Best Paediatricians (Children's Doctor) in Chelsea, London, UK

Dr Nitha Naqvi is a consultant paediatric cardiologist at Royal Brompton Hospital, where she treats private and NHS patients.

Dr Naqvi studied medicine at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Medical School (now part of King’s College London). During this time, she also obtained a first class honours bachelor’s degree, then completed her MBBS degree in 1995 and was awarded honours in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Dr Naqvi trained in adult cardiology, then completed general paediatric training in London and Birmingham. Her training covered general paediatrics, neonatology, paediatric oncology, and paediatric intensive care. She has a master’s from the Institute of Child Health in London. In 2000, she completed her paediatric cardiology training at Guy’s Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and Royal Brompton Hospital.

Dr Naqvi has been working as a consultant at Royal Brompton Hospital since 2011. During her career, she has won a number of national prizes, including the British Congenital Cardiac Association prize for research and a Royal Society of Medicine prize for paediatrics.

Dr Naqvi won Aisan Woman of the Year in 2019.

Dr Samatha Sonnappa is a consultant in paediatric respiratory medicine at Royal Brompton Hospital, where she treats both private and NHS patients.

Dr Sonnappa completed her medical education in India, where she also studied general paediatrics, neonatology and paediatric respiratory medicine.

She then moved to the UK and completed specialist respiratory medicine training at Great Ormond Street Hospital. She undertook research for her PhD thesis at the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH), where she investigated sensitive measures of lung function in preschool children with frequent wheeze.

In 2005, she was appointed a fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. 

Biography

Dr Julene Carvalho is a consultant fetal cardiologist and is head of the Royal Brompton Centre for Fetal Cardiology, where she treats both private and NHS patients.

She graduated with honours in Brazil, and completed her initial training in cardiology in São Paulo.

Following that, she came to London where she completed her training in paediatric cardiology and obtained her PhD.

She subsequently specialised in imaging the fetal heart throughout pregnancy (fetal cardiology) and since 1999, her work has been focused on this area.

Clinical expertise

Dr Julene Carvalho has extensive experience in imaging the fetal heart and counselling families ‘at risk of’ or ‘affected with’ fetal congenital heart disease (CHD).

She pioneered the use of transabdominal fetal echocardiography in the first trimester of pregnancy and is known for her expertise in early scans.

Alongside obstetricians and obstetric ultrasonographers, she works to improve recognition of congenital heart disease before birth, get better results and improve diagnosis. 

Dr Beverly Tsai-Goodman studied medicine at the University of Southampton. In 2004 she was awarded a doctorate from the University of Bristol where she trained in paediatric cardiology and practised as a consultant until 2016. Additionally, from 2004 to 2014, Dr Tsai-Goodman was the leading cardiologist for the Barth Syndrome Specialist Services in Bristol.

She also spent 15 months at Boston’s Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School as a senior clinical fellow. During this time, she trained in cardiac MRI, echocardiography and fetal cardiology.

Since 2017 Dr Tsai-Goodman has been a consultant paediatric and fetal cardiologist at Royal Brompton Hospital.

She she was recently awarded a master’s (MSc) degree in genomics medicine at Imperial College London. Her aim is to combine her expertise in paediatric and fetal cardiology with the latest in human genomics.

Dr Michael Rigby is a consultant paediatric cardiologist at Royal Brompton Hospital who treats private and NHS patients.

He trained at Killingbeck Hospital in Leeds, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.

Professor Piers Daubeney is a consultant paediatric and fetal cardiologist at Royal Brompton Hospital, where he treats both private and NHS patients.

He graduated with honours from Balliol College, University of Oxford, and St Thomas’ Hospital, London. He qualified in 1988.

Following that, he completed postgraduate training in Southampton, UK; Melbourne, Australia; and Toronto, Canada.

Professor Daubney has an international reputation for the treatment of infants, children and teenagers with all forms of heart disease as well as in the unborn child.

Dr Ayad Atra is a consultant at the Harley Street Clinic. His areas of interest include paediatric leukaemia/lymphoma, histiocytosis, haematological stem cell transplantation (HSCT, BMT), haemoglobinopathy and thalassemia.

Graduating in 1977, Dr Atra completed training in General Paediatrics and became specialised in Paediatric Haematology/Oncology in 1989, training in the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street and the Royal Marsden Hospital. 

After obtaining membership of the Royal College of Pathologists (Haematology), he became a Consultant Paediatric Haematologist/Oncologist and the Director of the Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Programme in the Royal Marsden Hospital in 1997. He is a full member of the CCLG and the American Society of Haematology. 

I am a Consultant General Paediatrician. I have been the Lead Pediatrician for Child Safeguarding from July 2010 to October 2016, the Clinical Lead for General Paediatrics, a lecturer at Queen Mary's University London and I am a Honorary Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

I have a broad knowledge and experience of Paediatrics which I acquired through working in South Africa and also in London’s many multi-cultural and multi-ethnic areas. I have 20 years of experience in General Paediatrics, Ambulatory Paediatrics, Paediatric Hematology, Pediatric Oncology, Community Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology and Neonatology . 

Dr Wathik Alsaud is a renowned and respected Consultant Paediatrician, practicing privately at Bupa Cromwell Hospital, Parkside Hospital and Spire Healthcare, he is also a member of the Paediatric acute team at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London.

He has vast experience working in all fields of paediatrics; however, he has a special interest in allergies, asthma, eczema and babies with feeding difficulty and reflux. He offers in-depth consultations and a tailored approach to your child’s health and well-being, avoiding unnecessary interventions and treatments.  His extensive experience and knowledge in the field enables him to provide the highest standard of care possible.

Dr Alsaud worked in many specialised paediatric centres abroad and in London. He was awarded Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2000. His strong clinical and academic background led him to being appointed as an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the well-known Imperial College and he is a professional member of The British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

In his scarce free time, he enjoys cycling and exploring the world.

Dr Jenny Epstein is a Paediatric Gastroenterologist and Paediatric Endoscopist based in West London.

Dr Epstein completed her training at Chelsea and Westminster, King's College and The Royal London Hospitals. Her experience outside the UK includes fellowships at l'Hopital de l'Archet, Nice, France in 2001 and at Boston Children's and Massachusetts General Hospitals in 2007. In 2010 she went on to gain a PhD in Mucosal Immunology at Queen Mary University London, investigating the effects of curcumin in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children.

In 2009 Dr Epstein became a full-time NHS Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and has extensive clinical experience in the full breadth of gastrointestinal conditions and investigations including paediatric endoscopy and colonoscopy, in which she has 'Train the Trainer' qualification.

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