Meet the Team

GP Partners

Dr Adam Crowther

Senior Partner

MB ChB 2004 (Leicester Warwick)
MRCGP
DipUMC RCSEd

Dr Lucy Pearson

Partner

MB ChB (Hons) 1993 (Leicester)

Dr Neil Hansford

Senior Partner

MB ChB 1988 (Leicester)
MRCGP
DAVMed, DOccMed 

GP Associates

Dr Catherine Ellis

GP Associate

MBChB 2002 (Leicester)
MRCGP
PGCert Med Hum

Dr Zia Zulfukar

GP Associate

MBBS 2007 (Shahjalal University of Science and Technology) 

Dr Simon Anniss

GP Associate

MBChB 2007 (Leicester)
MRCGP
BSc, MMedEd, DFSRH

Dr Maiella Apudo

GP Associate

MBBS 2009 (University of London)
MRCGP

Dr Kartik Mehta

GP Associate

MUDr 2009 (Masaryk University)
MRCGP

Dr Pooja Shetye

GP Associate

MB, BChir 2019 (University of Cambridge)

GP Registrars

Dr Ankur Aneja

Dr Zabreen Ahmed

ST3

MBBS 2020 (Medical University of Warsaw)
BSc (Hons) (University of Leicester)

Dr Salma Eltaib

ST3

Trained in Sudan and graduated in 2009. Has worked in family health in Oman. Moved to Leicestershire in 2022 for her GP training.

Dr Ahmed Khamis

ST3

Trained in Egypt and qualified in 2014. Has worked in Emergency Medicine in London. Moved to Leicestershire in 2022 for his GP training.

Dr Ahamed Fuward

ST3

Trained in Nepal and graduated in 2019. Moved to Leicestershire for his GP training.

Dr Abdul Karim Ismail

ST3

MBBS 2021 (Queen Mary University of London)
MSc, BSc (Hons), FHEA

Dr Maliha Asghar

ST3

Trained in Pakistan and qualified in 2015. Has worked in Emergency Medicine in Leicester Royal infirmary in 2022 . Started GP training in 2023 .

Dr Hira Rasheed

ST2

I completed my medical training from Pakistan in 2017. I did my internal medicine training in UAE along with MRCP in 2022 and  later moved to Leicestershire for my GP training in 2023.

Dr Samahir Ahmed

ST3

Education & Training
MBBS (2014) – University of Bahri, Sudan.
Diploma in Family Medicine (2016) – Egypt.
Professional Experience
General Medicine (2018–2022) – 5 years of clinical practice in Saudi Arabia
GP Specialty Training (2023–present) – Leicester, UK

Clinical Pharmacists

Nipali Gadhia

Clinical Pharmacist Lead

Pritesh Patel

Fareedah Dakri

Vedang Shukla

Beth Kane

Maariyah Sabat

Cara Fryer

Advanced Practitioners

Sue Legg

Advanced Practitioner

Abhishek Pancholi

Advanced Practitioner

Practice Nurses

Katie MacDonald

Practice Nurse Team Leader

Cathy Elliott

Debbie Blanchard

Suzanne Tagg

Louise Gaylor

Valerie Cain

Nurse’s Clerk

Health Care Assistants

Helen Joslin

HCA Team Leader

Sue Bryl

Phlebotomist

Beth Wagstaff

Heather Forster

Sharon Bell

Amanda McLeish

Rhiannon Webb

Management Team

Sara Kenrick

Practice Manager

Claire Southerington

Practice Manager

Karen Baker

Practice Finance Lead

Melissa Franklin

PA to Management Team

Patient Services

Bex Rodrigues

Patient Services Team Leader

Sharon Mason

Emma Cassidy

Lisa Williams

Jackie Smith

Victoria Veasey

Angela Hickman

Tessa Dawkins

Michelle Hopwood

Laura Marshall

Medical Administrators

Megan Spencer

Admin Team Leader

Rebecca Ferreira

Catherine Sharpe

Jo Simmonds

Julie Stapleton

Emma Longlands

Catherine Baker

Medicine Management

Fiona Williams

Meds Management Administration Lead

Tess Allen

Medicine Management