Best Psychiatrists in Manchester, UK

Dr Daniel Kaitiff is a highly-experienced Consultant Psychiatrist and has worked in a number of specialities including General Adult, Older adult and liaison Pyschiatry

Dr Kaitiff has a medical degree, is a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatry and is section 12 approved. Further to this he previously has experience of working in Research within phase 1 and 2 clinical trials.

Dr Kaitiff has over 15 years’ experience as a General
and Older Adult Psychiatrist. He is an excellent facilitator of information, assessment and diagnosis, and offers a range of treatment options for his patients, including both pharmaceutical and therapeutic support.

Dr Kaitiff is capable of covering the following areas; Depression, Anxiety, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, schizophrenia, Stress, Personality Disorders, Cyclothymia, Dementia and grief. He has completed courses in leadership, family therapy and psychotherapy, and it is his vision and aim, to provide patients and their families, with enhanced levels of care, combining medical treatment, with other treatment approaches, as well as equipping families with the tools necessary to fully understand the nature of the diagnosis, the holistic treatment plan and the broad approach to optimizing function and quality of life for their loved one moving forwards.

Dr Kaitiff offers assessment, treatment and medication reviews for all his patients as required, and has developed his training in a range of therapeutic treatments; Systematic Family Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and Knowledge & Understanding Framework for Personality Disorders.

Dr Daniel Kaitiff is an advocate for the understanding of mental health, believing medical conditions are often long-lasting, and the goal of successful treatment is for an individual to be autonomous throughout their life and not require considerable health input.

Dr Kaitiff had treated complex cases in a varied number of mental health areas and believes there is a positive solution for all patients.

To Dr Kaitiff, family is an essential part of recovery, and he particularly enjoys using family therapy in practice.

Career

After studying Medicine in Jammu (India), he moved to the United Kingdom. He had worked in the National Health Services for the past 11 years. He finished his General Adult Psychiatry training with an endorsement in Rehabilitation Psychiatry and also worked in Neuropsychiatry. Amit has been working as a Consultant Psychiatrist for 1.5 years in Women’s Medium Secure Unit in the North West Region in an Independent Sector. He completed his Master’s in Clinical Psychiatry from University of Manchester. He is a member of the North East of England’s Approval Panel and has been involved in training and co-ordinating teaching for North West doctors in Elysium Healthcare.

Clinical Expertise

Amit is a general adult psychiatrist working in all areas of psychiatry with special interest in neuropsychiatry, sports psychiatry, anxiety disorders, treatment resistant depression and psychosis. My research includes the management of depression in long-term conditions in the primary care in South Asian population. He has presented in conferences and regular lectures at medical meetings.

Dr Antonio Metastasio is a Consultant Psychiatrist presently working at the Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. He privately practices in Harley Street, where he is an associate at the Cognacity team; and in Cambridge at Salus Wellness.

Having qualified from the University of Perugia in 2000, Dr Metastasio went on to train in Geriatrics in Italy. Following this, he pursued a career in Psychiatry at the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust and holds a certificate of completion of training with a double endorsement in Addiction Psychiatry and in General Adult Psychiatry. He has also obtained an MSc in Addiction Biology from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London and is currently completing a Master degree in Genomic Medicine at the University of Cambridge. Dr Metastasio is responsible for all medical expertise, including devising the pharmacological interventions, at the Cambridge adult ADHD clinic.

Dr Metastasio has expertise in the main areas of adult psychiatry and in addictions including alcohol and substance disorders and behavioural addictions. He has experience in the treatment of a number of mental illnesses including depression, anxiety and panic disorder, bipolar affective disorder, cyclothymia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), phobias, chronic fatigue syndrome, personal personality disorders and psychosis. Further to this, he has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals in the fields of depression, psychosis, alcohol misuse, substance misuse and genomic medicine.

Dr Metastasio is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the British Association of Psychopharmacology and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He has been a senior clinical Tutor at the University of Cambridge and he is currently teaching medical students at University College London.

After graduating from medical school in 1994, Dr. Nadeem started in psychiatric training in West Yorkshire in 2000 and went on to complete his higher psychiatric training in Oxford. He gained the membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2003 and then went on to work on psychopharmacological research at the University of Oxford. Furthermore, Dr. Nadeem did a master's degree in Clinical Psychiatry at Leeds University and is now is a Consultant psychiatrist and has been working for the NHS since 2006. 

Dr. Nadeem is currently the consultant for the Home Treatment team and for the drug alcohol service in Salford and regularly sees outpatients at the Priory Hospital, Altrincham. He specializes in Drug and alcohol dependence, addiction and general adult psychiatry; and has a particular interest in the treatment and recovery of alcohol or drug problems, dual diagnosis of patients with a combination of mental health problems and substance abuse, and the misuse of prescribed medication. Alongside his clinical work, Dr. Nadeem contributes to medical research, producing publications in the fields of psychopharmacology, medical education and the genetics of schizophrenia.

Early on in his career, Dr Salman Karim was attracted to Psychiatry due to his fascination with brain development and the lack of proven scientific discoveries in the field. He initially trained in Adult Psychiatry in 2003, and then began training in Old Age Psychiatry three years later. He currently works as a Consultant Psychiatrist within the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and acts as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester. Over his many years of training and clinical work, he has developed a strong belief in the holistic approach to the treatment of mental conditions across all age groups.

He thoroughly enjoys clinical work due to the variety of patients that he has the opportunity to interact with, and the gratification of improving their quality of life. Dr Karim is passionate about developing medical research for cognitive disorders including Alzheimer’s Disease, as he views this as one of the biggest challenges for current and future generations. He has contributed to research in this field, publishing papers on the quality of life of patients with dementia, the mini-mental state examination and mild cognitive impairment.

Dr Leon Rozewicz is a renowned and respected Consultant Psychiatrist, specialising in adult attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) Working at Priory Hospital North London where he is Medical Director, and for the NHS at Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust where he is the Lead Consultant for the ADHD Clinic and previously held the role of Clinical Director for a Crisis and Emergency Service Line. He is also a Medical Assessor for the General Medical Council conducting health assessments for medical professionals and prepares independent reports in cases of personal injury, clinical negligence and psychiatric injuries. He aims to provide first-class care, including a comprehensive assessment and discussion about his client’s expectations and requirements. He strives to provide the latest evidence-based practice and has specialist expertise in the pioneering biological approach to treat psychiatric disorders, using genetic testing to find the most suitable medications for each individual.

He graduated from the internationally recognised University College London Hospital with a Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery Degree, having spent one term at Harvard Medical School USA and completed an extensive training scheme in psychiatry across London including a research fellowship into neuropsychiatric aspects of multiple sclerosis. He has previously been Vice-Chair of the Faculty of General Adult Psychiatry in the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Dr Justin Haslam graduated from the University of Manchester Medical School in 1989. He completed his training in the North West of England, then gained membership to the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1993. By March 1998, he was a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist within the NHS, working at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport and covering the High PeaK area of North Derbyshire.

During his training, he spent three years at the Christie Hospital researching burnout in healthcare staff, providing mental health care and treatment to patients with cancer and their relatives, and teaching clinical and communication skills to trainees. Since 2002, he has worked solely in Private Practice.

Dr Haslam has a special interest in a range of general adult psychiatric conditions, including depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety and addiction. He had tenure as Medical Director from 2011 to 2018 but is now solely focused on clinical practice. In collaboration with his psychology colleagues, he co-authored ‘Coping with Depression: A Guide to What Works for Patient, Carers and Professional’ in 2011, and published a paper on psychological treatment for OCD.

Dr Patrick Mbaya graduated with a medical degree from the University of Manchester. He then went on to obtain further qualifications – both an MSc and an MD in Psychiatry. He worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Wythenshawe Hospital in South Manchester before deciding to move to a different hospital within the same NHS Trust. In the summer of 2013, he became the Lead Consultant for Addiction at the Priory Hospital Altrincham, where he currently works. He also acts as an Honorary Clinical Lecturer for Psychiatry at South Manchester University Hospital.

Every Monday and Thursday, Dr Mbaya runs a day clinic, seeing and treating patients with addictions, general adult psychiatric conditions and affective disorders. He has particular special interests in addiction and mood disorders, such as depression.

Dr Mbaya has written numerous papers on the topics of treatment-resistant depression and psychopharmacology, which have been internationally recognised and published. He is also the author of the high acclaimed novel ‘My Brain is Out of Control: Memoirs of a Doctor as a Patient’, in which he provides a unique insight into battling serious physical and mental illness whilst practising as a doctor.

Dr Howard Waring is a Staff Consultant Psychiatrist at the Priory Hospital Altrincham. He is skilled with over 20 years of experience where he was a Consultant Psychiatrist for Cheshire & Wirral NHS Trust. Dr Waring currently holds a clinic at the Priory Hospital Altrincham on a Tuesday afternoon and Saturday morning.

Dr Waring completed an FHEA (Fellow Higher Educational Authority) in Edinburgh where he trained and has published numerous research papers on the topics of PTSD and anxiety disorders