Dr Israa Al-Shakarchi 2022-10-06 Person 5 5 0

Dr Israa Al-shakarchi is my elderly father’s rheumatologist. She is one in a million doctor, attentive, caring, takes a real interest in the patient and carefully explains so that a lay person can understand. Her attention to detail goes beyond the remits of her own specialty. She incredibly spotted a small suspicious lesion on my father’s earlobe that I had barely noticed and recommended getting it checked out by dermatology urgently. It was cancer, fortunately caught early before it had spread, surgery done and now healing nicely. I owe a debt of gratitude to her. I can’t say I received the same attentive and precise care from the dermatology consultant a few weeks later. He barely looked up when speaking, didn’t explain what he suspected it could be and we had to resort to a conversation with the GP at a later stage. May God bless Dr Israa Al-shakarchi. She is a gem NHS, look after her. A grateful carer/daughter.