Mr Makarand Oak

Mr Makarand Oak did his training in obstetrics and gynaecology in London and Manchester teaching hospitals and was appointed consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in late 80s in the British Army. He returned to the NHS and held consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist appointments in Whipps Cross and Royal Free Hospital London and
Wishaw General Hospital Lanarkshire Scotland. 

He is now in full time private practice at The London Independent Hospital where he sees NHS as well as private patients.  

Mr Oak has worked in a diversity of professional, cultural, and organisational settings and has had the privilege of working alongside many nationalities in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia through UN Protection Force. He has deep understanding of women’s health, their needs, and expectations in the modern world where information is freely available on the web but not necessarily in an easily interpretable and can easily be mis-interpreted. He understands the value of empowering his patients with information that is easy to understand and this enables them to make a right choice of management for their condition. 

Mr Oak was Associate Medical Director in Mid Essex NHS Trust Chelmsford and was lead for clinical audit and clinical risk management; two important pillars of clinical governance and in turn patient safety. 

He believes in decision making with patients and as such
informed consent is of great interest to him. He has developed information consent papers for gynaecological procedures that he performs. He gives procedure specific information to
his patients ahead of the procedure date and this enables patients to clarify
any issues they may have and indeed to defer or cancel their procedure. 

He is fully registered with the General Medical Council (UK) and keeps up to date with continuous professional development
and annual appraisal requirements. 

His special interests are gynaecological endocrinology, pelvic
pain, uterine fibroids, endometriosis, infertility, benign gynaecological surgery, minimal access surgery, vaginal surgery and reversal of sterilisation. 

He maintains an ongoing record including complications of his clinical
activities. 

He has undertaken numerous research and audit projects and has published and presented in national and international journals. He has reviewed scientific papers for British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and British Medical Journal. 

Mr Oak is an independent expert witness for personal injury and clinical negligence cases and has prepared reports for Plaintiffs and Defence lawyers for over 20 years. 

Mr Oak has interests in
teaching - having regularly provided education to GPs throughout his career. He has supported various charities, as well
as the charitable work of the Royal College of Obstetricians &
Gynaecologists through marathon and Kilimanjaro trek. He has undertaken voluntary teaching for midwives
and traditional birth attendants in Malawi and Sikkim in India. He is a treasurer and Trustee of Charity
Children of Kerala. 

Professional
Memberships 

• British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society 
• British Medical Association 
• British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopists 
• British Society of Uro-gynaecologists  
• British Menopause Society 
• Expert Witness Institute 
• Glasgow Obstetrics & Gynaecology Society
      (Late) 
• Independent Doctors Federation 
• The Royal Society of Medicine 
• The Society of Expert Witnesses 
• Society of Apothecaries  

MBBS, ChM, MPH, MSc (Med Sci),
Expert Witness Certificate (Civil), Diploma Gynaecological Endoscopy, FRCOG,
MEWI

• British Medical Association
• British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society
• British Society for Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology (late)
• British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopists
• British Society of Uro-Gynaecologists Experts
• Witness Institute
• Society of Apothecaries
• The Royal Society of Medicine
• British Medical Association
• British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society
• British Society for Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology (late)
• British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopists British
• Society of Uro-Gynaecologists Experts
• Witness Institute
• Society of Apothecaries