I am a Consultant Paediatrician with over 25 years experience in the
management of children’s health of which the last twelve have been as a
consultant. I have trained at world renowned centres including: The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street; Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital,Alder Hey , Liverpool; The Variety Club Children’s Hospital, King’s College Hospital, London and Guys’ & St.Thomas’ Hospital, London. This training has included managing patients with a variety of complaints: from food intolerances to management of newborn babies following cardiac surgery; from diagnosing developmental delay to managing cerebral palsy; from viral cough to cystic fibrosis; from fever to meningitis – most of my expertise is in the holistic management of general paediatric conditions. Please see curriculum vitae for full details.

Over the last 8 years I have, however, taken on additional training in paediatric respiratory medicine and allergy. Skills have been further developed in the management of food allergies, eczema, cough, asthma, urticaria and intestinal allergies. In particular I perform and interpret skin prick tests for allergies, lung function tests, RAST (blood tests for allergies based on the IgE Immunoglobulin) tests and CRD (component resolved diagnostics).

I am a full time consultant at the NorthWest London Hospitals NHS Trust and with my colleagues am committed in providing a high quality care for the residents of Harrow, Brent and beyond. I personally see over 1200 patients in my NHS clinics and provide supervision for similar numbers in Accident & Emergency Department and as in-patients every year.

As an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics at the Imperial College, London (ICL), I am involved in the medical school admissions process, teaching, organizing of teaching curriculum and examination of medical students. I am also collaborating in research on eczema and the prevention of peanut allergy; asthma and the airsonett study; use of epipens; role of elispot and gamma interferon for diagnosing tuberculosis.

Although I have trained for nearly thirteen years in various hospitals (see CV -next page), I must stress that a large portion of my training and experience was realised through raising my own children. I have four daughters; I know what it is like to be a parent with sick children ! My children's problems have included all the usual problems that would worry most parents including allergies, asthma, reflux, colic, poor sleeping, gastroenteritis, fever, etc. I do, therefore, feel advantaged in managing children as I have this unique combination of extensive formal training and experience at home as a parent.

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