Dr Andrew Millar BSc MBBS MD FRCP
Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist

Andrew Millar is a Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at the North Middlesex University Hospital in London and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the Royal Free and University College London Hospital Medical School. He has also has held a number of senior management positions, including Associate Medical Director at the North Middlesex and Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee at the North London Nuffield Hospital. He has wide interests in Gastroenterology including Colorectal Cancer Screening and advanced therapeutic endoscopy. He is also experienced in the endoscopic management of gastro-oesophageal reflux and inflammatory bowel disease. He is an accredited expert witness on gastroenterological disorders and has an active medico-legal practice. In his spare time he is a keen photographer.

  Dr Niall van Someren BSc MBChB MD MRCP
Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist

Niall van Someren is a graduate of Edinburgh University Medical School and trained in Gastroenterology at Bart’s & The London Hospital, where he learned advanced minimally-invasive endoscopic techniques over a seven-year period while working with Professor Paul Swain. He is an NHS consultant and since 1995 has been at Chase Farm Hospital, where he has been instrumental in the modernisation of the endoscopy unit, which now accepts referrals for advanced procedures from a wide area including the Channel Islands. In moments of relaxation he skies and mountaineers in the Alps.

  Julian Cooke Business Advisor

Julian Cooke was a director of an asset management company in the City of London where he specialised in investment in smaller companies (including many in the medical sector) and emerging markets. He left the City after fifteen years to follow his love of writing and travel. He has since been involved in helping to plan the financial side of a number of new ventures while continuing to travel widely, and lives for part of the year in south-west France.

  Chelen Apps Clinical Care Co-ordinator

Chelen Apps has worked with Dr Millar as his PA for eight years at the North Middlesex Hospital where, as with many busy units in the NHS, every day has been different and challenging. Chelen has had extensive experience from having run her own business for ten years and gained experience as a PA working for a legal firm in the City and other private companies before moving to the NHS.

  Lynne Martin Clinical Care Coordinator – BMI Cavell Drive

Lynne Martin has worked as a medical secretary at the BMI Cavell Drive hospital for ten years, and is very familiar with the hospital and its procedures.

  Caroline Philippou Specialist Nurse – North Middlesex University Hospital

Caroline has been a senior nurse for over 8 years in the Gastroenterology Department at the North Middlesex University Hospital, where she has developed specialist nurse-led clinics in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and is the key worker for the majority of patients diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancers. Her dedication and skill were recently acknowledged by the Trust in awarding her as the Employee of the Year 2008, out of more than 2000 staff.

  Jenny O’Neill Endoscopy Sister and Nurse Endoscopist –
North Middlesex University Hospital

Jenny O’Neill has been involved in running the Endoscopy unit at the North Middlesex for over 10 years, and has over the last 5 years trained to be an independent Flexible Sigmoidoscopist. She also runs her own clinics assessing patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.