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  • Dr Kieran Hogarth

    Consultant Neuroradiologist

    Dr Hogarth provides reports for cases involving adult and paediatric neuroimaging and has experience attending court.

  • Dr Priscilla Kent

    Consultant Psychiatrist

    Dr Kent is clinical lead for a Community Mental Health Team in London, where she treats patients with severe mental illness.

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  • Dr Rishi Khanna

    Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management

    Dr Khanna is clinical lead for Pain Management. He specialises in spinal, abdominopelvic and neuropathic pain.

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  • Expert Witness Dr Chris Jenner

    Dr Christopher Jenner

    Consultant in Pain Medicine

    Dr Jenner has been providing medicolegal reports for complex pain cases since 2005 and has extensive courtroom experience.

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  • Mr Patrick McKenna

    Mr Patrick McKenna

    Consultant Spinal Surgeon

    Mr McKenna is a highly experienced expert witness, providing reports for all aspects of spinal surgery including cauda equina.

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  • Mr Alexander Montgomery

    Consultant Spinal Surgeon

    Mr Montgomery uses microscopes and minimally invasive techniques when performing spinal surgery. He is an experienced expert witness.

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  • Simon Glasgow

    Mr Simon Glasgow

    Consultant Vascular, Endovascular and Trauma Surgeon

    Mr Glasgow provides reports for cases involving the management of complex arterial and venous disease and serious injury.

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  • Dr.Ivan-Ramos

    Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez

    Consultant in Pain Medicine

    Dr Ramos-Galvez combines expertise in spinal surgery and pain medicine, as well as significant medicolegal experience with pelvic mesh pain.

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  • Mr Zaid Sadiq

    Mr Zaid Sadiq

    Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial/Head and Neck Surgery

    Mr Sadiq is an experienced expert witness providing reports for cases involving head and neck cancer and tissue engineering.

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  • Mr Pundrique Sharma

    Consultant Plastic Surgeon

    Mr Sharma provides reports for adult and paediatric plastic surgery cases, including nerve injuries, burns and scar management.

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  • Dr Martin Stotz

    Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia

    Dr Stotz provides expert reports about anaesthesia, ICU and the clinical management of critically ill patients.

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  • Mr Ash Vasireddy, Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon and expert witness

    Mr Aswinkumar Vasireddy

    Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon

    Mr Vasireddy specialises in the management of complex open/closed fractures and works as a pre-hospital care doctor.

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  • Dr Kieran Hogarth

    Consultant Neuroradiologist

    Dr Hogarth provides reports for cases involving adult and paediatric neuroimaging and has experience attending court.

  • Dr Priscilla Kent

    Consultant Psychiatrist

    Dr Kent is clinical lead for a Community Mental Health Team in London, where she treats patients with severe mental illness.

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  • Dr Rishi Khanna

    Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management

    Dr Khanna is clinical lead for Pain Management. He specialises in spinal, abdominopelvic and neuropathic pain.

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  • Expert Witness Dr Chris Jenner

    Dr Christopher Jenner

    Consultant in Pain Medicine

    Dr Jenner has been providing medicolegal reports for complex pain cases since 2005 and has extensive courtroom experience.

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  • Mr Patrick McKenna

    Mr Patrick McKenna

    Consultant Spinal Surgeon

    Mr McKenna is a highly experienced expert witness, providing reports for all aspects of spinal surgery including cauda equina.

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  • Mr Alexander Montgomery

    Consultant Spinal Surgeon

    Mr Montgomery uses microscopes and minimally invasive techniques when performing spinal surgery. He is an experienced expert witness.

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  • Simon Glasgow

    Mr Simon Glasgow

    Consultant Vascular, Endovascular and Trauma Surgeon

    Mr Glasgow provides reports for cases involving the management of complex arterial and venous disease and serious injury.

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  • Dr.Ivan-Ramos

    Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez

    Consultant in Pain Medicine

    Dr Ramos-Galvez combines expertise in spinal surgery and pain medicine, as well as significant medicolegal experience with pelvic mesh pain.

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  • Mr Zaid Sadiq

    Mr Zaid Sadiq

    Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial/Head and Neck Surgery

    Mr Sadiq is an experienced expert witness providing reports for cases involving head and neck cancer and tissue engineering.

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  • Mr Pundrique Sharma

    Consultant Plastic Surgeon

    Mr Sharma provides reports for adult and paediatric plastic surgery cases, including nerve injuries, burns and scar management.

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  • Dr Martin Stotz

    Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia

    Dr Stotz provides expert reports about anaesthesia, ICU and the clinical management of critically ill patients.

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  • Mr Ash Vasireddy, Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon and expert witness

    Mr Aswinkumar Vasireddy

    Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon

    Mr Vasireddy specialises in the management of complex open/closed fractures and works as a pre-hospital care doctor.

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Mr Zaid Sadiq

The challenges of treating facial trauma in children and the medicolegal implications

by Mr Zaid Sadiq, Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial/Head and Neck Surgery

The face is associated with both functions vital to maintain life and cosmetic appearance. Therefore, injuries in this area are clinically significant (1).  When facial injuries occur at a young age, they can have lasting consequences and result in significant disability (2, 3). Not only is paediatric facial trauma a leading cause of mortality and morbidity (2, 4), but it differs from that in adults in presentation, mode of injury  and subsequent treatment (2).   […]

Assessing psychological impact in anaesthetic awareness claims

Millions of patients undergo surgical procedures requiring a general anaesthetic (GA) each year. While the overall risks associated with GA have progressively decreased, the precise mechanism by which anaesthetic drugs act on the body remains poorly understood. Furthermore, like all medications, adverse events can occur. One of these is accidental awareness during general anaesthesia (AAGA), […]

A medicolegal perspective on anaesthesia

Anaesthesia is one of the largest and most wide-ranging medical specialties, and it is used in some form in around two-thirds of all hospital patients. It is generally a very safe procedure, and the risk of adverse events is low. Furthermore, many of the complications that do occur are minor and temporary in nature. However, a small proportion result in permanent harm or […]