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Arvanith Balachandran MBBC BSc MRCGP 

Lead GP – New Cross Walk in Centre 

Aravnith qualified from the Royal Free and University College London Medical School and took up his first GP post in Crawley. He is a registered “KUMEC” tutor with Kings College London Medical School and has helped establish an intranet system for the Hurley Group. He is Lead GP at New Cross GP Walk in Centre. Away from work, Bala enjoys playing squash and badminton and travelling.

Helene Brown MBBS MRCGP

Lead GP – Cassidy Medical Centre 

Helene started her career as a nurse. She then retrained to be a doctor at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London.  She joined the Hurley Clinic as a GP Registrar as part of the South London Vocational Training Scheme in 2004. She is now Lead GP at Cassidy Medical Centre in Fulham.  Helene is mum of two beautiful little girls and is the Church Warden at St Paul’s Church in Hammersmith.

Ross Dyer-Smith MBChB MRCS MRCGP

Co-Lead GP – Riverside Medical Centre 

Ross qualified from the University of Sheffield Medical School and has an interest in commissioning, as well as remote and expedition medicine and would like to impart his experiences to undergraduates and trainees by becoming a GP trainer. Ross helped establish an intranet system for the Hurley Group and is co-Lead GP at Riverside Medical Centre.

Sian Howell MBBS DRCOG DFFP MRCGP

Lead GP – Sternhall Lane Surgery

Sian qualified from University College London was co-chair of the Professional Executive Committee of Tower Hamlets PCT where she was involved in quality, secondary care commissioning and access in both primary and secondary care.  Sian is Lead GP at Sternhall Lane surgery in Peckham.

Kate Jackson MRCGP MBChB DRCOG DFSRH

Co-Lead GP – Riverside Medical Centre 

Kate qualified from the University of Sheffield Medical School and is co-Lead GP at Riverside Medical Centre. She leads on Palliative Care, Clinical Governance, Medicines Management and runs the Patient Participation Group for the practice. In her spare time, Kate enjoys tennis, skiing and surfing and tap-dancing.

Angharad Kouroumali MBBS BMedSc MRCGP

Lead GP – Hambleden Clinic
Angharad qualified from the University of Melbourne and spent 12 months working as a research project officer for the Centre for Remote Health in central Australia. She has an interest in family planning and sexual health services, safe prescribing initiatives/management and audit. Angharad is Lead GP at Hambleden Clinic, Denmark Hill.

Tilda Samuelson MBChB MRCGP DFFP

Lead GP – Queens Road Surgery 

Tilda qualified from the University of Edinburgh Medical School and has interests in family planning, minor surgery and joint injection. She is Lead GP at Queens Road Surgery in Peckham. Away from work, Tilda is passionate about painting and completed a one-year full-time painting course at the Leith School of Art in Edinburgh, selling three painting at the end of year exhibition.

Nishma Shah MBBS MRCGP

Lead GP – Island Medical Centre

Nishma qualified from Kings College School of Medicine and has taught children in India as well as working at a Charity Eye Hospital in Bihar, India. She is currently Lead GP at Island Medical Centre. Away from work, Nishma has  climbed to the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro, completed an advanced level PADI scuba diving qualification and performed a parachute jump for charity.

Ben Shankland MB ChB MRCGP
Lead GP – Docklands Medical Centre

Ben qualified from Liverpool Medical School  with a distinction in Orthopaedics.. He is skilled at joint injection/aspiration and minor surgery. He also has a postgraduate diploma in primary care education maintaining an interest in the education and training of GP’s and other health professionals.

Ben is Lead GP at Docklands Medical Centre. In his spare time, Ben enjoys rugby, hill walking, cycling and gardening.

 
David Whittington MB ChB DCH DRCOG MRCGP

Lead GP – Harold Wood Polyclinic

David qualified from Birmingham Medical School and was a partner at a practice in Tower hamlets for 24 years before taking on the role of lead GP at Harold Wood Polyclinic. He has a specialist interest in rheumatology, minor surgery, joint injections and accupuncture. He works as an honourary consultant in Accident and Emergency medicine at The Royal London Hospital and also with HEMS doing pre-hospital medicine and trauma. He is currently joint leading an admission avoidance team in Basildon A+E department. David is also Primary Care Lead to the Olympic Family (all athletes and support staff) for the 2012 Olympics.