Dr Patel graduated from Cambridge University with a Masters in Natural Sciences and subinternship at Harvard University. His postgraduate training was predominantly in Leeds with additional observerships at Wythenshawe and Royal Papworth Hospitals and a peri-CCT fellowship in complex devices.  Dr Patel is currently in a substantive post at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, a NHS and military hospital which is a quaternary referral centre and one of the largest teaching sites in England. 

​

He is proficient in all aspects of adult cardiology including presentations with palpitations, breathlessness, chest pain and dizziness.  He has subspecialty interests in cardiac devices (pacemaker/ICD/CRT) with >1000 implants, heart failure, cardio-oncology and preventive cardiology (including management of traditional risk factors).  

​

Dr Patel has a distinguished academic background with a PhD in Medicine (funded by British Heart Foundation), PGC in Clinical Education (with Distinction) and BSE accreditation in Echocardiography (2016 and 2021).  He also has international board accreditation in cardiac devices (CCDS).   

He is an active educationalist with >100 publications (see homepage link for full list) and sole authorship of a book titled 'Cardiology at its Core' published internationally in 2023.   Dr Patel currently sits on the Education Committee for British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) and lectures on cardiac rhythm management nationally and across Europe.  He is also a member of UHB NHS Trust's Clinical Ethics group and a medicolegal expert.

​​

He can undertake consultations in English, Gujarati and Hindi.

​