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The Man MOT (Monday Opportunity to Talk) online surgery is here every Monday evening from 6pm-11pm to offer men a free and secure service where they can talk to a GP anonymously, and in confidence.
Both the GPs taking part in Man MOT are fully qualified. Please see below for a full biography from each, as well as our visiting experts.
Dr Seema Jani has been a practising GP for 2 years. She trained to be a doctor at University College, London Medical School. Currently Dr Jani is working at a large surgery in Chelsea. Previously she has worked for the military and also in a rural practice in Buckinghamshire.
Dr Jani has experience working in all areas of general practice including adult psychiatry, cardiology, obstetrics, gynaecology and endocrinology. She has completed post graduate qualifications and attained the MRCP and MRCGP qualifications in 2005 and 2008 respectively. Her special interests are family planning and dermatology and she enjoys building lasting relationships with patients.
Dr Nishel Patel is the Senior Partner of a practice in leafy Buckinghamshire looking after over 8000 patients. Dr Patel trained to be a doctor at University College, London, qualifying in 2000. His postgraduate qualifications include a diploma in child health (DCH) and a merit award with the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP).
Dr Patel has experience in working in all areas of general practice but does have a particular interest in men’s health. He has also worked within occupational health medicine and has medico-legal experience.
Chris works as a relationship counsellor and psychosexual therapist for Relate, he specialises in online channels working in e-mail and online forums as well as working with clients in the face to face setting of a Relate centre.
He provides help via a regular ‘Sex Clinic’ forum on Netmums.com which is very popular. He is a father to four children.
Stephanie has worked as a relationship and sex therapist for 25 years and lectures in both of these areas in London, Edinburgh and Doncaster. Stephanie’s current work within Relate is in the area of online services at www.relateforparents.org.uk where her extensive experience in working with relationships has been used in developing Live Chat and in providing clinical supervision to the counsellors on the service.
Stephanie has appeared on national TV and local radio, and has a strong reputation for her online client work, especially in the field of sexual problems and addiction.