Our Team

Every doctor, nurse and receptionist plays an important role in our organisation. That is why we have hand picked our staff so you can rest assured of being looked after in good hands.

We are working to give you an insight into just how competent our staff really are so we have started to publish profiles on every member. Take a look at just how experienced and qualified our staff are by using the navigational links on the left menu.

MEDICAL DIRECTORS
  
Name : Mr. Alla Amin 

Degrees: MB ChB, MS, FRCS

Year Qualified:  1983

Speciality:  General Surgery

Sub Speciality: Colorectal surgery, Colonoscopy, Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal cancer, Gastrointestinal surgery, Incontinence, Inflammatory bowel disease, Laparoscopic surgery.

Professional Membership:
Member of The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland
Member of The British Association of Surgical Oncology
Member of The British Medical Association
Member of the British Association of Laparoscopic Surgery

GMC Ref No.: 4002752

Clinical Interests: Colorectal and laparoscopic surgery
Research Interests: Colorectal and laparoscopic surgery
NHS Hospital: Consultant General Surgeon & Coloproctologist, Hemel Hempstead Hospital, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Career History:  I am a general surgeon with a special interest in coloproctology and laparoscopic surgery.   I have worked with a variety of surgeons with different surgical interests.  My main higher surgical training was in the North East Thames region.   I also trained in coloproctology,  inflammatory bowel disease and ano-rectal functional disorders at the Royal Free Hospital in London.  My training at Whipps Cross Hospital extended my experience in laparoscopic surgery, especially cholesystectomy (key-hole surgery for gall bladders) and hernia repair surgery.

I carry out keyhole hernia repair and keyhole gall bladder repair, together with a variety of general surgical procedures. I also perform all forms of bowel surgery.

Personal Profile: I am married with two boys. I am actively involved in improving standards of health education in the community. I regularly arrange talks and workshops for my local community and am willing to extend this to other communities.



Name :  Dr. Said Bakir

Degrees:  MD  MSc (University of London)

Year Qualified:   1984

Speciality:      General Surgery

Sub-Speciality:    Circumcision

Personal Profile:   As Director of the Integral Medical Centre Dr Said is responsible for leading the team in all aspects of patient care, including medical, clinical, scientific and administrative services. He has long experience  in general surgery and has been performing circumcision of males of all ages since 1985.  Married with four children, living in North West London and involved in charity work.



CONSULTANTS

Name : Mr. Andrew Thurston

Degrees: MB BChir, FRCS, FEBU

Year Qualified: 1977

Primary Speciality: Urology

Secondary Speciality: Prostate cancer

Professional Membership:
British Association of Urologists
American Urological Association
British Prostate Group

GMC Ref No.: 2384300

Clinical Interests: Prostate cancer

Research Interests: The role of PSA in management of men over the age of 50 years.

NHS Hospital:  Consultant Urologist, West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust

Career History: I was appointed full time consultant urologist to  the West Herts group of hospitals in February 2000.  I had previously been a consultant in Doncaster, and then for a short time in South London.

I have developed a major interest in diseases of the prostate, having received training in the up-to-date management of prostate cancer in Miami and Baltimore, USA.  However, my main role is as a general urologist, and I am particularly keen to improve the services provided in stone management and diagnostic urology.



Name : Dr. Nezar Al-Haidari

Degrees:  MB,ChB, Diploma in internal medicine, Msc in clinical tropical medicine, diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene.

Year Qualified: 1963

Speciality: General Practice

Professional Membership: Member of the royal colleges of physicians (MRCP)

Clinical Interests: General practice and the care of the elderly

Name : Dr. Ali Al-Hussaini

Degrees:  MB, MRCP, DPhys.M., MSC Acupuncture

Year Qualified: 1972

Primary Speciality: Rheumatology

Secondary Speciality: Fibromyalgia, Acupuncture

Professional Membership: BMA, BSR, BMAS, AIII

Clinical Interests: Acupuncture for back pain and soft tissue rheumatics, inflammatory arthritis, fibromyalgia, back pain, osteoporosis, soft tissue rheumatism

Research Interests: Back pain and fibromyalgia

NHS Hospital: Central Middlesex Hospital

Career History: Trained as a Senior Registrar at Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham and at Northwick Park Research Centre in London.

Name : Dr. Suzan Gurguis

Degrees: MB, BCh. DARCPS, FFARCS (London, England)   

Year Qualified: 1972

Primary Speciality: Anaesthetics

Secondary Speciality: Pain Management Medicine   

Professional Membership:  Royal College of Anaesthetist, General Medical Council (England), Victoria Board (Australia), General Medical Council (Tasmania Australia), Medical Defence Union.

Clinical Interests: Non specific back pain, neuralgias /facial pain, phantom limb or organs, headaches / migraine, post operative pain, central pain, abdominal and pelvic pain, Raynaud disease, vascular pain, fibromyalgia/myofascial pain.
Research Interests:

NHS Hospital: West Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Career History:  Graduated in Medicine MB, BCh. in 1972. Trained extensively in Anaesthetics and all subspecialities in teaching hospitals in London and trained in "Pain Management" in Melbourne, Australia and Tasmania, Australia.  Dr Guirguis was the Clinical Director of pain management for 20 years in extensive varieties of pain ailments and is up to date with the latest developments.  Dr Guirguis uses the pharmacological approach, surgical approach, cognative therapy and acupuncture, muscle stimulation and alternative medicine.




Name : Dr. Mohsen Abdle Laylany

Degrees: MB,ChB

Year Qualified: 1986

Speciality: General Practice

Professional Membership: General Medical Council, Medical Authorization in Norway

GMC Ref No.: 6141885

Name: Dr. Salmasi

Degrees:

Year Qualified:

Speciality: Consultant Hypnotherapist, Master Practitioner in Neurolinguistic programming, Cardiologist

Professional Membership: Dr Salmasi is a member and a fellow of several national and international colleges and societies in cardiology, cardiovascular medicine and hypnotherapy and NLP.

Clinical interests: Hypnotherapy where anxiety contributes to the illness, such as hypertension, palpitations, migraine.  Smoking and weight loss.

NHS Hospital: St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington and The Central Middlesex Hospital

Career History:  Dr Salmasi is a consultant hypnotherapist and master practitioner in neurolinguistic programming (NLP) and a cardiologist.  Being a clinician himself makes him in a position to know and understand diseases and their management both clinically using clinical and medical skills and expertise and additionally can apply hypnosis in his management with success, when and if needed.

Dr. Salmasi trained in Cardiology at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London where he worked between 1976 and 1990.  In 1991, he joined the cardiology department at the Central Middlesex Hospital where he has worked until now.  He stablished the first Hypertension clinic in the region in 2001 which has been successfully running.  His interest in hypnotherapy became a reality when he learnt and mastered the technique between 1997 and 1998 at the Atkinson Ball College of Hypnotherapy.  In 2000 he became a Master Practitioner in NLP trained by Michael Breen, Paul McKenna and the founder of NLP, Richard Bandler.  Not only in the United Kingdom Dr Salmasi is an approved hypnotherapist, but he is also an American Board Certified consultant in Hypnotherapy and in NLP.  Dr Salmasi established a hypnotherapy clinic at the Central Middlesex Hospital where he mainly treated smoking because of the contribution of this risk factor to cardiovascular illnesses.  He successfully published an article in the Journal of Public Health and Medicine based on his findings and experience in cessation of smoking. 

In October 2005 he was appointed as Brent PCT Community Cardiologist and the Director of Cardiovascular Teaching within the Trust beside his cardiological commitments and teaching at the Central Middlesex Hospital.

Name: Mr Tahir Siddiq Bhatti

Degrees: MB BS, FRCS, FRCS Ed, FRCS (Gen Surg)

Year Qualified: 1984

Speciality: General surgery

Sub-speciality: Laparoscopic surgery, Vascular surgery

Clinical interests: Carotid surgery, recurrent varicose vein surgery, laparoscopic gall bladder surgery, thyroid surgery

Research interests: Recurrence of varicose veins after surgery

NHS Hospital: Consultant General & Vascular Surgeon, Hemel Hempstead Hospital, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; Member of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland; Member of the British Association of Endocrine Surgeons

Career History:   I have had extensive training in vascular and general surgery which has allowed me to develop other interests such as laparoscopic cholecystectomy (keyhole gall bladder surgery), and thyroid surgery. A significant part of my NHS and private practice consists of these two areas in addition to my main subspecialty of vascular surgery. Carotid surgery and surgery for recurrent varicose veins are my main vascular interest. I have been engaged in research into the prevention of recurrence of varicose veins after surgery.