Mr Roberts in LONDON
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...
Dr Kishore in MANCHESTER
Dr Kishore is involved in the delivery of high-quality hyperacute stroke care, including thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy. He has a special clinical interest in the diagnosis and management of acute cerebrovascular conditions such as acute ischaemic stroke, acute intracerebral haemorrhage, carotid and vertebral artery dissections and TIAs. He is also interested in secondary prevention, understanding the aetiopathogenesis of stroke and the evaluation of embolic strokes of unknown source.
Dr Todd in LARNE
Occupational lung diseases asbestos-related • Consultant General Physician with a special interest in Chest Diseases based at the Ulster Independent Clinic Belfast • Also medical negligence cases (equally for defendants and plaintiffs) and am instructed by the Coroner's Service for Northern Ireland, The Crown Prosecution Service and the Directorate of Legal Services
Dr Escriu in MANCHESTER
Dr Escriu leads a clinic of patients with thymoma, thymic carcinoma and mesothelioma, and contributes to the care of patients with neuroendocrine tumours of the lung. 50% of his clinical activity is dedicated to the care of patients with 'wild type' lung cancer (with a special interest in immunotherapy). His biological interest lies in the identification of predictive biomarkers of response to therapy within blood circulating extracellular vesicles.
Dr Hagan in BIRMINGHAM
Certified expert witness in both personal injury and clinical negligence work relevant to respiratory medicine. Expertise in most aspects of respiratory medicine, including the following: • Asthma/COPD • Bronchiectasis • Inhalation injury • Interstitial and occupational lung disease • Long-term sequelae of thoracic trauma/chest wall injury • Pneumonia • Pulmonary embolism • Tuberculosis and other pulmonary infections Exclusions include lung cancer and sleep/ventilation related issues.
Dr Anwar in CHORLEY NEW ROAD
Respiratory disease diagnosis & treatment • Asthma management & education • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management • Lung cancer diagnosis & treatment • Sleep medicine & disorders • Interventional pulmonology procedures • Tuberculosis diagnosis & treatment • Pulmonary function testing interpretation • Critical care medicine • Smoking cessation counselling & intervention All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.
Dr Bianchi in MANCHESTER
Dr Bianchi has expertise in general respiratory medicine (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, breathlessness, cough), with a special interest in sleep-disordered breathing (e.g. sleep apnoea, respiratory failure), pulmonary fibrosis (scarring) and bronchiectasis (chronic lung infection). Consulting at: Sheffield
Dr de Fonseka in MANCHESTER
Dr Fonseka has a specialist interest in pleural disease and has sat on the British Thoracic Society national guideline committees for both mesothelioma and pleural disease. Clinical interests: • Pleural infection • Pleural effusions • Mesothelioma • Diffuse pleural thickening • Pneumothorax • Lung cancer. Dr de Fonseka is heavily involved with pleural intervention such as local anaesthetic thoracoscopy, indwelling pleural catheters, intercostal chest drains and diagnostic/therapeutic pleural aspirations.
Dr Brown in MANCHESTER
Dr Brown has a broad haematology clinical practice managing patients with haematological malignancy, such as myeloma, chronic myeloid leukaemia, myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) and myelodysplastic syndromes. She is the Trust Lead for MPN patients, and has a specialist interest in this area. She also manages general haematology patients, including those with venous thromboembolism (DVT/PE), iron deficiency anaemia and chronic blood abnormalities, such as neutropenia, thrombocytopenia and anaemia.
Dr Gruber in SCARBOROUGH
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).
Dr Iyer in MANCHESTER
Dr Iyer is an advanced cancer interventionalist who has logged more than 200 medical thoracoscopies and 400 advanced bronchoscopy procedures. He is competent to comment on all aspects of respiratory medicine, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, emphysema, lung cancer, cystic fibrosis/bronchiectasis, pneumonia and pleural effusion. He is also competent to comment on polysomnography and complex non-respiratory sleep disorders.