MORRIS HOUSE GROUP PRACTICE
PATIENT CARE, EDUCATION AND INNOVATION
We are pleased to announce that our new phone system went live on Wednesday 26 May.
Please note that the eConsult portal is switched off during Bank Holidays and from 6:30pm on Fridays until 12:01am on Mondays.
You will be informed when the Practice will contact you after you have completed the eConsult submission form.
If you require medical assistance which cannot wait, please dial 111.
Doctors
Dr Russell Hearn
MB BS, BSc., MSc., FRCGP, SFHEA, FAWM, FAcadMEd
GP Partner
Dr Hearn trained at the Royal Free & University College Medical School, London. Dr Hearn provides joint injection and is the lead for clinical domains including osteoporosis, Rheumatoid arthritis, prescribing, mental health and learning disabilities.
As well as working clinically he is also a Lecturer in Medical Education at King’s College London where he is the Deputy Director of Community Education; Director of the iBSc degree in Primary Care; and Module lead Doctor as Teacher. He is also the Pan-London Academic GP training programme director and a GP trainer. In addition to his academic and clinical roles he enjoys being outdoors and is a Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine and runs courses on expedition and pre-hospital care. His achievements in education have been recognised with several national teaching awards including the Royal College of General Practitioners award for Outstanding Teaching. Dr Hearn was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practice for his services to General Practice in 2019.
Dr Jacqui Egleton
MBBCh DFSRH DRCOG MRCGP
GP
Dr Egleton studied at Cardiff university and completed her GP training in Essex before working in London. She joined Morris House Group Practice in 2014. She enjoys teaching medical students.
Dr Cathy Black
BSc, MBBS, DGM, MRCGP
GP
Dr Black graduated in medicine from UCL in 2008, and qualified as a GP in 2013 after completing her GP training in North East London. She also has a diploma in Geriatric Medicine. She has worked at Morris House Group Practice since 2015. Her main interests are food and cooking, foreign travel, yoga/pilates and swimming. Since returning from maternity leave she now works part time.
Dr Huma Shams
BSc, MBBS, DGM, MRCGP
GP
Dr Shams joined the practice in September 2017 after completing her GP training in Bedford. Prior to this, she undertook her foundation year training at University College London and Royal Free Hospital.
She enjoys all aspects of medicine and has an affinity for dermatology and children's health. She is also able to speak Urdu and Hindi fluently
Dr Emily Simon
MBChB DFSRH DRCOG MRCGP
GP
Dr Emily Simon graduated from the University of Manchester in 2003. She started training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Barnet Hospital before switching to train in General Practice at the North Middlesex hospital. She gained Membership to the Royal College of GPs in 2009. She has a special interest in Women’s health, and holds diplomas in both Gynaecology and in Sexual and Reproductive health. She runs a family planning clinic at Morris House Group Practice on a Monday afternoon, and is currently training in psychosexual medicine. She teaches sexual health courses to other GPs and enjoys teaching medical students and colleagues. She loves General Practice and finds it an honour to look after patients right through from birth to old age.
Dr Gino Amato
BSc MB BS DRCOG
GP Partner
Dr Amato first started working at Morris House Group Practice in 1987 and has been here ever since.
He spent 15 years working in the Cardiology Department in North Middlesex Hospital and 20 years in the Dermatology Department there, so his interests reflect these two specialities. He also has a long experience of injection therapy for various painful conditions such as shoulder, knee and elbow problems.
He is involved with the training of trainee GPs and some of these have gone on to become practice partners.
Dr Josh Hill
BM DRCOG DCH DFFP
GP Partner
As a student Dr Hill did a medical elective in trauma surgery in Chicago, USA. After graduating in 1998 he worked as a junior doctor in hospitals on the South coast of England, before moving to London, where he did a year of psychiatry.
Dr Hill then trained as a GP in Watford and did medical, gynaecology, paediatric and GUM/dermatology posts at Watford General Hospital.
He joined Morris House Group Practice in 2004. His special interests are :- children/babies, asthma/COPD, mental health and psychological therapy. He is currently training in injection therapy and cryotherapy.
Dr Nadina Hussain
BSc, MBBS, DGM, MRCGP
GP
Dr Hussain graduated from Queen Mary University of London in 2006 and completed her GP specialty training in 2011 under the Oxford Deanery. She has an interest in diabetes and has obtained the ‘Warwick Certificate in Diabetes Care’ in 2014. She has also obtained the ‘Diploma in Family, Sexual and Reproductive Health’ in 2011.
Dr Hussain is also a GP educator and is involved with teaching medical students from Kings College London.
Dr Roshaan Saloojee
BSc, MBBS, DGM, MRCGP
GP
Dr Saloojee trained as a GP at Morris House Group Practice. Since completing her training she works part-time here as a GP.
Dr Konstantinos Tzanidakis
MRCGP, MD, DDS, MSc (LSE)
GP
Specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Dr Tzanidakis is a GP at Morris House and also has a dual qualification as a doctor of medicine and a dentist. He has trained as an Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon and he is on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council and the General Dental Council. He has developed a special interest in Health Economics and he completed his MSc in Health Economics with the London School of Economics. He is keen to develop systems within the primary care that are both effective and cost efficient.
Paramedics
You may be offered an appointment with one of acute primary care paramedics, they are supervised by one of our GPs
Joshua Martin
Primary Care Paramedic
Joshua graduated from St George's University in London and has always been interested in GP and medical education.
In addition to seeing urgent care patients in GP he is adept at managing pediatric care and chronic asthma management.
Other Clinicians
Dr Peter Magennis
MPharm DipClinPharm PhD
Practice Pharmacist
Peter qualified as a pharmacist in 2009 and since then as worked between academia, primary and secondary care across a broad range of specialities.
He joined Morris House Group Practice in 2018 and provides clinical support to the medical team as well as providing clinics for patients with chronic diseases.
His clinical areas of interest are asthma, diabetes and anticoagulation. He manages the practice warfarin clinic.
Outside of work he enjoys exercise and fitness.
Charm Sheperd
Head Nurse
Charm Joined the practice in 2016 and since then has become the primary nursing provision. She looks after the childhood immunisations, dressings and the travel clinic.
Gill
Healthcare Assistant
Gill has been with Morris House Group Practice for over 30 years. She enjoys seeing patients in her role as a healthcare assistance and helping to manage the clinic facilities.
Mary
Healthcare Assistant
Mary supports the clinical teach as a healthcare assistant by seeing patients and working on reception.
Rhys Hislop
Primary Care Paramedic
Rhys graduated from Anglia Ruskin University in 2019 with a BSc (Hons) in Paramedic Science.
In addition to seeing urgent care patients in GP he is adept at managing muscular skeletal problems and minor injury's and illness' . He has an interest in Ear nose and throat and wound management.
