Our Staff

GP Partners

Dr Neil Manttan

BSc MBBS DRCOG MRCGP (London 1999)

Special interests: Post graduate teaching and training, diabetes (type 2) & watching sport. Dr Manttan is also the Clinical Director of the NW Haringey Primary Care Network. Sessions: Monday morning, Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday morning, Friday morning.

Dr Amanda Sutton

MBChB (Bristol 1986) DRCOG DipFSRH MRCGP

Partner since 1991. Special interests: women's health, family planning (fits coils and implants), menopause, postgraduate teaching and training. LMC (Local Medical Committee) member. Ballet (watching not doing), cooking, and hiking. Sessions: Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning, Thursday afternoon, Friday morning

Dr Natasha Smeaton

MBBS (London 1995), MRCGP, DFFP, DRCOG, DipMedAcupuncture, PostGradCertMedEd

Specialist Interests: teaching and training, acupuncture, facilitator with the Time for Care team at NHS Improvement, camping and generally trying to keep up with my superfit family! Sessions: Monday afternoon, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning, Friday morning.

Associate GPs

Dr Alexandros Cambanis

BSc MD (Pennsylvania) MTropMed

Dr Cambanis has worked here since 2013. He speaks Greek, French and Spanish. Sessions: Monday morning and afternoon, Tuesday morning and afternoon, Thursday morning and afternoon

Dr Marina Hill

BM 1998 Southampton Special Interests: Osteoporosis

Dr Hill has been working here since 2005. She also speaks Serbo-Croat. Sessions: Wednesday morning and afternoon, Friday morning and afternoon.

Dr Marita Koumettou

MBBS MRCGP DFSRH DCH Special Interests: Paediatrics, womens health and contraception.

Dr Koumettou has been working here since 2012. Dr Koumettou can speak Greek. Sessions: Tuesday morning and afternoon, Wednesday morning, Friday morning.

Dr Lucy Jones

BSc (hons), MBBS, MRCGP

Dr Lucy Jones started work here in December 2018. Sessions: Tuesday morning and afternoon, Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning and afternoon, Friday morning and afternoon.

Dr Penny Zermansky

MBBS DRCOG DCH (London 1999)

Dr Penina Zermansky started work here in April 2019. Sessions: Mondays morning and afternoon, Tuesdays morning and afternoon, Wednesdays morning.

Dr Rona Lyon

MBBchir 2013 Cambridge University, MRCGP 2019

A previous GP trainee at this practice, Dr Lyon returned as an associate GP in Jan 2020. Special interests: Ophthalmology. Cooking. Open water swimming and other outdoor pursuits. Sessions: Monday morning and afternoon, Tuesday morning and afternoon, Wednesday morning,

Dr Jimmy Lam

Qualifications: BSc (hons), MBBS, MRCGP Special Interests: Care of Older People, Endocrinology, and piano. Sessions: Monday morning, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning and afternoon, Friday morning and afternoon.

Dr Peter Christian

BSc MBBS MRCGP (London 1979)

Dr Christian retired as a partner at the end of 2020 but is doing occasional surgeries during the pandemic. Special Interests: Mens Health. Information technology and Primary care. Wines of the Rhone valley, music and opera. Dr Christian was Chair of Haringey Clinical Commissioning Group until 2019, and is now one of the two clinical representatives for Haringey on the North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group.

Dr Anna Rosen

MBChB University of Edinburgh 2013, MRCGP, DFSRH, DRCOG

Dr Rosen started work here in January 2020. Sessions: Monday morning and afternoon, Wednesday morning and afternoon, Friday morning and afternoon.

Specialty Trainees

Our doctors train other doctors. As an accredited training practice, we have a number of qualified doctors who are completing their training in general practice.

Dr Aruna Goebells

Sessions: Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning and afternoon, Friday morning and afternoon.

Dr Rebecca Menashy

Sessions: Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning and Thursday morning.

Dr Kamal Mahomed

Sessions: Monday morning and afternoon, Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning and afternoon, Thursday morning, Friday morning.

Dr Joshua Kovoor

Sessions: Monday morning and afternoon, Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning and afternoon, Friday morning.

Dr Mustafa Farooqi

Sessions: Monday morning and afternoon, Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning and afternoon, Friday morning.

Dr Narges Mohmand

Sessions: Monday morning and afternoon, Thursday morning, Friday afternoon.

Nurses

We can help you with asthma checks, cervical smears, childhood immunisations, dressings, injections, travel vaccines and wound assessment and dressing. Please contact reception to book an appointment with one of our nurses.

Nivetthy Karunakaran

Nivetthy has been working with us since May 2016.

Rebecca Awodele

Rebecca has been working with us since October 2019.

Healthcare Assistants

We can help you with injections (like B12, flu, pneumococcal and shingles), dressings, removal of stitches, smoking cessation advice, specific Long Term Conditions management and blood tests (phlebotomy).

Carrie Cordery

Carrie has been with the Practice since December 2010. She enjoys the diversity of the work she does, and playing an integral role in improving patients' health & well being. Her interests outside of work include music, art, reading, camping, meditation, mindfulness, and charity work.

Shanika Blake

Shanika likes helping people, hence why she has recently become a Health Care Assistant. Her hobbies include doing Make-up and Hair, which she studied at Bedfordshire University, graduating in 2013. She is proud of being a parent and molding her kids into the best people they can be. Learning new things keeps her mind stimulated, and being surrounded by staff that push her to be a better Shanika.

Pharmacists

We have a team of pharmacists working with us at the practice that can help with managing medications for long term conditions (e.g. high blood pressure) to make sure they are working for you, and conduct yearly medication reviews and health checks. We also manage general medication enquiries, side effects, interactions and any other concerns. Any recommendations made by the Pharmacist will be discussed with your GP first.

Antoinette Aimufua

Antoinette started working at TMHP in September 2019. She studied Pharmacy at the University of Hertfordshire, and qualified 2010. Her personal interests are a love for travel, music, dance & movies.

Nurullah Yumsak

Nurullah graduated from University of Hertfordshire in 2015. His clinical interests are Type 2 diabetes and anticoagulation. He also enjoys travelling, cooking and DIY.

Reena Mandalia

Practice Management

Natalie Ker Watson is the practice manager and Neidson Pereira is the operations manager. They provide the operational management at the practice and works closely with the partners regarding our strategy and the wider context as well as the building's processes.

Natalie Ker Watson

Practice Manager

Natalie provides the operational management at the practice and works closely with the partners regarding our strategy and the wider context. You can contact Natalie via phone or by writing in if you have any feedback, comments or a complaint.

Neidson Pereira

Neidson is responsible for IT and facilities in the practice. He is a technology and games enthusiast and loves travelling.

Administration

Hasvina deals with all the work that needs to be done when a patient registers at the practice or moves to another area. She is also in charge of dealing with the mountain of post that arrives at the practice every day. Marina ensures that all the information that appears on patients notes is correct and runs checks that we are providing the best service possible for our patients. Chloe and Wahida are able to assist with enquiries about referral letters, insurance reports and other claim forms.

Chloe Mavrides

"I’ve been working at the practice for just over a year, and really enjoy working with the team here. I’ve learnt a lot and hope to progress further in the NHS. Outside of work I’m interested in art and design and have a keen interest in tattooing."

Wahida Said

Wahida started in November 2018, She loves Cooking, spending time with family & friends and going to the Gym. She studied Business & Marketing and graduated in 2016. She loves working at the Muswell Hill Practice because it is a very caring and friendly environment, we are all like one big family.

Hasvina Shah

Hasvina has worked at TMHP for more than 20 years. She is responsible for registering our new patients at the practice, and frequently trains new members of the administrative team.

Marina Socratous

Marina has been at the practice for 16 years - she loves cooking, baking and enjoys sketching her family, especially her grandchildren, and long walks with her dog.

Natalie Baker

Lydia Wall

Lydia started at reception support February 2021. She likes been helpful to others. She also loves looking after animals, walking, cinema and music.

Reception

Joyce is our Reception Team Leader. She is responsible for ensuring that everything runs smoothly in reception. Please take a look below to meet the team.

Sam Desai

Sam started working at TMHP 17 years ago, she loves reading, theatre and learning bridge. She also enjoys meeting lots of people, learning new skills in her job and working with many different people.

Emmy Horozova

Emmy fosters kittens, loves arts and crafts, and enjoy working with all the lovely people in the Muswell Hill Practice.

Anna Dacre

Anna started working at The Muswell Hill Practice early 2019 after studying Animal Conservation at Hadlow College. She is interested in baking, and possibly working with animals in the future

Angela Boachie

Angela joined us in November 2019. She has found working within the NHS amazing, and helping patients gives her a lot of joy. She is grateful to be a part of the team at TMHP.

Joyce Fordyce

Joyce is the Lead Receptionist at TMHP, she has worked here for 20 year and is well known to patients. She is responsible for the tight ship run at reception; when not in the surgery, she can be found tending to her allotment or walking her dogs in the Alexandra Palace area.

Nicola Callis

Nicola has worked for the NHS for 2 half years, she started working for The Muswell Hill Practice in June 2019. She is a happy, bubbly person who loves life and enjoying it with family and friends.

Lawrence Wess

"Enjoying first role in the NHS. Outside of work, I enjoy music and the arts, gardening and socialising with friends . I also volunteer and follow the fortunes of Haringey Borough Football Club."