Dr. Chiara Cerovac
Dr Chiara Cerovac is an expert Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist.
She graduated in Medicine and Surgery and obtained a postgraduate degree in ENT in Italy (Novara).
Dr Cerovac then moved to London to work as ENT consultant for the International School of London (Surrey). She has a strong experience in ENT pathologies of children.
Work experience in Italy
Between 2005 and 2010, Dr Cerovac worked for several clinics in Italy and gained experience in all ENT pathologies of adults and children. She also worked with the hyperbaric chamber team and can perform vestibular tests such as electronystagmography.
Work experience in UK
Dr Cerovac is currently working as private ENT consultant and has been working in UK since 2007. She previously worked as ENT consultant for the International School of London (Surrey) where she was in charge of otoscopic examinations and hearing tests on children from age 3 to 12.
Expertise
Expert in ENT pathologies of both adults and children, vestibular tests and audiometry
Languages
Italian and English
Insurance Companies
Cigna and WPA approved doctor
Summary
Dr. Chiara Cerovac is an italian ENT doctor in London
Dr Antonio Scalfari
Dr Antonio Scalfari is a consultant neurologist in London.
Work experience in Italy
He graduated in Medicine and Surgery at Messina University (Italy) in 1999, where he completed his training in Neurology in 2004. During his training, he gained experience in general neurology, dealing with patients with acute and chronic neurologic disorders.
Work experience in UK
Since 2003 he has been living and working in the UK. His research interest is on Multiple Sclerosis; he was a research fellow at Oxford University from 2003 to 2006. At Imperial College London, he completed in 2011 a PhD in Multiple Sclerosis epidemiology and in 2015 a 2 years postdoc clinical fellowship; he was funded by the Italian MS society and by the UK MS Society. He has authored several scientific articles in highly impact journals and participates regularly as speaker at international conferences and courses on MS. He participates to the teaching activities for medical students from Imperial College London and continues his research activity in collaboration with other international academic institutes.
Dr Scalfari works as consultant Neurologist at the tertiary centre for the management of MS and neuro-inflammatory diseases at Charing Cross and St Mary Hospitals (Imperial College Healthcare Trust). He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Imperial College London. Since 2006 he has been working as general neurologist at Central Middlesex and Northwick Park Hospitals (Northwest London Healthcare Trust).
Expertise
Dr Scalfari has extensive clinical experience in managing any kind of neurological disease, involving the central and the peripheral nervous systems. These include: headaches, Prakinson, tremor and movement disorders, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and neuro-inflammatory diseases, neuropathic pain, peripheral neuropathies, neuromuscular disorders.
Languages
Italian and English.
Insurance Companies
Aetna, Cigna, Axa Assicurazioni, Aviva, WPA, Vitality, Haelix Health and Alliance approved doctor.
Summary
Dr Antonio Scalfari is an Italian consultant neurologist in London.
Dr. Francesca Puledda
Work experience in Italy
She graduated at the University of Rome “Sapienza” Medical school in 2010. She trained in the same University, at the Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, where she became a Neurologist in 2016. During her experience in Italy she gained knowledge in patients with acute and chronic neurological disorders.
While completing her training, she attended King’s College London as a Clinical Fellow in the Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Department and the Neurology Department at King’s College Hospital for 12 months.
Work experience in UK
Since 2015 she has been living and working in London. She currently works in a highly specialized tertiary care team that deals with headache disorders at King’s College London.
She is a Clinical Research Fellow and a PhD candidate in Neuroscience. Her research interests involve neuroimaging as well as the pathophysiology of migraine and other headaches.
She is also an Honorary Clinical Fellow at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, where she is directly involved in clinical and research management of pediatric headache patients.
Expertise
She is an expert in headache disorders of all types including migraine, cluster headache, tension type headache, facial pain and trigeminal neuralgia.
Languages
Italian, English, Spanish
Insurance Companies
WPA and Cigna approved doctor
Summary
Dr Puledda is an Italian Neurologist in London
Prof. Nicola Maffulli
Prof. Nicola Maffulli MD, MS, PhD, FRCP, FRCS(Orth)
Prof. Nicola Maffulli is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Honorary Professor for Sports and Exercise Medicine at Queen Mary University of London. His specialities include sports injury, knee surgery, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, arthroscopic surgery of the knee, foot and ankle, foot and ankle conditions including hallux valgus and tendon injuries, and the management of degenerative joint disease in young people.
He organised the surgical services at the London Olympics in 2012, covering all of the training and competition venues. In addition, he organised the medical supervision of the Judo and Wrestling competitions for London 2012. Prof. Nicola Maffulli is Editor-in-Chief of two high-impact peer-reviewed scientific journals, and has published 12 textbooks and more than 1,000 scientific articles.
Soft tissues problems constitute the major focus of Professor Maffulli’s research, in fact is is an expert in tendon pathology.
Professor Maffulli is currently involved with a number of multi-disciplinary projects, both in the UK and overseas. In London, he has been the Chair and Chief of Service of The Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, the only such academic centre in the UK, leading both the clinical and academic aspects.
Insurance Companies
Bupa, Axa, Aviva, WPA, Cigna, Allianz, Vitality, CS Healthcare approved doctor.
Dr. Pierluigi Cuomo
Mr Pierluigi Cuomo is Consultant orthopaedic surgeon in London.
Work experience in Italy
After obtaining the Medical Degree at the University of Florence in 1999, he was a resident in Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the University of Florence. From 2007 to 2019 he has been a Consultant in Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Department of Orthopaedic Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery of the Careggi University Hospital in Florence.
Work experience in UK
After completing the residency in Orthopaedics he attended the Imperial College of London as research fellow and he obtained a PhD in biomechanics.
In 2019 he moved again to the UK and he worked as locum Consultant at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, London for fifteen months.
Currently he is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Department of Bioengineering of the Imperial College.
Expertise
Mr Cuomo is expert in open and arthroscopic knee surgery, joint replacement and orthopaedic oncology.
Languages:
Italian and English.
Insurance companies
WPA, Cigna and Bupa Global approved doctor.
In summary:
Dr. Pieluigi Cuomo is an Italian orthopedist in London.
Dr. Alessandra Frustaci
Dr Frustaci is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust in London.
Work experience in Italy
She graduated in Medicine and Surgery, and obtained a postgraduate degree in Psychiatry at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome where she gained experience in general psychiatry. She then started practicing as a clinical psychiatrist in several clinics in Rome whilst continuing her academic career obtaining both a Postgraduate Master in “Epidemiology” and a Ph.D. in “Research and advanced methodologies in psychotherapy” at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome. She is co-author of scientific publications in international journals.
Work experience in UK
Dr Frustaci moved to the UK in 2015 and worked as a specialty doctor at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, then as a locum consultant psychiatrist at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, and was eventually appointed as substantive consultant psychiatrist in Eating Disorders at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, based in St Ann’s Hospital in London.
Expertise
Eating disorders, general adult psychiatry
Languages
Italian and English.
Summary
Dr Frustaci is an Italian Psychiatrist in London.
Dr Suzana Corciova
Dr Corciova is a Consultant at Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London.
Work experience in Italy
She graduated in Medicine and Surgery, and obtained a postgraduate degree in Ericksonian Hypnosis at SIIPE (Italian School of Ericksonian Hypnosis and Psychotherapy) in Rome. She practiced as a private Psychotherapist.
Work experience in UK
Dr Corciova moved to UK in 2012 and trained in Psychiatry in North East London NHS Foundation Trust, then completed her training in Children & Adolescent Psychiatry in Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust- Imperial College Healthcare.
Dr Corciova is currently working as a Consultant at the Royal Free CAMHS Eating Disorders service. She is co-author of scientific publications in international journals.
Expertise:
Children & adolescent Psychiatry, eating disorders.
Languages:
Italian, Romanian and English.
In summary:
Dr Corciova is an Italian Children & Adolescent Psychiatrist in London.
Dr. Cecilia Casetta
Dr Casetta is an Italian psychiatrist at Bethlem Royal Hospital, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust in London.
Work experience in Italy
She graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Milan, where she also specialised in Psychiatry.
Work experience in UK
She completed her training in London at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and Maudsley Hospital at the National Psychosis Unit, a tertiary care centre for the treatment of complex psychotic disorders, where she remained working as a Consultant Psychiatrist for a year after specialisation. In 2020 she returns to Italy where she works for two years at the ASST Santi Paolo Carlo in Milan as a territorial psychiatrist, while continuing to collaborate with the IoPPN on research and publishing scientific articles. In 2022 she returns to London where she resumes her work as Consultant Psychiatrist at the National Psychosis Unit and as Research Psychiatrist for the multicentre CLEAR (“Clozapine in early psychosis”) project at the IoPPN.
General adult psychiatry, psychotic disorders, mood disorders.
Languages:
Italian, English.
Insurance companies:
Axa, Allianz, Vitality and Aviva approved doctor.
In summary:
Dr Casetta is an Italian psychiatrist in London.
Dr. Giovanni Tritto
Dr Giovanni Tritto is an Italian doctor, with specialist training in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy as well as Internal Medicine. He is the joint Clinical Lead of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology department at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust.
He graduated in Medicine cum laude in 1988 at the University “Federico II” in Naples and subsequently completed his specialist training in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy as well as in Internal Medicine with full marks.
During his specialist training he not only acquired experience in the management of gastrointestinal and liver disease but also widened his knowledge to many other areas of Internal Medicine, including nutrition, cardiovascular, metabolic disease, diabetes and hypertension, to obtain a multisciplinary and holistic approach to patient care.
Work experience in Italy
After completion of his specialist training, he worked as hospital consultant in both Gastroenterology and Acute Medicine. From 2003 he was employed as consultant in the Liver Unit of the Cardarelly Hospital in Naples, one of the major liver transplant centres in southern Italy, where he worked until 2009, when he decided to move abroad for a sabbatical research break.
Work experience in UK
Having moved to London, Dr Tritto undertook a research programme with the Liver Failure Group of the University College London along with a clinical fellowship at the Hepatology Department of the Royal Free Hospital. After two years he decided to settle in Great Britain. He worked initially as locum consultant gastroenterologist at the King George Hospital and, from 2013, at the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust. From 2016 he is the clinical lead of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology department. He has authored many of scientific papers in gastroenterology and hepatology. In 2016 he was honoured with the fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of London.
Expertise
Dr Tritto has wide experience in the management of liver and gastrointestinal disease and in gastrointestinal endoscopy, for which he is an accredited trainer.
Languages:
Italian, English.
Insurances:
Aviva, Axa, Vitality and Cigna approved doctor.
In summary:
Dr Tritto is an italian physician and gastroenterologist working in London.
Dr. Francesco Di Maggio
Mr Francesco Di Maggio is a Consultant General and Upper GI Surgeon at Croydon University hospital.
He has a special interest in minimally invasive surgery for the treatment of hiatal hernia and gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GORD), gallstones and abdominal wall and groin hernia repair.
Work experience in Italy
Mr Di Maggio graduated with honours from the University of Milan-Bicocca in 2006. He accomplished his training in General Surgery from the University of Parma in 2014, after discussing a thesis on Pancreatic Cancer, which was later published by Pancreatology.
In 2017 he obtained a Master Degree in Surgery of Humanitarian Emergencies, after working in Sub-Saharan Africa with Médecins Sans Frontières.
Work experience in UK
Since 2012, Mr Di Maggio has collaborated with UK leading research centres such as the Barts Cancer Institute, Kings College and Imperial College of London.
He is first author of several high impact publications, has collaborated with national and international studies and has presented his works in several international congresses.
Between 2018 and 2021 he worked as a Senior Clinical Fellow in Upper GI Surgery at St Thomas’ hospital in London, one of the leading esophago-gastric units in the country, where he sub-specialised in Upper GI minimally invasive surgery.
He is a member of the International Society for the Disease of the Esophagus, the Italian Medical Association of Great Britain, the British Medical Association.
Expertise:
Mr Di Maggio is specialised in minimally invasive surgery for the treatment of gallstones disease, hiatal hernia and gastro-esophageal reflux, plus any abdominal wall hernia repair/reconstruction and surgical excision of lumps and bumps.
Languages:
Italian, Spanish, English, French.
In summary:
Mr Di Maggio is an Italian Consultant General and Upper GI surgeon in London.