Best General Practitioners in Chelsea, London, UK

Shaima Villait qualified from Imperial College in 1997. She has been a private GP for over 6 years and is an all round family doctor looking after babies to grandparents. Villait has knowledge and special contacts with the best specialists in UK.

Her clinical interests include Child and adolescent health, Emergency medicine, Family medicine, Healthcare information technology (hit), Healthcare management, Immediate blood tests with fast results, Internal medicine, Men’s health, Rapid referrals, Medical education, Psychiatry, Travel medicine, Women’s health and Well man and well women screening.

Dr Di Loudon is a General Practitioner working for Chelsea Medics. She qualified from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School in 1993. Following this, she undertook training in paediatrics, psychiatry, family planning, general medicine and A&E.

As a GP, she is compassionate and caring and believes in taking time to understand the patient’s condition, in order to provide them with the best support in both the long and short term. She has good connections with leading UK specialists who provide support in family needs. She is therefore able to provide referrals if necessary for her patients to receive the best possible care and treatments.   

Dr Loudon has more than 23 years of GP experience, and her main areas of interest include family medicine, women’s health, men’s health, and psychological medicine. She also provides treatments for menopause including hormone-replacement therapy, having been awarded a Certificate of Menopause Management.

She holds the position as GP Chair of the Independent Doctors Federation, and she holds memberships with the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal Society of Medicine.

Dr Clare Thompson is a General Practitioner who has been working in Kensington and Chelsea for more than 6 years. She graduated from Imperial College School of Medicine in 2005, and then achieved her MRCGP in 2012.

Dr Thompson has a particular interest in paediatrics, women’s health, men’s health and sports medicine. She focusses on preparing her patients for sporting events through ensuring they are 100% fit and can push them to their boundaries. She also enjoys taking part in sport, having won a 250km ultramarathon race across the Gobi desert in Mongolia. Furthermore, with her interest in Paediatric Medicine she is currently completing a diploma at Oxford University specialising in infectious diseases. She has also written a paper on children with Periodic Fever Syndrome and is carrying out research at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Despite her busy schedule she provides home visits for special care patients. She is also a member of the Independent Doctors Federation and The Chelsea Clinical Society.

Dr Katayoun Kasraie is a General Practitioner practising medicine in London for 12 years. She qualified from Trinity College Dublin in 2005 and attained her Membership of the Royal College of GP in 2013. Additionally, she holds the United States Medical Board Licensing Exams, having spent time working at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles as a Paediatric Doctor. She has also trained at Georgetown University Hospitals in adult endocrinology, Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital in paediatric intensive care, and University of California San Diego Medical Centre in paediatric endocrinology.

Dr Kasraie moved to London in 2008 where she worked at the Heart Hospital in Cardiothoracic Surgery and at Chelsea Westminster Hospital in Genitourinary Medicine. Dr Kasraie also holds postgraduate diplomas in Clinical Dermatology (PostgradDipDerm Distinction) and Sexual and Reproductive Health (DFSRH).

Dr Kasraie specializes in family medicine and has extensive experience in paediatrics and men’s and women’s health. She has a keen interest in dermatology and cosmetic medicine.

Dr Kasraie believes passionately in the importance of a family doctor’s role in providing a holistic approach for patient care. She treats patients of all ages and gender and is a strong believer in not just treating the symptoms but the person behind them. She always takes the time to get to know her patients and prides herself on working towards finding the best solutions and evidence based treatments for them.

Having lived and worked abroad, Dr Kasraie is fluent in English, German, Farsi, and proficient in Spanish. Outside of work she enjoys regular gym sessions, running, yoga, cooking, and travelling.

Dr Rupert Critchley is the founder and director of VIVA Skin Clinics in London and is a qualified medical doctor. He has a passion for aesthetics and a specialist interest in dermal fillers, which he develops techniques for and which he provides consultations for. He organises the team in VIVA Skin Clinics and managed the company. Additionally, he is a fully qualified GP working 2 days a week in an NHS practice in Surrey. He is an experienced general practitioner with a natural ability to put patients at ease. 

Dr Critchley completed his Bachelor of Medicine and MRCGP in 2009 and began his medical career at Kings College London. Through his decade of experience, he has become highly knowledgeable and skilled in the detection and treatment of a vast array of health concerns.

Dr Critchley trains each member of his team at VIVA Skin Clinics, an industry-leading practice, personally. Due to his expertise, he has been selected to join the top 10 Allergan mentees in the UK. He has also developed the innovative procedure, the 3D Face Refresh, which is only practised by himself and selected associates.

DR SAQIB MUKHTAR
General Practitioner
Dr Mukhtar BSc, MBBS, MRCGP graduated from Barts and The London School of Medicine in 2004.

Having qualified as a GP in 2009 he has kept an excellent balance working for both the NHS and Private sector.

Post graduation Dr Mukhtar had received training in Acute and Elderly medicine, Accident & Emergency, General Paediatrics, Neonatal care and ENT. He became a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2009.

His varied experience has taken him across the country from London to Brighton, Birmingham to Bristol having worked in Her Majesty’s Prisons to the Headquarters of the Football Association in St Georges Park Burton.

Dr Mukhtar has worked as Private GP for BUPA since 2011, and has roles based in Canary Wharf at the headquarters of HSBC and Citi Bank.

He is the founder of his own health tech start up aiming to disrupt the healthcare recruitment market and is currently revelling in the roller coaster ride that it is.

Dr Kamal Haider is an experienced GP having worked in various hospital specialties as a junior doctor after graduation from University College Hospital in 2000. During this period of training, Dr Haider decided that general practice was his calling and so embarked upon becoming a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners, as he found himself very passionate about the provision of high quality, holistic, patient-focused medicine.

In his own words:

"It is not just about diagnosing the patient to me. It is also to help them understand what is wrong and make them part of the treatment process and that way the patient is more likely to  comply and see a better result."

He has developed excellent skills in investigating and managing a range of medical conditions, both acute and related to chronic disease and in integrating care for the patient as a whole.

His specialty lies in preventative medicine and promoting health.

He believes in practicing what he preaches and plays football and cycles regularly. He has attained an FA coaching badge and works with youngsters of varying ages and socio-economic backgrounds, and thoroughly enjoys helping youngsters to make the most of their lives.

Dr Asim Farooq was born in Surrey and raised in Sussex where he attended boarding school at Brighton College. After this, he went on to study medicine at Kings College, London. After graduating, he worked in various hospitals gaining experience in a nunmber of clinical areas until he joined the GP training scheme and worked as an SHO in Accident & Emergency, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Care for the Elderly.

His interest in diabetes management has led him to co-author a book and attend various advanced level courses which permits him to initiate injectable therapies. He has also assisted in setting up and managing an excellent diabetes management service alongside two specialist nurses in Croydon.

In his own words:

"Combining IT, media and healthcare has allowed me to better deliver and inform a whole range of people about various health issues; a large part of this involves homing in on listening skills. This is the first part of understanding what's wrong with the patient."

His GP work has led him to work in various GP surgeries across London. Always one to give back to the community, he appears regulalry on various media platforms such as TV and radio, discussing various health issues and has offered his services to prisons and refugee centres in London.

Happily married to a GP, he has three wonderful children. A fit and active doctor, he spends his spare time representing Croydon in the tennis and table tennis leagues.

Dr Suhail Hussain Graduated from The University of Aberdeen in 2000. Since then he has practised as a GP and has more than 10 years experience in primary care. Before becoming a GP Dr Hussain  trained and has specialised in various fields. He has worked with  medicine, surgery, oncology, obstetrics and gynaecology, emergency medicine, psychiatry and paediatrics.

In 2006 Dr Hussain then became a GP. He worked for 4 years as a partner in a surgery in Watford. At present he works as an NHS Locum in areas as diverse as rural Hertfordshire to affluent Westminster. Alongside this he also undertakes medico legal work, is a GP appraiser and a senior tutor at three major London Medical Schools. Dr Hussain also keeps up to date his education and attends regular courses. He recently completed a diploma diabetes care (University of Leicester) in which he attained an overall merit.

Dr Suhail Hussain ardently believes that clinical care should be holistic and patient centred.

Dr Jagrati Acharya is a highly experienced GP who works both with NHS and private sectors of General Practice. She qualified from the University of London and Imperial College in 1998.

Dr Acharya sees patients with all general medical conditions. Her area of expertise includes Women’s Health, Dermatology and all aspects of Family Medicine including Paediatrics. 

Dr Acharya applies a personalised level of care and advocates both conventional and alternative treatments. 

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