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Made up of doctors, midwifes, nutritionists and more highly regarded specialists from a wide range of backgrounds, this team of experts are on hand to make sure Mother&Baby are providing the most up-to-date and accurate medical advice for our readers.
Doctors
Dr Ayanthi Gunasekera
Dr Ayanthi Gunasekera Ayanthi is a senior obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G) trainee (ST7) in North and East London at Barnet and Chase farm Hospitals NHS Trust. She has a keen interest in medical education and has a PG certificate in Medical Education.
Ayanthi has written patient information leaflets and guidelines and joins the London Gynaecology team as Medical Information Lead. In her spare time, she enjoys painting, gardening, knitting and crafting with her two young children.
Dr. Tiffany Pham
Dr. Tiffany Pham is a board-certified obstetrician and gynaecologist and medical advisor for Flo Health, based in Houston, Texas. Pham is passionate about helping women get access to necessary health services and medically-accurate health information and better understand their bodies.
Dr Alexis Missick
Dr Alexis Missick is an experienced General Practitioner who works with UK Meds. Dr Missick has worked in the NHS for over 10 years and has 6 years experience working internationally, mostly in the Caribbean. Her approach in General practice to prioritise helping patients better understand their health and engage in the process of improving it. She empowers her patients via patient education to share in their journey to better patient health and has lots of experience and knowledge relating to hair loss.
Midwives
Midwife Marie – The Modern Midwife
Midwife Marie, AKA, The Modern Midwife is MAM's in-house expert midwife. As a qualified midwife with over twelve years experience delivering baby's she knows her stuff when it comes to pregnancy and early baby development. Marie is also a mother of two and an author. She is dedicated to supporting parents in navigating their parenthood journey with her range of online courses and books, whilst breaking down scientific data into a digestible form for everyone to understand.