Meet the Team
Meet the Physicians Team
Dr. Mike Dubowitz BSc (Hons), Dphil (Oxon), MRCP
Cardiology
Across the spectrum of cardiac disease including, palpitations, arrhythmias, resistant hypertension, ischemic and valvular heart disease, the management of heart failure as well as advice on primary prevention.
Dr. Mike Dubowitz will be familiar to many who attended the recent Target day at Rothamsted Conference Centre in Hertfordshire.
He was appointed consultant at the East & North Herts NHS trust in August 2001, and in April 2002 he became lead clinician in cardiology, and in April 2003 was appointed clinical director.
He has established rapid access chest pain clinics over both East and North East sites, as well as local angiography and pacing services.
He is happy to see referrals across the spectrum of cardiac disease including: palpitations, arrhythmias, resistant hypertension, ischaemic and valvular heart disease, the management of heart failure as well as patients requiring advice on primary prevention.
Dr. Julius Cairn MBBs, MRCP
Respiratory Medicine
Consultant Respiratory Medicine.
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Julius Cairn is now providing a comprehensive Respiratory Medicine Service at the Hertfordshire Clinic.
Dr. Cairn’s practice encompasses all aspects of Respiratory Medicine. Thus including Asthma, Rhinitis, COPD, Lung cancer, Bronchiectasis, Fibrosing lung disease, Obstructive sleep apnoea and Respiratory failure.
Dr. Andy Raffles MBBS, FRCP, FRCPCH, DCH
Paediatrics
Diagnosis, treatment and long term care of the whole range of childhood illness.
Dr. Raffles has been Consultant Paediatrician at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital since 1989. His practice covers the diagnosis, treatment and long term care of the whole range of childhood illness, including health and associated problems in babies through to Adolescence.
He has excellent working relationships with the whole range of sub-specialty paediatricians and associated children's health care professionals who work in the specialist Children's centres in London and the South-east, to whom he is able to refer if necessary.
Maryanne Harrison BSc, SRD
Dietetics
Obesity, diabetes, IBS, osteoporosis & hyperlipidaemia.
Marryanne Harrison will be well known to most Hertfordshire medical practitioners where she is able to provide a comprehensive dietetic services at the Hertfordshire Clinic.
Maryanne is able to provide help and advice in all of the following areas:
» Weight problems – over or underweight
» Diabetes
» Hyperlipidaemia
» Irritable Bowel Syndrome
» Osteoporosis
» Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
» Migraine
» Allergies e.g. dairy, wheat, gluten
» Menopausal symptoms
» Rheumatoid arthritis
» Multiple Sclerosis
» Anaemia
» Constipation
» Parkinson’s Disease
» Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
» Sports Nutrition
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Dr. Michael Cannell MBBs, DRCOG, MRCGP, MRHOM
Homeopathic Physician
Treats conditions such as allergies, eczema, asthma, the catarrhal child, hyperactivity, hay fever, irritable bowel syndrome, migraine and chronic fatigue.
Dr. Michael Cannell will be well known to many as a General Practitioner in Hertfordshire, as well as a specialist medical homeopathic doctor. He gained his MRCGP in 1983 and he has worked as a busy and experienced general practitioner for over nineteen years. He is a fully registered Homeopath (Member of the Faculty of Homeopathy in 1998) and he was awarded specialist accreditation with the Faculty in 2002. He has gained a wide range of experience in treating many medical conditions and he still works part time in a private practice in Upper Wimpole Street, London W1.
He continues to work in the children’s department of the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, having worked with Dr. Fisher in the rheumatology and medical clinics at the same hospital.
He is recognised by BUPA and PPP/AXA and most other private health schemes as a specialist in Homeopathy.
Homeopathy can be used in a wide range of conditions such as allergies, eczema, asthma, the catarrhal child, hyperactivity and ADDH conditions, as well as hay fever, irritable bowel syndrome, migraine, chronic fatigue states and many other medical conditions. Homeopathy has an excellent safety record and can be used alongside conventional treatment.