Brentwood Speakers

Please see individual profiles for full speaker biographies:

Mr Alagappan Sivaraman is a full-time private Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon. 

Dr Daya Ashok is a Consultant Rheumatologist based at the Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust

Mr Paul Chatrath is a Consultant ENT Surgeon with specialist interests in nose and sinus problems, allergy, cosmetic nasal deformities, children’s ENT disorders and snoring.

Dr Kannan Athreya is a Private GP with a particular interest in dermatology, minor surgery and advanced aesthetic procedures.

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Dayavathi Ashok

Consultant Rheumatologist | Essex

Dr Ashok completed her undergraduate and postgraduate study in General Medicine in India and came to the UK in 2000. She did her senior house officer training mainly in and around London and completed her MRCP in 2002. She completed her training in Rheumatology and General Medicine from Oxford Deanery in 2008.

Dr Ashok was appointed to the Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Chelmsford in July 2017 as a substantive Consultant Rheumatologist.
Before moving to Chelmsford, for 9 years she was a substantive Consultant Rheumatologist at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Durham. She was leading the Early Arthritis Service in her NHS Trust.

Dr Ashok has a special interest in Early arthritis, Connective tissue disease and wide range of Musculoskeletal disorders.

She also has expertise in treating conditions such as Soft tissue rheumatism, Osteoarthritis, Neck and Back pain, Carpal Tunnel syndrome, Osteoporosis, gout, polymyalgia rheumatic, temporal arteritis and chronic pain syndromes/Fibromyalgia.
 

Kannan Athreya

GP | Essex

Dr Athreya has a particular interest in dermatology, minor surgery and advanced aesthetic procedures, from wrinkle reducing injections and facial fillers to skin peels, threadlifts and microneedling. He completed the Diploma in Dermatology at Cardiff University in 2014, passing with distinction. He also achieved the Professional BTEC Award for Laser and Aesthetic Therapies in 2015. Dr Athreya has a keen interest in age management and preventative medicine.

Dr Athreya is passionate believer in the traditional family doctor relationship, working closely and having personal knowledge of patients and their families and being available and approachable at times of need.

Paul Chatrath

Consultant ENT Surgeon | Essex

Prof Paul Chatrath is a Consultant in ENT surgeon with an interest in nose and sinus problems, allergy, cosmetic nasal deformities, children’s ENT disorders and snoring. He practices in Essex and St. John & St. Elizabeth's Hospital in London.

Alagappan Sivaraman

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon | London

Mr Sivaraman is a full-time private consultant orthopaedic spinal surgeon. He specialises in spinal surgery with a main interest in degenerative disorders of the spine including back and neck pain.

Mr Sivaraman had fellowship training in the treatment of spinal deformity, inflammatory spinal pathologies (rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis), degenerative conditions of the neck and lower back, spinal tumours and infections eg spinal tuberculosis. 

He strongly believes in the active conservative management of various degenerative disorders with a team approach. As such he routinely offers various spinal injections including facet blocks, medial branch blocks, nerve blocks and radiofrequency rhizotomies. 

During his training Mr Sivaraman worked as a visiting spinal fellow in Germany, the United States and India. He completed his spinal fellowship training at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital and at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, Middlesex under both orthopaedic and spinal neurosurgeons. 

Mr Sivaraman worked as a consultant orthopaedic and spinal surgeon at Bart’s and The Royal London Hospital until late 2011. Now practising in the independent sector, he does continue to provide an NHS e-referral service for the management of back and neck pain patients. 

He is the author of a spinal chapter in a medical text book and has published papers and routinely presented at various international conferences and meetings. Mr Sivaraman is part of faculty higher specialty training courses (FRCS Orth) in the UK and abroad.