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Consultant directory

With so many consultants, all with special interests, we appreciate it can be difficult for GPs to make the right referral choice, and it can be confusing for patients.

This consultant directory is offered as an easy reference guide to the specific clinical services and interests of all the consultants working at or for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

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  Dr Daniel Bailey, Consultant Neuroanaesthetist

  Qualified from Southampton in 2000 and trained in Birmingham. Special interest in neuroanaesthesia.

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  Dr Alejandro Barrios, Consultant Anaesthetist

  Trained in Bogotá and Birmingham. Specialist interests in Intensive Care, and anaesthesia for Upper GI, Emergency Theatres, Trauma and Echocardiography.

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  Dr Davinia Bennett, Consultant Anaesthetist, Liver Transplant Specialist

  Qualified in 1995 Bristol University Medical School with an MBChB. Since then has become an FRCA and a PGCME. Before joining UHB, Dr Bennett worked in Brisbane, Australia and as a registrar in Birmingham.

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  Dr Natish Bindal, Consultant Neuroanaesthetist

  Graduated from the University of Birmingham. Trained as a Specialist Registrar in the Birmingham School of Anaesthesia.

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  Dr Michael I Bowden, Consultant Anaesthetist

  Qualified from University of Birmingham in 1984. He has an MBChB, an FRCA and is a specialist in anaesthesia for burns.

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  Mr Naren Basu, Consultant Breast and Oncoplastic Surgeon

  London trained. Degrees: Barts & The London, UCL, St. Mary's & Imperial. National Oncoplastic Fellowship (Manc). Other fellowships: Harvard, USA & Institut Curie, Paris. Developing QEHB's Oncoplastic Service. Completing MD: BRCA1/2 risk-reduction.

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  Miss Salena Bains, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon

  Graduated from the University of Leicester. Awarded a PhD in Breast Cancer research from King's College London. Completed National Oncoplastic Fellowship. Special interest in medical education and ethnic diversity in breast cancer genomics.

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  Mr James Baden, Consultant Plastic Surgeon

  Graduated in Dentistry from Dundee and in Medicine from Newcastle and became a fellow of the RCS in Glasgow in 1998. Fellowships in microsurgery at Bristol and in head and neck cancer in Oxford. Interests include facial and lower limb reconstruction.

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  Dr Joseph de Bono, Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist

  Specializes in the management of abnormal heart rhythms. Qualified from Oxford University. Trained in Oxford before undertaking a senior fellowship in electrophysiology at the Heart Hospital, London. Interests in the management of atrial fibrillation.

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  Dr Sarah Bowater, Consultant Cardiologist

  Graduated from London and completed specialist training in Birmingham. Specialises in adult congenital heart disease. Interests include heart failure, supportive care and heart disease in pregnancy and pulmonary hypertension in ACHD.

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  Dr William Bradlow , Consultant Cardiologist (Imaging, Heart Muscle Disease)

  Undertook echocardiography in Auckland and cardiovascular magnetic resonance at the Royal Brompton Hospital before training in Oxford.

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  Mr Moninder Singh Bhabra, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon

  Trained in London and the West Midlands and Consultant at Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals for 10 years before moving to UHB in 2014. Interests are in mitral valve repair, minimally invasive cardiac surgery and transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

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  Mr Simon Bach, Senior Lecturer, Colorectal Surgery

  Qualified from University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1992. Completed basic surgical training in the North East. Developed expertise in the evaluation of new bowel cancer treatments in Manchester and was awarded an MD for his research in this area.

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  Mr Andrew Beggs, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

  Qualified Kings College London. Did surgical training in London & West Midlands, obtained a PhD in cancer biology from research carried out at the Uni of Oxford. Interests are laparoscopic cancer surgery & basic science research.

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  Dr David Balthazor, Consultant in Critical Care

  Qualified from University of Birmingham, 1996. Dip IMC RCS (Ed) 1998, MRCS 2001, FRCA 2005, FFICM 2014. Trained in West Midlands and Australia. Interests: pre hospital emergency medicine and trauma care.

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  Dr Mansoor Nawaz Bangash, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care

  Qualified from Birmingham in 2001 and was awarded his PhD in intensive care medicine in 2015. Special interests in liver intensive care, inflammation and the cellular and systems biology of critical illness.

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  Ms. Rupan Banga, Consultant ENT Surgeon

  Graduated in from Sheffield University and trained in the West Midlands with fellowship training in Perth, Western Australia. Clinical interests include: chronic middle ear disease, surgery for hearing, implantation otology and balance.

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  Mr Tom Beech, Senior Lecturer, Honorary Consultant Physician

  Graduated from Birmingham University. Trained in the West Midlands. Specialist interest in rhinology.

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  Dr Barry Boland, Consultant Emergency Medicine

  Graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1997, moved to the West Midlands to undertake postgraduate training in emergency medicine in 2003. Areas of interest are the interface of emergency medicine with acute medical specialities and emergency department.

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  Dr Matthew Boylan, Military Consultant - Emergency Medicine

  Military Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Pre-hospital Care. Graduated from UWCM, Cardiff in 2002. Special interests include: Pre hospital emergency medicine, management of major trauma, and major incident management.

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  Dr Kristien Boelaert, Honorary Consultant Endocrinologist

  Qualified in Belgium in 1995 and subsequently trained in West Midlands Hospitals obtaining MRCP and a PhD. Clinical research interests include the management of thyroid dysfunction, thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer.

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  Dr Ralph Boulton, Consultant Gastrointestinal

  Graduated with honours from London in 1987, followed by postgraduate training in London, Oxford and Cambridge. Moved to Birmingham after completing PhD at the Hammersmith Hospital. Clinical interests are inflammatory bowel disease and endoscopy.

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  Dr Neeraj Bhala, Consultant Gastroenterologist

  Clinical & research background from West Mids, Oxford, London & Wellington, NZ. General & specialist treatment of common gastrointestinal & liver diseases. Interest in population health science, preventing GI cancers and upper & lower GI endoscopy.

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  Mr Mark Brewster, Hand Surgery Consultant

  Trained in orthopaedics in the West Midlands. Hand surgery fellowship in Manchester. Awarded the British Hand Diploma, 2012. Interests include wrist surgery, arthroscopy, arthritis, Dupuytren's & hand trauma. Associate member of the BSSH.

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  Dr Sharon Balamoody, Consultant Radiologist

  Graduated from Manchester and trained in radiology at the North Western Deanery. Fellowship in MSK radiology in Liverpool. Interests in musculoskeletal (MSK) radiology and a member of the Bone infection MDT and Major Trauma Collaborative MDT.

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  Lt Col Dr Mark Ballard, Consultant Radiologist

  Graduated from Imperial College School of Medicine in 2003. Completed specialist training in Radiology at Brighton with a fellowship in Trauma and Head and Neck imaging at St Bartholomew's. Interests in trauma and extra cranial head and neck imaging.

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  Dr Waseem Bashir, Consultant Radiologist

  Qualified from Ninewells Hospital & Medical School. MRCP (UK) after medical rotation in Newcastle. SpR Radiology in Aberdeen. Fellowship in musculoskeletal radiology in Canada and Royal National Orthopaedic in London.

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  Lt Col Robert Briard, Consultant Interventional Radiologist

  Graduated from Southampton. Completed surgical training in Plymouth. Specialist training in Radiology in Brighton. Fellowship in Interventional Radiology at The Royal London Hospital. Interests in Interventional Radiology (vascular and non vascular).

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  Mr Guy Burkill, Consultant Radiologist

  Graduated in London in 1993, after fellowship training at the Royal Marsden Hospital. Was a consultant oncological radiologist in Brighton for 15 years, covering several cancer sub-sites.

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  Mr Johno Breeze, Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon

  Completed medicine and dentistry at King's College London, a PhD in Birmingham and a fellowship in Craniomaxillofacial Trauma at Duke University, USA. Subspecialty interests in craniofacial trauma, vascular malformations and orthognathic surgery.

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  Dr Hani Benamer, Consultant Neurologist, Neurology Acute

  Graduated from Tripoli. Obtained MRCP and neurology training in Glasgow. Gained PhD & CCST. Special interest in movement disorders. Honorary lecturer at UoB with interest in medical education. Senior editor of Libyan Journal of Medicine.

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  Professor Antonio Belli, Consultant Neurosurgeon

  Graduated in Rome and completed a doctoral degree in neurobiochemistry of brain ischaemia and reperfusion. Trained as a neurosurgeon in London and is a leading member of the Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre

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  Dr Helen Benghiat, Consultant Oncologist

  Specialist interest in neuro-oncology, paediatric radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery.

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  Lt Col Richard Blanch, Consultant Ophthalmologist

  Lt Col Blanch is a clinician scientist in the British Army. He trained in Ophthalmology in the West Midlands and Atlanta, USA. His specialist clinical and research interests are neuro-ophthalmology, cataract surgery and eye trauma.

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  Mr Michael A Burdon, Consultant Neuro-Ophthalmologist

  Graduated from the University of London (St Thomas's Hospital Medical School). Post-graduate medical training in Oxford. Ophthalmology training in Birmingham and London. Sub-speciality interest in neuro-ophthalmology.

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  Dr Liam P Blaney, Consultant Anaesthetist, Pain Management Specialist

  Trained and experienced in the management of all types of chronic pain. Aims to improve patients' pain control resulting in improved function, well-being and rehabilitation. This is achieved through a multi-disciplinary approach.

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  Dr Rachel Brown, Consultant Pathologist, Cellular Pathology

  Qualified in 1993 from the University of Birmingham. Areas of interest include liver and hepatobiliary, head and neck.

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  Professor Simon T Ball, Consultant Nephrologist

  Director of Digital Healthcare. Past President of the British Renal Society. He has clinical and research interests in transplantation and the use of electronic records to improve patient care.

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  Dr Richard J Borrows, Consultant Nephrologist

  Qualified from Cambridge University. Underwent further specialist training in London and Sydney. Has a particular interest in kidney transplantation. Has a productive research program in the clinical and translational aspects of transplantation.

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  Dr Mike Berry, Consultant in Respiratory Physician

  1995 MB, ChB Birmingham University, 1999 Membership RCP, Edinburgh , 2006 MD, University of Leicester. MD Thesis, Exploration of Asthma Phenotypes, investigating inflammatory and clinical phenotypes of asthma and relationships to treatment response.

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  Professor Simon J Bowman, Consultant and Honorary Professor of Rheumatology

  Graduated in London, 1986. Gained fellowship of Royal College of Physicians, 2000. Became senior lecturer at UoB, 1996. Appointed full-time NHS consultant and honorary senior clinical lecturer at UoB, 2013. Appointed honorary professor, 2012.

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  Dr Meg Boothby, Consultant - Genito-urinary Medicine

  Qualified from medical school in Birmingham in 1997. Professional areas of interest are genitourinary and HIV medicine.

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  Mr Khalid G Baloch, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon

  First qualified from the University of Manchester in 1986. Specialises in knee arthroplasty and knee reconstruction.

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  Miss Deepa Bose, Trauma - Consultant

  Did a Welsh orthopaedic training rotation and was part of a limb reconstruction fellowship in Oxford. Research and clinical interests are complex lower limb trauma, bone infection, non-union, malunion and fractures with bone loss.

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  Mr Mohammed Belal, Consultant Urological Surgeon

  Graduated from Cambridge University, trained in London Specialist Registrar Rotation. Trained at Alfred Hospital, Australia, Guys Hospital and Bristol Urological Institute. Special interests are neuro-urology, urinary incontinence and reconstruction.

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  Mr Rupesh Bhatt, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Uro-oncology, Laparoscopy, Neurology

  Educated locally at the King Edwards School, Edgbaston. Gained masters degree, with honours, and did basic medical training at Cambridge. Interested in aspects of uro-oncology, in practice and research. Main research interest is in prostate cancer.