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Franca Esposito is Professor of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.

After graduating in medicine at the University of Naples Federico II, Professor Esposito did her residency in Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the same University. Formerly, a visiting scientist, Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA and a post-doctoral assistant at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Cincinnati, USA.

At the School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Professor Esposito is the Coordinator for Biochemistry courses and President of the BS degree course for Medical Laboratory Technicians.

Her research activity has focused on the study of the redox regulation of gene expression and effects of reactive oxygen species on the: i) activity of some transcription factors; ii) expression of cell cycle regulatory proteins and iii) regulation of mitogenic signal transduction.

Professor Esposito's present research activity includes the study of TRAP1, a novel antiapoptotic gene involved in the resistance to anticancer therapy. She is working on the validation of TRAP1 as a new biomarker and drug target candidate in multiple human cancers and chemoresistance.

Gordon Moore is a Professor of Population Medicine (on leave) at Harvard Medical School.

He was one of the founding group of Harvard Community Health Plan and rose to become the Medical Director and Chief Operating Officer prior to the organization’s split into Harvard Vanguard and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.

Following his move to the Medical School, he was responsible for the design and development of the New Pathway, Harvard’s ground-breaking student directed curriculum. He designed and started the Harvard Vanguard-Brigham Primary Care Medical Residency program, which is now one of the most highly sought-after in the country.

In addition to educational, health services, and health care management research and development, Gordon has consulted widely in educational strategy and health care system design and management.

He has over 100 publications.

He was the recipient of the 2008 President’s Award from the Royal College of General Practice in the United Kingdom, in recognition of his role in supporting primary care worldwide.

Dr Mark Cohen provides a comprehensive and personally-tailored service for patients with endocrine and diabetic conditions.

Dr Cohen qualified in medicine from the University of Birmingham in 1994 with a 1st class honours degree in Physiology. After becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1998 he returned to London to become a Medical Research Council Clinical Research Fellow at Hammersmith Hospital under the supervision of Professor Steve Bloom.

His original research on the role of the gut hormones PYY, oxyntomodulin and ghrelin in the regulation of food intake culmunated in a PhD in Physiology, awarded in 2005.

Obesity surgery is believed to act through alterations in the release of these appetite-regulating hormones.

Dr Cohen was appointed Consultant in Endocrinology and Diabetes at Barnet Hospital in 2006 and continues to have a specialist interest in the clinical management of obesity.

Ms Lena Andersson M.D., Dr.med., founded the Anelca Clinic in 1998, and recruited further Specialists to the team, including Hand- and Maxillofacial Surgical Specialists.

Ms Andersson has been a Consultant Plastic Surgeon since 1993. She originally trained at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm. She received her specialist training in Aesthetic- and Plastic Surgery in Sweden, Switzerland and the USA, before being appointed as Consultant Plastic Surgeon at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and the Royal London Hospital in 1995, when she also commenced her private practice in London.

Dr. Al-Rubeyi was born in Baghdad, Iraq and is fluent in both Arabic and English.

Trained in medicine in the UK and has been a Paediatric Consultant since 1994.

Dr Al-Rubeyi has a wide experience in general Paediatrics, her specialist training included Paediatric Cardiology and intensive care at Great Ormond Street Hospital as well as Neuromuscular, Respiratory and Neonatology at the Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College and the University College Hospital.

She has a special interest in allergy and respiratory medical conditions especially asthma and eczema.

She started running the private practice in 2006 meanwhile maintaining her commitment to the NHS, at present, she is practicing at Harley Street Clinic whilst committing one session a week at the allergy department at Imperial College, St. Marys Hospital.

Dr Al-Rubeyi currently manages and consults at the Harley Street Paediatrics, based at 78 Harley Street, she believes in a holistic approach to the management of acute and chronic medical conditions, upholding the patient and their family as the number one priority. Further to her reputation, the doctor has released many publications in the medical circle as well as providing teaching at various institutes Dr. Al-Rubeyi is a fellow of The Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health and member of The Royal college of Physician.

Dr Abraham trained at Kings College Hospital, St Mary's Hospital and St Bartholomew's Hospital as an academic physician turning to full time private practice in 1984. He founded London Medical in 1991.

His special interests are diabetes and endocrinology, lipid disorders and heart disease prevention.

Mr Desai studied medicine at University of Glasgow from1970 to 1975 (MBChB).

After initial training in Surgery in the West of Scotland, and passing his surgical examinations, he became Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow in 1979.

His cardiac surgical training commenced and continued after moving to Hammersmith Hospital in London in 1982. After a further 4 years of training and research he passed the Cardiothoracic Speciality examination and was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1986.

Mr Desai was appointed Senior Registrar at Hammersmith, Harefield and Middlesex Hospitals and in 1990, he was visiting fellow at Barnes Hospital (St. Louis, USA) where he learnt surgery for cardiac arrhythmias.

He was appointed Consultant Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon at King’s College Hospital in 1990 where he continues to work today.

He has been trained in Adult and Paediatric Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery and Transplantation but presently practices as an Adult Cardiac Surgeon.

Dr Joanna Clothier was appointed as consultant at Evelina London in 2013. She is a consultant in children's nephrology and bladder disorders.

Susan Bewley has been Professor of Complex Obstetrics at King's College London since 2011.

Susan Bewley specialises in complex births. A professor of complex obstetrics at King’s College, London, she is a clinical academic with wide ranging interests but is focused on severe maternal morbidity. Evidence is important to her: she triggered a national review of breast cancer screening with an open letter to the BMJ arguing that NHS leaflets given to women exaggerated the benefits and failed to spell out the risks.

Dr Gary Bell trained in General Adult Psychiatry in London (Charing Cross, the Middlesex and University College Hospitals) and has held Consultant posts at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in the City of London, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore and since1997 the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, Middlesex, the largest Cancer Centre in the South of England.

He was a Membership Examiner for the Royal College of Psychiatrists from 1998-2007. Dr Bell also holds a BA in Oriental Studies from the University of Queensland.

Dr Bell has worked in private practice in Central London and the Thames Valley for almost 20 years. He is a general adult psychiatrist with special interests in addictions, complex anxiety and depressive disorders, perinatal psychiatry, post-traumatic stress disorder and liaison psychiatry especially oncology and pain syndromes.

He has published widely in the fields of liaison psychiatry and medical education. He has presented original research at conferences and regular lectures at medical meetings.