GMC Number: 3431069
Year of fist qualification: 1991, University of Bristol
Specialty: Acute Medicine & Rheumatology
Clinical interest: Behcet's Disease, Vasculitis
Secretary: Sarah Thomas
Telephone: 0117 414 1140
Dr Samir Patel has been a Consultant Physician at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) since 2001, specialising in Acute Medicine and Rheumatology. He has a particular interest in Behcet's Disease and Connective Tissue Disease/Vasculitis. He was the first Consultant in Acute Medicine at North Bristol.
His management roles include Specialty Lead for Acute Medicine (2001 to 2011) and Clinical Director for Medicine (2011 and 2017).
Dr Patel has a significant interest in education and postgraduate training in particular, and has held the following posts:
- Training Programme Director, Acute (Internal) Medicine, Severn School Postgraduate Medicine 2008-12
- Training Programme Director, General (Internal) Medicine, Severn School Postgraduate Medicine 2008-16
- Associate Training Programme Director, General (Internal) Medicine, Severn School Postgraduate Medicine 2017-
He has previously been a member of Specialist Advisory Committee for Medicine, Royal College of Physicians (2008-2016) and is an external assessor (Quality and Training) for General Medicine for Wales (2008-).