Consultant Profile

Mr Nimesh G Patel BSc (Hons), MBBS, MBA, FRCS (Tr&Orth)

Practising at: Ashford, Canterbury and Margate

Specialties: Knee Surgery, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Hip Surgery

Special clinical interests:
Total hip arthroplasty, Total knee arthroplasty, Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, Knee arthroscopy, Orthopaedic Trauma

Current NHS and /or university posts:
East Kent University Foundation NHS Trust

Year of first medical qualification and medical school attended: Imperial College London, 2008

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:
British Orthopaedic Association, British Association for Surgery of the Knee, British Hip Society

Background Information

Mr Patel is a fellowship trained specialist trauma and orthopaedic hip and knee surgeon. His surgical expertise revolves around aspects of hip and knee surgery, including trauma, arthritis, joint preservation, as well as revision arthroplasty. He completed his specialist training on the South West England rotation. Following this he went onto complete the prestigious Ling Hip Fellowship in Exeter UK, and complex knee fellowship at Guy’s Hospital in London UK.

He has also completed travelling trauma fellowships at the Shock Trauma Centre in Baltimore USA, and Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard) in Boston USA.

His key endeavours are to improve precision and outcomes in hip and knee arthroplasty surgery, and works closely with the charity Versus Arthritis as an ‘MSK champion’ advocating for patients suffering in pain.