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.

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

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]

Adult neurosurgery: hydrocephalus, trauma/head injury Paediatric neurosurgery: trauma/head injury, hydrocephalus, brain tumours, spinal tumours, spinal injury, spinal dysraphism, cranial dysraphism, intrathecal baclofen pumps, intracranial infection, intraspinal infection

Professor Kavin Andi is a Consultant Maxillo-Facial Surgeon specialising in ablative and reconstructive head and neck cancer surgery at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London. Professor Andi’s areas of interest include augmented reality, robotic surgery and 3D virtual surgical planning, for which he was awarded the prestigious Norman Rowe Clinical Prize by the British Association of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgeons (2012).

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

Personal injury involving the head & neck • Acoustic trauma • Cancer of the head, neck & throat • Deafness • Traumatic deafness • Ear injuries • Ear surgery • Head injury - ENT complications • Throat infections • Otolaryngology negligence • Neck injury • Member of the Expert Witness Institute • Cardiff University Certificate as Expert Witness in Civil Law Additional email: [email protected]

Head injury • Post-traumatic epilepsy, headache, concussion • Spinal injury • Whiplash injury • Lower back injury • Neurovascular diseases • General neurosurgery • Nerve injury

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

Cerebrovascular disease, including cerebral revascularisation, aneurysms, arterio-venous malformations, cavernomas, dural fistula • Tumours of the skull base and carnio-vertebral junction, meningiomas and benign tumours of the brain and spine and degenerative spinal conditions • Neuroendoscopy, head injuries, hydrocephalus and shunts Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate

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.

Clinical negligence • Tinnitus • Noise-induced hearing loss • Facial injuries • Head & neck cancer • Thyroid surgery • Vertigo • Smell disorders • Ear, nose & throat surgery • Head & neck surgery • Nasal injuries & fractures • Voice disorders Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate (Civil & Criminal)

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

Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon • 26 years’ experience in medico-legal report writing in the UK Main interests Head and spinal injuries • Cervical and lumbar disc diseases and sequelae of their treatment (i.e. failed neck and back surgery syndromes) • Negligence claims in neurosurgery and spinal surgery Author of 'Neurosurgeon in War and Peace' , ISBN: 9781665585323, available in print and E-Book (Amazon, eBay and Author House UK). https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neurosurgeon-War-Peace-Ameen-Abbas/dp/1665584211

I have been a neurosurgeon in a large regional unit in Sheffield since 1999. I have been Lead Clinician and Program Director, and served on the SAC for Neurosurgery and Council of the Society of British Neurosurgeons. I am the Past President of the British Radiosurgery Society. My fields of expertise include: Head injury • Spinal injury • Whiplash in personal injury cases • Neurosurgery, spinal surgery and radiosurgery in negligence cases I have particular expertise in spinal and complex spinal surgery, and am...

General neurosurgery • Neurovascular neurosurgery • Neurosurgical trauma • Head injuries

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

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...

Orthognathic surgery: correction of jaw abnormalities and facial asymmetry • Facial trauma management • Facial reconstructive surgery • Oral cancer surgery • Dental implant surgery • Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders • Corrective jaw surgery • Cleft lip and palate repair • Facial cosmetic surgery, including rhinoplasty and facial implants • Obstructive sleep apnoea surgery • Salivary gland surgery All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.

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]

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...

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

Hydrocephalus • Spina bifida • Childhood neurological conditions (paediatric neurosurgery) • Lumbar disc disorders • Head injury • Neuro-endoscopy • Child abuse affecting the brain

General neurosurgery excepting functional and pituitary neurosurgery • Oncology neurosurgery • Head injury • Spinal neurosurgery • Paediatric neurosurgery • Vascular neurosurgery • Degenerative spinal disease • Human factors and mathematical modelling of disease and treatment • Clinical trials Private Secretary: Jennifer Walton - [email protected]

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

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.

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.