Dr Ali Alsafi is a consultant radiologist, dually accredited in diagnostic and interventional radiology. He qualified from Imperial College Medical School and undertook his specialty training in the Imperial College radiology training scheme. He undertook a post-CCT senior clinical fellowship in pulmonary vascular and hepatobiliary intervention at Hammersmith Hospital. His unit is an international centre of excellencefor hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia and PAVM management.
Patients with in-situ metallic coils and amplatzer vascular plugs used to treat pulmonary arteriovenous malformations since 1984 can safely undergo magnetic resonance imaging. http://www.birpublications.org/doi/full/10.1259/bjr.20180752?url_ver=Z39.88-
Primary medical qualifications
Mr Zaid Awad completed his higher surgical training in otolaryngology in north London. He then spent a year as a head and neck surgery fellow in Adelaide, Australia, to gain advanced skills in head and neck cancer surgery and robotics. He visited many renowned international units to further enhance his knowledge and skills in otolaryngology, head and neck surgery.
He is competent in managing all adult and childrenear, nose and throat (ENT) related conditions and has a special interest in treating head and neck cancer and its impact on quality of life. Mr Awad was elected president of the Association of Otolaryngologists in Training in the UK from 2013 to 2015, as well as being the Specialty Training Committee trainee representative in North Thames from 2012 to 2014.
He served as a member of the Specialty Advisory Committee in Otolaryngology, ENT-UK Council, National Selection Committee for higher surgical training, the Intercollegiate Examination Board and the Joint Committee of Surgical Training simulation work group.
Additional languages: Arabic
Following the completion of his medical training at St George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, in 2002, Dr Pedram Azarbod worked across various specialities including mental health, urology, general and breast surgery, trauma and orthopaedics, general medicine and endocrinology, accident and emergency and obstetrics and gynaecology to name a few.
In 2009 he became a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners and has been working as a GP since. He has has been a principle GP and clinical lead in mental health since 2014, as well as carrying out minor surgery and cryotherapy.
He has been working in various urgent care centres across West London since 2016.
Additional languages spoken: Farsi, Persian
Dr Syed Babar trained in radiology at the Royal Free Hospital, London. He obtained a fellowship in body imaging at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London.
Dr Peter Bain undertook his undergraduate training at Queen’s College Oxford & St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He did his graduate training at Guy’s Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, The National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London and Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
Dr Bain is a member of the International Movement Disorder Society’s task force on tremor and is the Association of British Neurologist’s advisor to NICE on tremor and deep brain stimulation.
He is a founding trustee to the National Tremor Foundation.