Dr Shaima Villait is a General Practitioner practicing in Chelsea. She qualified from Imperial College in 1998 and completed post graduate specialist training in Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, General Medicine, Psychiatry and Accident and Emergency in top London Teaching Hospitals. She obtained Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2003.

She believes in the importance of a family doctor’s role in providing a holistic approach for patients. Having lived and worked abroad, in Hong Kong and Dubai, she has a keen interest in International medicine, ensuring her patients are provided with the best care available in London and internationally. She has worked in the Chelsea area for ten years.

She specialises in all aspects of family medicine, including child health, adolescent health, men’s health, women’s health and psychiatry. Using all her specialist experience she also thinks it is important to look at patients as a whole, looking for the root cause of their symptoms discussing their lifestyle and nutrition as part of her assessment where appropriate. She has excellent relationships with World Class Specialists across all fields of medicine and surgery, and can contact them urgently when required.

Dr Villait is the Deputy Chair (Primary Care) for the BMA Private Practice Committee and she is also the GP Chair for the Independent Doctor’s Federation.

She is married and has two teenagers and understands the importance of having a healthy work life balance.

Dr Villait is a keen runner, enjoys yoga, travelling, cinema and going to the theatre.