Professor Kiran Patel

Kiran Patel graduated from Kings College, Cambridge University in 1993 and has been a practising Consultant Cardiologist in the Wes Midlands since 2005 where he clinically manages patients with all general cardiology conditions such as chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations, dizzy spells, blackouts, cardiovascular risk and prevention. He currently works at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire. In addition, his subspecialty interests are focussed on heart failure and sports cardiology (the athletic heart). He is a member of the FA Cardiology Expert panel which aligns to his expertise in Sports cardiology He was appointed an Honorary Professor at Warwick University in 2018. In the voluntary sector, he has been a trustee to the South Asian Health Foundation (the latter of which he was a founder member in 1999). He was also a trustee for 3 terms at the UK Health forum from 2003-12. He is a mentor for the Social Mobility Foundation which encourages and mentors students from deprived communities into the healthcare sector and further education. As a senior NHS leader he has managed significant transformational change not only in cardiac services but as Clinical Director at West Midlands Strategic Health authority (2009-11) and Medical Director for West Mercia PCT Cluster (20011-13) and he is now Medical Director for NHS England for the West Midlands. In healthcare policy and strategy, he has worked with NICE, the Royal Colleges and the Department of Health for over two decades. He has published papers and books and lectured widely on a national and international scale, not only in the field of cardiology, but more widely on social determinants and healthcare systems and strategy. Such expertise gleaned from both the NHS and voluntary sectors, led to him advising the Public Health Foundation of India on developing healthcare systems in 2009-10 and he also contributed to the Ministerial briefing for the UN Summit on non communicable disease in 2011. He currently sits on the board of the BMJ group to drive globalisation of education and training to achieve its mission of a healthier world. In his spare time, he loves sport – indeed, he holds a season ticket for West Bromwich Albion FC and when not running half-marathons he enjoys attending most WBA home matches with his wife and children.

Professor Patel specialises in cardiology and manages the range of cardiology conditions including angina/chest pain, cardiovascular risk and arrhythmias. He has a special interest in heart failure, cardiac rhythm disorders and also sports cardiology.