Staff
Doctors
Dr Sophie Harvey
BA, MA, MBBS, DCH, DRCOG, MRCGPSH
Dr Harvey is a GP partner at Lister House. She achieved her postgraduate diploma in Musculoskeletal medicine with Distinction. She now works as the lead doctor for the MSK service.
Dr Sandy Khosla
MB ChB (Manchester 1993) MRCGP
Dr Khosla has worked as a GP for 23 years in Derby. He is the academy doctor at Derby County Football Club.
He has a diploma in sports and exercise medicine and is an accredited trainer at the Football Association St George's Park, for the management of pitch side trauma.
Dr Eshan Peiris
MBBS, DRCOG, DFSRH, Cert La Vas, MRCGPEP
Dr Peiris is a GP partner at Village Surgery and has been working as a GP for more than 11 years. He has been working at MSK service since 2010. He moved in to General practice while completing his Trauma and Orthopaedics postgraduate training. He has experience in Orthopaedics, Vascular, and Plastic Surgical specialities.
Dr Peiris is a NHS England accredited GP with special interest (GPSI) who delivers local-anaesthetic surgical procedures in the community including a vasectomy service. He is also a clinical director for Derby City South PCN.
Dr Chris Wright
Dr Wright has worked as a GP in Derby since 2006 and since 2016 has developed his interest in Sports and Exercise medicine including completing an MSc in 2017. He is lead team doctor for Coventry Rugby Club and affiliated GP to Derbyshire County Cricket Club.
Physiotherapists
Ruth Humphry
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, MCSP, HCPC
Extended Scope Practitioner
Ruth graduated as a physiotherapist from the University of Birmingham in 2003. She spent 2 years in Dudley grounding her knowledge in orthopaedics, musculoskeletal, neurological and geriatric rehabilitation.
She went on to specialise in musculoskeletal and community rehabilitation working mainly in the South West/Wales and in the East Midlands. She joined the MSK team in 2010 and has since qualified to do joint and soft tissue injections.
Guy Johnson
BSc(Hons) Physiotherapy, MCSP, HCPC, MSOMM
Extended Scope Practitioner
Guy has worked as a physiotherapist since graduating from Sheffield Hallam University in 2006. He has been part of the MSK service since its formation in 2009. The majority of his early career was spent moving up the ranks in the Derby County Football Club where he eventually reached the 1st Team Assistant Physiotherapist position. He then moved on to be Head Physio at Burton Albion Football Club for a time, until family commitments led him into the MSK role full time.
Clinically, he has interests in acute injuries, acupuncture, joint mobilisation and myofascial release techniques.
His post graduate qualifications include a Diploma Musculoskeletal medicine and advanced practice injection therapy. He is currently balancing his MSK CATS role alongside a First Contact Physiotherapist position within Lister House Surgery.
Josh Conway
BSc Physiotherapy, MCSP, HCPC
Extended Scope Practitioner
Josh graduated as a physiotherapist from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2012.Since then, he has worked mainly in a private practice for a large national organisation, with a special interest in musculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions. This has also included working on NHS MSK contracts and occupational health work across the East Midlands.
He has also worked in rugby and football part time alongside his full time MSK job, working with the academies for both Leicester Tigers and Leicester City, before stopping due to family commitments. He now continues to work part time privately since joining the MSK CATS team.
Becky Yates
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, MCSP, HCPC
Physiotherapist
Becky qualified from Coventry University in 1998 and started her first job at Leicester Royal Infirmary where she developed an interest in musculoskeletal and orthopaedics. Becky has worked in the NHS and in Private Practice over the last 22 years, in and around Leicester and Leicestershire and currently spends one morning a week providing physio in a specialist GP practice for people who are homeless in Leicester.
Alongside her main interest in musculoskeletal, Becky also has an interest in Women’s Health Physiotherapy.
Gemma Adams
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, MSC MCSP, HCPC
Extended Scope Practitioner
Gemma graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 2004. Following graduating she initially worked for the NHS , to include working in mental health and in the community. She then went on to working mainly in private practice for the majority of her career. Gemma also spent some time in the army reserves as a physiotherapist and working for Derby Rugby Club. She completed her MSC in Manual Therapy in 2013.
Mo Khalid
Physiotherapist
Mo graduated as Physiotherapist in 2012, training at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. Since then, he has worked in mixture of settings including private practice, DWP, occupational health and primary care.
His core experience is dealing with musculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions. Alongside working at MSK CATS, he is also a First Contact Physiotherapist in the East Staffordshire area.
Management Team
Becky Spooner
MSK Manager
Andrew Smythe
Business Practice Manager
Administration Team
Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and Physiotherapists. They also perform other important tasks such as dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.
Emily Crawford
Secretarial and Administration Support
Usha Kharbal
Secretarial and Administration Support
Yazmin Derbyshire
Secretarial and Administration Support
Denise Hudson
Secretarial and Administration Support
Carole White
Reception and Administration Support