Dr S Patel: Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist, St Helier Hospital. General Rheumatology, metabolic bone disease, osteoporosis clinic.

Clinic: Alt Tuesday evening - Thursday evening - Friday evening

Contact numbers and Appointments

Outpatients 020 8337 6691

Secretary 020 8971 8033

Email sanjeev.patel@epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk

Current post (Since 1996)

Consultant Physician & Rheumatologist at St Helier Hospital

Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology at St George’s Hospital Medical School

Qualifications & Accreditation:

Bachelor of Medicine (BM) University of Southampton 1984

Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) London 1989

Doctor of Medicine (DM) University of Nottingham 1995

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) London 2000

European Specialist Register for GIM & Rheumatology 1996

Biography

I qualified from the University of Southampton in 1984. I have worked in a variety of hospitals in England and in New Zealand. Following training in general internal medicine I specialised in rheumatology. I have particular expertise in metabolic bone diseases such as osteoporosis.

Conditions that I commonly treat

Neck and back pain

Osteoarthritis

Osteoporosis

Polymyalgia rheumatica

Rheumatoid arthritis

Sciatica

Shoulder pain

Soft tissue problems such as tennis elbow and plantar fasciitis

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Lupus

I am also a general in-taking physician and can treat a wide variety of common medical problems.

Investigations available at St Anthony’s Hospital

St Anthony’s is an extremely well equipped to help me investigate and treat patients with bone and joint problems. As well as having facilities for blood tests and plain Xrays, the hospital has a state of the art MRI scanner and bone densitometer.

Information about MRI scanning

Information about bone density scanning

Health insurance companies

I am registered to see private patients with all the major health insurance companies such as BUPA, PPP, WPA, Norwich Union, Standard Life etc.