Dr Sanjeev Patel Consultant Physician & Rheumatologist
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.
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.
Contact numbers and Appointments I have two clinics per week at St Anthony’s Hospital
