Consultants

Other Specialities

Fiona Burman

Clinical Hypnotherapist RMN, Dip/N MDip/CH

Fiona Burman is a fully qualified Registered Mental Health nurse. She specialises in Clinical Hypnotherapy with over 25 years experience of working with clients on psychological and behavioural issues in the NHS, private health and corporate sectors. Ms Burman treats patients for problems such as weight loss: hypno-dieting, smoking cessation, alcohol related issues, phobias, anger management, eating / sleeping disorders and IBS.

Ms Burman trained clinically for four years and since continues to develop her skills with numerous part time courses within the NHS, Central University and Birmingham University. This has lead to an immense accumulation of knowledge and skills in psychological treatments and therapies.

Working extensively with individuals and large groups Ms Burman has managed many highly successful corporate stress management training days. Bass Breweries, Railtrack, Walsall Borough Council, Sandvik Saws and Tools are just a sample of some of the corporate clients Ms Burman has helped. For more information please go to her personal website www.fionaburmanhypnotherapy.co.uk

Mr Obi Agu

Vascular/Endovascular Surgeon

Mr Obiekezie Agu trained in General & Vascular/Endovascular Surgery in London. He is Consultant Surgeon to University College London Hospitals Trust and honorary Senior lecturer in Surgery at Royal Free and UCL Medical School, London.He is interested in atherosclerotic and aneurysmal vascular disease in the leg arteries, carotid and over a decade experience in endovascular stenting of abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms. He is an expert in restoring blood flow to painful, diseased and ulcerated legs using balloon angioplasty, stenting and surgical bypass. He is keen on diabetic feet especially rapid healing of ulcers by maximising blood flow. He espouses prompt surgical cleaning of symptomatic carotids to prevent fatal and disabling strokes - ‘Time is brain’. His higher degree thesis was on the causes and treatment of varicose veins and deep vein thrombosis. He has many years experience in minimally invasive endovenous laser treatment for varicose veins and a growing practice in endovenous thrombectomy, lysis and stenting for acute thrombosis and chronic venous disease. Mr Agu convenes the UCLH Multidisciplinary Vascular Anomalies & Malformations Clinic. He is a General Surgeon with interest in Tropical surgical challenges. He also treats excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis) using minimally invasive botox injections and thoracoscopic sympathectomy.

Dr Robin Woolfson

Consultant Nephrologist

Dr Woolfson is an experienced Consultant Nephrologist. His particular clinical interests include hypertension, diabetic nephropathy, vascular disease, management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and dialysis. Dr Woolfson trained at Cambridge and St Thomas Hospital then developed an interest in Nephrology whilst working as a registrar at Guys Hospital Renal Unit. In 1997, he was appointed consultant nephrologist at Middlesex and Whittington Hospitals becoming Clinical Director in 2001. With the merger of renal services in North Central London, his department moved to the Royal Free Hospital in 2005 and he was appointed Clinical Director for Renal, Liver and Transplantation Services in 2006 and Divisional Director of Transplantation and Immunology in 2009. Dr Woolfson has published widely in Nephrology and, as Chairman of the London Deanery Specialty Training Committee in Renal Medicine, he is heavily involved in post-graduate training.

Dr Raj Mookerjee

Hepatologist BSc (Hons) PhD MRCP

Dr Raj Mookerjee is a HEFCe funded Senior Lecturer at UCL and Clinical Lead for Hepatology at UCLH. He provides both inpatient and outpatient general hepatology services at UCLH, including non-invasive assessment of fibrosis with transient elastography and full transvenous haemodynamic assessment of patients with portal hypertension and transjugular liver biopsy. His academic interest is in the role of inflammation in precipitating liver decompensation in cirrhosis, with specific reference to vascular dysfunction. His studies on patients with alcoholic liver disease have highlighted the importance of inflammation in precipitating deterioration in liver function and portal hypertension, particularly relevant to the two common conditions, alcoholic and non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis. His group’s on-going investigations have led to a systematic evaluation of factors that link inflammation with vascular dysfunction and a specific focus on dimethylarginines as potential biomarkers to indicate those at risk of progression of liver disease and for targeting intervention. This fits into a general translational theme of activity within the Liver Failure Group at UCL and a focus to explore pathophysiological mechanisms that explain observations made in patients in order to improve the diagnostic and therapeutic tools that are then applied to clinical care. Dr Mookerjee also has an active interest in medical education and is the Lead for medical specialties teaching of undergraduates at the University College London medical school (Bloomsbury campus).

Dr Simon Quantrill

MB ChB, FRCP, MMEd

Consultant respiratory and general physician

Dr Quantrill qualified from Manchester University in 1989 and has been on the specialist register for respiratory and general medicine since 1999. He works as a consultant at Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust where he runs a busy out-patient and in-patient service. He has a strong interest in medical education and is Programme Director for the North East Thames Respiratory Training Programme, having previously been Director of Medical Education at Whipps Cross. He holds a Master’s degree in medical education, has set up a training day in respiratory medicine for primary healthcare professionals, and is a member of the British Thoracic Society. Clinically he deals with all aspects of respiratory medicine and has developed services in bronchiectasis, asthma and COPD. He has published research on various topics including oxygen treatment for respiratory disease. Dr Quantrill also undertakes medicolegal work acting as an expert witness in cases involving respiratory conditions.

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