He began his medical career in London, qualifying from Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals Medical and Dental Schools. He then undertook basic and higher surgical training in King’s College Hospital, Guy’s Hospital and St George’s hospital.
After finishing his training, Mr Patel went overseas to Brisbane to work under the guidance of Professor Bill Coman and Assoc/Prof Ben Panizza to perform Head and Neck Skull base surgery. Whilst in Australia, he volunteered for the Deadly Ears Foundation, travelling to rural areas performing operations for children living in deprived Aboriginal communities. Mr Patel returned to the UK for a further skull base and cochlear implant fellowship and locum consultant position in Addenbrookes Hospital Medical School, Cambridge.
Mr Patel regularly receives referrals from all over the UK and is one of a few skull base surgeons managing patients with skull base tumours that require endoscopic and microscopic approaches through the sinuses and ear bones into the brain. Mr Patel has performed over 5,800 operations.
Mr Patel has been the author of over 30 published peer reviewed research papers. He also reviews journals of Paediatric Allergy and Immunology and Skull Base subjects. He has presented (internationally and nationally) on 34 different specialist subjects of the ear, nose, throat and skull base.
Mr Patel trains and mentors both registrars and overseas fellows that arrive from other countries to learn skull base access surgery and microsurgery of the ear.
Mr Patel is married to an orthodontist and they have three young sons. Mr Patel enjoys participating in long range rifle shooting and was selected to represent England in the 2006 Melbourne, 2010 Delhi and 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. During these competitions, he won three Gold, Silver and two Bronze Medals.
