Our Team

Mr Michael Stafford

Mr. Michael Stafford graduated from the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1986 and was awarded MRCOG in 1993 and MD in 1998. He became a Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London in the year 2000 where he is currently Chairman of the Hospital Medical Staff Committee. Michael is also the surgical member of the Riverside Ethics Committee, Director of the North West Thames advanced post-graduate training modules and an undergraduate interviewer, examiner and tutor for Imperial College.

He has published and contributed to a wide range of specialist publications covering his specialist areas of general gynaecology, colposcopy, urogynaecology and infection including sexually transmitted disease. As a Medical Research Council research fellow he was awarded his MD thesis in 1998, concerning methods of preventing HIV transmission. He has also written a book on doctor/patient communication in gynaecology with 150,000 copies sold. Michael is clinical lead for the Urogynaecology Service at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital as well as running a busy general gynaecology and pregnancy control service.

Mrs Sheela Purkayastha

Mrs Sheela Purkayastha graduated from the University of Calcutta in 1969 and gained her MD in 1974 from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. She obtained her MRCOG in 1982 and FRCOG in 1997 and was awarded FFFP from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 2006.

She has over 25 years experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and now practices solely in gynaecology. She has worked in teaching hospitals in India as well as in Iran before moving to the UK in 1980 and speaks 3 Asian languages as well as Persian. In the UK she has worked in both district and teaching hospitals, most recently The Chelsea & Westminster Hospital in West London.

Mrs Purkayastha specialises in general gynaecology with special interest in colposcopy, menopause, PMT, cases with PCO, contraception and family planning. Her book on Post Reproductive Gynaecology is widely used by medical students, trainee doctors, nurses and general practitioners.

Miss Christine Robinson

Main Clinical Interests - all methods of contraception, menopause, well woman screening, HPV vaccination and medical gynaecology.

Christine Robinson graduated from Cambridge University in 1982. She trained in Gynaecology and Reproductive and Sexual Health in London (St Thomas' Hospital and St Mary's Hospital) and Cambridge (Addenbrooke's Hospital) gaining the MRCOG in 1990, the MFSRH in 1994, FRCOG in 2003 and FFSRH in 2006.

Her first Consultant appointment was in Bedfordshire where she was also the Trust Medical Director and Clinical Governance Lead. Currently she is a Consultant in London (Southwark PCT), and consults at the Lister Hospital, Chelsea.

Christine took up office as the President of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) in 2008 and is also a member of the RCOG Council. She has taught extensively both in undergraduate and post graduate curriculum. Publications include those on clinical topics and clinical governance.

She offers a holistic service combining aspects of sexual and reproductive health with medical gynaecology producing individualised tailored care for each patient.