma, abdominal trauma, limb trauma & trauma in pregnancy) • Paediatric emergencies • Obstetric & gynaecological emergencies • Administration of medicines under POMS exemption • All pre-hospital interventional procedures •...

Chest wall • Rib fractures • Traumas • Lung cancer surgery • Mediastinal masses • Thoracic surgery • Pectus deformities • Pneumothorax • Thoracic outlet syndrome • Hyperhidrosis • Keyhole chest surgery • Thoracic oncology

I have practised in the medicolegal field for 34 years since becoming a Consultant in 1988. I am Bond Solon trained, accredited and annually updated. In medical negligence, the most common instructions relate to: • Multiple injury trauma, including head injury • Cauda Equina Syndrome • DVT/PE • Missed fractures, especially scaphoid, hip and spinal • Foreign bodies • Stroke thrombolysis acutely • Burns • Soft tissue injuries, especially chest injury • ED management in general I am most often instructed in PI on soft tissue...

Mr Joshi's clinical focus is minimally invasive surgery, as well as general thoracic surgical oncology. He also treats patients who require pleural surgery, thymic surgery, diaphragm palsy and hernia, chest wall tumour resection and reconstruction, lung volume reduction, airway and tracheal procedures, as well as emergency thoracic surgery, including chest wall trauma. Mr Joshi also has experience in upper gastrointestinal surgery, mesothelioma and extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

Available for instructions in the field of adult and paediatric emergency medicine. This generally includes cases where clients have been seen and assessed in a UK emergency department. I am competent to accept instructions with regards to alleged breach of duty where the expertise is specific to adult and paediatric emergency medicine, and some enquiries in relation to causation where the condition in question relates to adult and paediatric emergency medicine practice. I am a university-certified expert...

Cardiac & thoracic surgery

Accepts cases involving: • All aspects of cardiothoracic surgery • Clinical negligence report writing - aspects of breach of duty and causation • Personal injury - aspects of current condition and prognosis Areas of interest and experience: • Clinical governance, surgical safety standards, WHO checklist compliance • Serious incidents and Datix incident investigations and process • All aspects of adult cardiothoracic surgery • Consent - were all treatment options offered? • Bond solon trained • Evidence of giving oral evidence...

Cardiothoracic surgery • Expert in minimally invasive surgery of the chest • Special interest in malignant & benign conditions of the chest cavity, including, but not limited to, lung, chest wall, airway & diaphragm • Extensive experience in pectus repair with open Ravitch or minimally invasive Nuss technique • International experience in management of emphysema with lung volume reduction surgery & valves • Extensive experience in management of chest trauma with skills obtained through long service in South Africa ...

I specialise in failure to provide (breathalyser) cases in relation to which I have written over 200 reports and appeared in court many times. My other main interest is in asthma related to damp housing.

All correspondence to: 23 Crown Street, Harrow, HA2 0HX. Laparoscopic surgery • General surgery • Personal injury • Clinical negligence • Hernia • Breast disease • Abdominal disease Consulting at London W1 and Guildford

All aspects of respiratory medicine • Occupational diseases such as, occupational asthma, asbestos-related diseases & other pneumoconiosis • All aspects of general medicine • Life expectancy & prognosis