ENT surgery • Voice, swallowing, breathing • Head and neck cancer • Tracheal disorders and tracheostomy • Neck lumps • Accidental damage to ears, nose and throat, including tinnitus and deafness

All common/general ear, nose and sinus conditions (not paediatric) • ENT and airway emergencies • Head and neck, facial and airway trauma/injury, including tracheostomy • Voice and swallowing problems • Thyroid and parathyroid surgery • Head and neck lump/cancer diagnostics and surgery • Robotic and endoscopic head and neck and thyroid surgery • I have a special expertise in thyroid cancer and thyroid surgery, as well as complex head and neck problems

Spinal surgery • General neurosurgery • Head injury • Skull base surgery, including acoustic neuroma management and meningiomas • Chiari malformation and syringomyelia - from all causes • Trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm and glossopharyngeal neuralgia • Intradural spinal tumours

Areas of interest include personal injury and clinical negligence claims involving cranial and spinal neurosurgery. Specifically this includes: • Head injury • Neck and back injury • Spinal surgery • Cranial surgery • Neuro-oncology • Skull base surgery • Vascular surgery and subarachnoid haemorrhage • Meningioma surgery • Whiplash. Consulting face to face in Sheffield and Manchester.

Oral & maxillofacial surgery • Facial trauma • Facial pain • Salivary gland disease • Head & neck oncology

Consultant Stroke Neurologist working in hyperacute & acute stroke services at St George's Hospital, involved in thrombolysis & thrombectomy service provision • Secondary stroke prevention care (inpatient & outpatient) • General neurology: mainly outpatient neurology clinics (two a week) seeing about 24 new patients a month with a variety of neurological symptoms & diagnosis. Also some inpatient neurology work seeing ward referrals & acute neurology admissions (these could range from infection/cancer to autoimmune...

Kidney cancer • Prostate cancer • Bladder cancer • Head cancer • Neck cancer • Immunotherapy • Targeted therapy • Chemotherapy • Radiotherapy

I provide well-constructed, evidence-based, expert reports for clinical negligence and personal injury claims across the range of general elective and emergency neurosurgical practice. I have particular expertise in head injuries, cauda equina syndrome and surgical neuro-oncology. Areas of medico-legal expertise: • Adult elective and emergency neurosurgery • Head injury • Brain tumour diagnosis and management • Cauda equina syndrome

General cranial neurosurgery • Skull base surgery • Acoustic neuroma surgery • Brain tumours • Neuro-oncology • Neurotrauma • Head injury • Traumatic brain injury • Cerebral abscess • Intracerebral haemorrhage • Subarachnoid haemorrhage • Hydrocephalus • Chiari malformation NHS employment: Consultant Neurosurgeon, University Hospital Birmingham, UK Additional email: [email protected]

Neurosurgery • Surgical conditions of the brain and spine, head injury and spinal injury. Having 17 years' consultant experience in all aspects of neurosurgery, I am qualified to provide an opinion on most aspects of spinal and cranial conditions and treatments. My particular clinical interests are endoscopic pituitary region surgery, degenerative spinal surgery, including instrumentation, and endoscopic ventricular surgery. I have significant medico-legal experience and have been cross-examined in the Coroners...

• 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,...

General neurology • Headache • Movement disorder • Parkinson's disease • Clinical negligence • Neurological problems in pregnancy • Obstetric neurology

Consultant Neurologist since 1993 • Areas of special expertise: • Headache • Chronic disability • Multiple sclerosis (Highly Commended by MS Society 1999) • Neuropsychiatry (Member of British Neuropsychiatric Association) Also at: (i) 10 Harley Street, London , W1G 9PF. (ii) Spire Wellesley Hospital, Southend , SS2 4XH. (iii) Zen Clinic, 143 London Road, Colchester , CO3 8NZ.

All aspects of neurology • Neurological consequences of head and spinal injury • Epilepsy, blackouts and other causes of loss of awareness • Memory problems, dementias and other cognitive disorders

Ear, nose & throat surgery • Head & neck cancer • Head & neck tumour surgery • Thyroid surgery • Salivary gland disease • Laser surgery • Voice & swallowing disorders • Noise-induced hearing loss • Facial plastic surgery

Dentoalveolar surgery • Oral surgery • Facial cosmetics (facelift, blepharoplasty, browlift, rhinoplasty, Botox fillers) • TMJ disorders • Head & neck surgery: neck lumps (cancer, neck dissection, free flaps, thyroidectomy) • Facial skin cancer (BCC, SCC, facial melanoma, skin grafts, local flaps) • Salivary glands (submandibular, parotid, sialolithiasis) • Facial trauma (mandible, zygoma, orbit, nasal, maxillary fractures) • Orthognathic surgery - facial deformity • Laser treatment for facial/intraoral conditions Panayiotis...

Clinical interests focus on: • Neurosurgical oncology of the brain and spinal cord • Surgery for cranial neuropathies (trigeminal, glossopharyngeal, geniculate neuralgias; hemifacial spasm) • Complex spinal surgery He also focuses on: • Degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine and cervical spine • Surgeries for facial pain and cranial nerve hyperactive disorders • Brain tumours • Spinal cord tumours • Disorders of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics • Disorders of the cranio-cervical junction

Head and neck oncology (including diagnosis, rates of growth, MDT management, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, prognosis) • Breast oncology (including diagnosis, molecular phenotypes, rates of growth, MDT management, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, prognosis)

Mr Patel covers a full range of oral and maxillofacial surgery treatments. However, his special interests lie in head and neck cancer and salivary gland pathology. He has a busy clinical practice with weekly sessions at Wythenshawe, Christie and Stepping Hill hospitals. Mr Patel also has further interests in reconstructive facial surgery, salivary gland surgery, facial deformity, oral surgery, oral lesions, facial pain and dental implants.

General neurosurgery • Neurovascular neurosurgery • Neurosurgical trauma • Head injuries

Ear, nose, throat, head & neck surgery & medicine, including: • Deafness • Tinnitus • Balance disorders • Nasal trauma • Smell disturbance • Sinus problems • Voice problems • Tracheostomy cases • Head & neck cancers & benign tumours • General medical issues, including: • Consent • Communication • Training Additional email: [email protected]

General otorhinolaryngology with a subspecialty interest in: • Head & neck oncology • Voice & swallowing disorders • Salivary gland & thyroid surgery • Acquired hearing loss Also consulting in London at: (i) West End Medical Practice, Marylebone, NW1 6SN. (ii) Resource for London, Holloway Road, N7 6PA.

Minimally invasive neurosurgery • Management of skull base tumours • Vascular pathologies, including endoscopic endonasal approaches and cerebral revascularisations All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.