HILLSBOROUGH PRIVATE CLINIC - Key Persons


Dr Andrew Cairns

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Consultant Rheumatologist
  • MFSEM
Dr Andrew Cairns is a Consultant Rheumatologist based at Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast where he was appointed in 2004. Dr Cairns also provides rheumatology clinics in Belfast City Hospital and Lagan Valley Hospital Lisburn. He qualified in Medicine from Queen's University Belfast in 1995, trained in Belfast and Edinburgh and is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast. He is on the GMC Specialist Register for Rheumatology. He is a musculoskeletal ultrasound tutor and also holds an MSc degree in Sport and Exercise Medicine.

Dr Anthony J. J. McClelland

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Cardiologist

Dr Claire Riddell

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Clin Ed / Consultant Rheumatologist
  • Consultant Rheumatologist
Dr Claire Riddell is a Consultant Rheumatologist based in Musgrave Park Hospital and Belfast City Hospital. She trained in Belfast and Toronto, Canada. She sees all adult patients with joint, muscle and other rheumatological disorders. She has a specialist interest in lupus and connective tissue disorders and musculoskeletal ultrasonography.

Dr David Eedy

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Dermatologist
Since 1991 Dr Eedy has been a Consultant Dermatologist for the Craigavon Area Hospital Group Trust in Northern Ireland. He began his medical career at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, after studying at Queens University in Belfast. He later worked at St Johns Dermatology Centre at St Thomas' Hospital, London, where he developed an interest in dermatological surgery that has continued to become his main subspecialty interest. As a Consultant in Craigavon he has developed a surgical dermatology service, including Mohs' micrographic surgery, which has continued to expand and is constantly in demand. He is Honorary Secretary, British Association of Dermatologists,Fellow Royal Society of Medicine, Fellow Royal College of Physicians (London) and Fellow American Academy of Dermatology as well as many other learned societies around the world. Dr Eedy has written a major textbook on Surgical Dermatology, an author to Rook's Textbook of dermatology as well as some 100 original articles, editorials and review articles.

Dr Gavin Devlin

Job Titles:
  • General Practitioner
Dr Gavin Devlin is our General Practitioner who will consult on the following issues: Meningitis Vaccination Medicals Vaccinations Occupational Health Travel Clinic Cryotherapy Sexual Health

Dr Gavin Thomas

Job Titles:
  • BCh BAO MRCPS ( Glasg ) Consultant Cardiologist
  • Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Thomas is an interventional cardiologist working across the Ulster, Royal Victoria and Lagan Valley Hospitals. His special interests include general cardiology; assessment of chest pain and coronary artery disease, coronary angioplasty and stent insertion; palpitations, collapses and heart rhythm management; shortness of breath and heart failure assessment and management; hypertension; valvular heart disease assessment and management; cardiovascular risk assessment; inherited and familial cardiac conditions, pulmonary hypertension associated with connective tissue disease. Dr Thomas received his medical degree from Queens University and progressed through his postgraduate training in Northern Ireland prior to completing and interventional fellowship at Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. He received a postgraduate doctorate for his research into novel biomarkers and imaging in the assessment and management of patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with connective tissue disease.

Dr Ian Menown

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Menown is Consultant Cardiologist and Director of Invasive Cardiology at the Craigavon Cardiac Centre, Northern Ireland and is current President of the Irish Atherosclerosis Society. His special interests include general and acute cardiology, chest pain assessment/coronary artery disease, interventional cardiology (angioplasty/stenting), atrial fibrillation, heart failure, cholesterol management and coronary prevention/risk reduction. In addition to an acute cardiac care and outpatient service, Dr Menown successfully undertakes one of the highest annual volumes of interventional cardiology cases in the UK. Dr Menown received his medical degree with distinction from the Queens University of Belfast and trained in Cardiology at Belfast before completing an interventional fellowship at Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, BC, Canada. He obtained a postgraduate doctorate of medicine, the Purce medal and JD Williams prize for his research in improving early detection of acute coronary syndromes and has been elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Dr Menown has been elected to serve on European Society of Cardiology expert groups of Acute Cardiac Care, Cardiovascular Pharmacology & Drug Therapy, and Atherosclerosis & Vascular Biology. He serves as cardiology editor of Advances in Therapy and is on the editorial board of Interventional Cardiology, Future Cardiology and Biomarkers in Medicine. Dr Menown is frequently invited to lecture at national and international meetings and has published over 70 papers and 90 scientific abstracts in fields including acute coronary syndromes, lipids/cholesterol, cardiovascular risk and percutaneous coronary intervention.

Dr Jacek Sobocinski

Job Titles:
  • Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anesthetics
  • FRCA, Is a Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthetics Based at Craigavon Area Hospital, SHSCT
Dr Jacek Sobocinski FRCA, is a Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthetics based at Craigavon Area Hospital, SHSCT. He has a special interest and expertise in trigeminal neuralgia, oro-facial pain and headaches. He specialises in the treatment of complex pain patients (refractory neuropathic pain, low back pain, sciatica) and works within the multidisciplinary chronic pain team.

Dr John Manderson

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Consultant Gynaecologist / Obstetrician
  • FRCOG / Consultant Gynaecologist / Obstetrician
Dr Manderson is Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Lagan Valley Hospital in Lisburn and Ulster Hospital, Dundonald. He is interested in general obstetrics and gynaecology. His specialist interests include high risk pregnancy management and fetal scanning.

Dr Jonathan Cash

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Gastroenterologist ( Specialist Interest in Hepatology )

Dr Jonathan Henderson

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Consultant Paediatrician
Dr Henderson is a Consultant Paediatrician at Craigavon Area Hospital. He specialises in general, community and ambulatory paediatrics. He has a special interest in both undergraduate and postgraduate paediatric medical education, where he has contributed to various platforms of educational resources, one that includes the online e-learning programme "Spotting the Sick Child" for healthcare professionals working with children.

Dr Mugilan Anandarajan

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Consultant Paediatrician
  • FRCPCH PGCert ClinEd, PGCert Clinical Health Science Allergy / Consultant Paediatrician
Dr Mugilan Anandarajan is a Consultant Paediatrician based in the Ulster hospital, Belfast. Dr Anandarajan completed his Paediatric Specialty training in Northern Ireland and obtained his MRCPCH in 2006 followed by FRCPCH in 2016. He has managed a wide range of acute and chronic conditions and is happy to deal with all children between 0-16 years in all paediatric matters including: Allergy Asthma and wheeze Abdominal pain Colic Cow's milk protein intolerance Concerns regarding growth and development Constipation Eczema Fits, faints and funny turns Gastro-oesophageal reflux Headaches Lethargy and tiredness Obstructive sleep apnoea Recurrent colds and coughs Recurrent infections Respiratory problems Urine infections Unusual lumps and bumps Any general concerns Postnatal Baby Checks Dr Anandarajan is actively involved in teaching and research at Queens University, Belfast. He has published and presented work both nationally and internationally.

Dr Sale Ogbobi

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Radiologist

Dr Sara Shahid

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Consultant Gynaecologist / Obstetrician
  • FRCOG / Consultant Gynaecologist / Obstetrician
Dr Shahid is Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Craigavon Area Hospital. She is interested in general obstetrics and gynaecology, specialising in high risk obstetrics and colposcopy. Contact Number: 07748255438

Dr Simon Au

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Physician ( With Specialist in Endocrinology )

Dr Timothy Harding

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Gastroenterologist

Dr Timothy Warke

Job Titles:
  • Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
  • Consultant Respiratory Physician
Dr Warke is a Consultant Respiratory Physician in the Royal Victoria Hospital. He qualified in Medicine from Queens University Belfast in 1995. He did his general medical training in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1998.

MB BCh BAO

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Cardiologist

MB BCh FRCOphth

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Ophthalmologist ( Specialist Interest in Oculoplastic Surgery )

Miss Alison McCoubrey

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon
Miss Alison McCoubrey is a Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon at Causeway Hospital and an Honorary Lecturer in surgery at Queen's University, Belfast. Her specialist interests include colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease & pelvic floor disorders. Miss McCoubrey graduated with Honours from Queens University, Belfast in 2000. She completed her basic and specialist surgical training in Northern Ireland before being appointed as a consultant, initially in the Western Health & Social Care Trust in 2013 before taking up her current post in Causeway Hospital in 2017. Her main areas of practice include -

Miss Claire O'Kane

Job Titles:
  • Podiatric Surgeon
Claire qualified as a Podiatrist from the Northern Ireland School of Podiatric Medicine in 1991. From 1993 to 1999 she worked as a clinical supervisor and lecturer at the School of Podiatric Medicine in Queen's University, Belfast. Claire passed her primary theory exams in podiatric surgery in December 1997 in which she was awarded the Alan Proctor award for the highest pass and began her surgical training in April 1998 spending the first year of her training at Lewisham General Hospital, London and the second year at Ilkeston Hospital near Nottingham. During this time Claire was awarded the Ian Turnbull aware for the highest pass in her fellowship theory exams in podiatric surgery and qualified as a Podiatric Surgeon in April 2000. She took up a position at Ilkeston Hospital as a Specialist Registrar and was awarded her certificate of completion of surgical training in April 2003 becoming a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon in October 2003 at Ilkeston Hospital. Claire is also a Tutor for the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery. To date she has published a number of studies on the success of podiatric surgery for various foot problems includnig the correction of hammer toes, bunions and pain in the ball of the foot. Claire has performed over 4000 foot operations, 1100 of which have been bunion corrections.

Miss Dimple Patel

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Ophthalmologist

Miss V Jothi

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
  • Member and Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmology
  • Surgeon at the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
Miss Jothi works as a substantive Consultant Eye Surgeon at the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust with a specialist interest in vitreo-retinal surgery and medical retina. Her NHS practice includes general and specialist clinics at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast and South Tyrone Hospital, Dungannon. Miss Jothi has had extensive training in the field of Ophthalmology in Northern Ireland, England and India. She qualified as an eye specialist in India with 4 years of specialist post-graduate training before moving to Northern Ireland where she has spent another 7 years training and obtained CCT in 2016. She spent a further 18 months specialising in a Medical and Surgical Retina Fellowship in Belfast and Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham before taking up her substantive NHS post in Northern Ireland in 2017. Miss Jothi is a Member and Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmology, UK and is a member of the British and Eire Association of Vitreo-Retinal Surgeons (BEAVRS), and holds specialist qualifications both in the UK and India with Fellowship FRCOphth, Membership MRCOphth, Diploma DRCOphth from The Royal College of Ophthalmology and Master of Surgery MSOphth from The TN Dr MGR Medical University, India.

Mr Alastair Lewis

Job Titles:
  • Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon
  • Consultant General Surgeon ( Specialist Interest in Vascular Surgery )
  • FRCS / Consultant General Surgeon ( Specialist Interest in Vascular Surgery )
Alastair Lewis is a Consultant General and Vascular surgeon at Craigavon Area Hospital. His area of special interest is vascular surgery, in particular the screening and management of peripheral arterial disease and modern therapies for varicose vein treatment (including non-surgical laser and injection techniques). He welcomes referrals for general and vascular surgical investigation.

Mr Andrew Diver

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Plastic Surgeon

Mr Barry Devlin

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Consultant ENT Surgeon
Mr Barry Devlin is an experienced consultant trained in all aspects of ENT including endoscopic sinus surgery, with a special interest in voice disorders, thyroid surgery and swallowing problems. He is a member of the British Association of Head & Neck Oncology.

Mr C Ekambar E Reddy

Job Titles:
  • Consultant ENT Surgeon
  • General ENT Surgeon
Mr Reddy is General ENT Surgeon including paediatrics and head & neck cancer diagnosis with a specialist interest in Otology. He deals with all ENT problems except thyroid surgery or major head & neck cancer surgery.

Mr Colin Weir

Job Titles:
  • Consultant General Surgeon ( Specialist Interest in Vascular Surgery )
  • Consultant in General and Vascular Surgery at Craigavon Area Hospital
Mr Weir is a Consultant in General and Vascular Surgery at Craigavon Area Hospital and Honorary Clinical Lecturer in surgery at Queens University, Belfast. He consults and operates privately in a wide range of general surgical conditions, including hernia, vasectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. He has a large experience in carpal tunnel syndrome. His specialist interest is in vascular surgery, and has expertise in circulation disorders, including carotid disease, claudication and aneurysms. He treats may types of varicose veins including complex recurrent veins and undertakes microsclerotherapy for cosmetic treatment of spider or thread veins.

Mr Gareth Hewitt

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Consultant General Surgeon
Mr Hewitt is a Consultant General and GI surgeon at Craigavon Area Hospital. He has specialist interests in colorectal surgery involving the investigation of abdominal pain, altered bowel habit, PR Bleeding. He also regularly performs upper GI surgery such as hernia repair, varicose vein surgery and skin surgery.

Mr Gary McKee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • Accountable Officer

Mr James Sharkey

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
  • Consultant Ophthalmologist
Mr Sharkey is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon who specialises in cataract surgery, diseases and surgery of the retina and macular disease.

Mr John O'Donoghue

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Urological Surgeon
  • Consultant Urologist
Mr O'Donoghue is a Consultant Urological Surgeon in Craigavon Area Hospital. He has a specialist interest in general urology, stones and female urology, particularly urinary incontinence, overactive bladder and urodynamics. His specialist Urological Training was in the Oxford Deanery.

Mr Jonathan Bunn

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
  • Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon ( Specialist Interest in Hips & Knees )
Mr Bunn is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon. He was educated in Belfast and medically trained at Queens University Belfast. Mr Bunn gained a PhD for research into high-energy fracture healing. Subspecialist training in hip and knee replacement, hip arthroscopic and sports surgery, and knee arthroscopic and sports surgery was undertaken in Exeter, London and Melbourne. He is currently practicing at Craigavon Area Hospital.

Mr Kevin McElvanna

Job Titles:
  • Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon

Mr Michael Eames

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • Accountable Officer at Orthoderm Private Clinic

Mr Michael O'Gallagher

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
  • Consultant Ophthalmologist
Mr O'Gallagher is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon in the Royal Victoria Hospital. He completed his training in Northern Ireland followed by fellowships in Moorfields Eye Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London. His special interests include corneal, external eye disease and cataract.

Mr Michael Young

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Urological Surgeon
  • Consultant Urologist
  • FRCS ( Urol ) Consultant Urologist
Mr Young has been a Consultant Urological Surgeon since 1998, with his NHS practice based in Craigavon Area Hospital. He has been the Lead Clinician for Urology in the Southern Health and Social care Trust for the past 20 years. He has been a Programme Director for the Urology Specialist Registrar Training and been on the committee of the Ulster Urogynaecology Society. He hosted the annual meeting of the British Association of Urological Surgeon Endourology Section in 2003. His interests include general adult urology with sub-speciality interest in stone management, andrology and female urology.

Mr Muralidharan R. Upendran

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Ophthalmologist

Mr Ramesh Gurunathan

Job Titles:
  • Consultant ENT Surgeon

Mr Simon Rankin

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
  • Consultant Ophthalmologist
Mr Rankin is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast and the Lagan Valley Hospital in Lisburn. He has a special interest in Glaucoma and small incision cataract surgery.

Mr Sri Kamalarajah

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Consultant Ophthalmologist ( Specialist Interest in Oculoplastic Surgery )
Mr Kamalarajah is a Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Surgeon with a specialist interest in oculoplastic, lacrimal and orbital disorders. He is based at the Royal Victoria Hospital. He is a Fellow of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth), member of The British Medical Association (BMA) and British Oculoplastic Surgeons Society (BOPSS).

Mr Ted McNaboe

Job Titles:
  • Consultant ENT Surgeon
Mr McNaboe is Consultant ENT surgeon in Craigavon Area Hospital. He specialises in ear surgery and thyroid surgery.

Mr Timothy Kilmartin

Job Titles:
  • Podiatric Surgeon
  • Specialist
Mr Kilmartin is a specialist in treating patients with foot pain and deformities like bunions or hammer toes. He has been treating patients with foot problems since 1985 and has been a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon at Ilkeston Hospital in Derbyshire since 1994. He trained in Birmingham, Northhampton, Luton, Chigago and Seattle and on average operates on 80 people per month in both the NHS and Independent Healthcare Sectors. He has published over 80 original research articles in national and international journals and he has been invited to talk about his work in America and Australia. He is an advisor to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence on foot joint replacements. Presently he works privately at Hillsborough Private Clinic. He continues to work for the NHS in Derbyshire which he commutes to weekly. He lives in Glenullin near Garvagh. His parents left Ireland in 1957 and 51 years later he has returned with his wife and four sons!

Ms Marion O'Connor

Job Titles:
  • Specialist Dietitian
Ms Marion O'Connor specialises in the dietary management of IBS, IBD and other gastrointestinal disorders in adults. She is experienced in the provision of nutrition support via the enteral or parenteral route.