Meet Your Superdrug Online Doctor Team
Online Doctors
Behind every prescription and treatment at Superdrug Online Doctor, there is always a GMC-registered doctor. This is because our patients are at the heart of everything we do, and it's our duty to make sure you always receive the right treatment that's safe and suitable for you.
We also guarantee your medications authenticity and safety as the Care Quality Commission regulates our clinical service, and our pharmacy is regulated by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
We take your healthcare seriously, and our team is a testament to this.
Medical Director – Dr Zenon Andreou
Bio: Dr Zenon Andreou studied at University College London. He specialised in Otolaryngology before training as a General Practitioner.
Accreditations: MBBS, BSc, MSc, MRCGP, MRCS
Specialist area: Primary Care, Digital Healthcare, Allergy
Clinical Lead for Service Development – Dr Babak Ashrafi
Bio: Dr Ashrafi studied at KCH, qualified as a general practitioner in 2007, and has special interests including sexual health, men's health, diabetes and women's health.
Accreditations: BSc, MBBS, MRCGP (2008)
Specialist area: Sexual health, men's health, diabetes and women's health
Online Doctor – Dr Charlotte Hammerton
Accreditations: BM, BS, BMedSci, MSc
Specialist area: Medical Education, Travel Medicine, Children’s Health
Online Doctor – Dr Lisa Carter
Accreditations: MBBCh, MRCGP, DFSRH, LoC IUT, LoC SDI
Specialist area: Sexual and reproductive health
Online Doctor – Dr Clair Grainger
Bio: Dr Grainger studied at the University of Edinburgh and worked in hospitals before becoming a GP. She has an interest in respiratory, and sexual and reproductive health.
Accreditations: MBChB, MRCGP (2017), DRCOG
Specialist area: Respiratory, sexual, and reproductive health
Online Doctor – Dr Nicholas Antonakopoulos
Bio: Dr Antonakopoulos studied at the University of London and trained as in Trauma and Othopaedic Surgery before becoming a GP.
Accreditations: MBBS, BSc
Specialist area: General practice
Online Doctor – Dr Emily Wimmer
Bio: Emily is a German doctor with a German and English license to practice.
Accreditations: MD, PhD
Specialist area: Internal medicine
Online Doctor – Dr Ulrike Thieme
Bio: Dr. Ulrike Thieme studied medicine at the Charité Berlin and the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. She completed her specialist training in neurology in 2018.
Accreditations: MD and PhD
Specialist area: Neurology
Online Doctor – Dr Sophie Albe-ly
Bio: Sophie is an experienced GP, and has worked both in France and the UK. Sophie moved to online medicine in 2016 and finds this new way of practising very rewarding.
Accreditations: MD
Specialist area: General practice, service development, chronic disease management, women's and men's health
Pharmacist – Marika Shimokawa-Kelly
Bio: Marika studied Pharmacy at University College London and completed her training in a community pharmacy in London. She has been practising as the pharmacist in an online mail order pharmacy since 2018.
Accreditations: MPharm
Medical Editor – Dr Brenda Ikeji
Bio: Brenda studied medicine at St Georges University of London and has most recently worked in John Radcliffe Oxford University Hospitals, covering acute and general medicine. Before her medical career, Brenda was a medical scientist in microbiology working in several NHS diagnostic laboratories across England. She has also completed her Masters in Public Health and MSc in Genomic Medicine. She is currently a GP registrar.
Accreditations: MBBS, BSc, MPH, MSc
Medical Editor – Dr Zoe Miller
Bio: Zoe initially studied biological sciences at Aston University, with an integrated placement year working as a mental health care assistant and volunteering abroad. After completing her first degree, she went on to study graduate-entry medicine at Warwick University. After graduating as a doctor, she worked within the West Midlands in Urology, Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Disease, and Psychiatry before transitioning into a full-time medical communications role. Zoe currently works as a freelance medical writer and editor for various health communications agencies, charities, pharmaceutical companies, and health organisations.
Accreditations: MBChB, BSc
Here when you need us most
While our doctors review each and every treatment we prescribe, there’s also so much more they do for our patients.
Did you know?
- You can message a doctor for free through your patient account if you have any queries regarding your health or a treatment
- We include aftercare with every prescription, so a doctor will be available to support you if you ever need it.
- Our doctors are continually sourcing the latest available medications and treatments to make sure you’ve always got the right medication available
So, if you do have a concern about your health or want to speak to a doctor about a medication, it couldn’t be simpler.
CQC Inspected
The latest CQC inspection found this service to be "safe, effective, caring, responsive, and well-led" with a Good rating. This inspection was conducted on 23th January 2023 and the results were published on the 11th April 2023. To find out more about this inspection, please see here. In line with GMC guidance on Good Medical Practice, all of our doctors have appropriate indemnity cover in place.
