Rahul Patel is a Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics at the

University College Hospital, London. He is actively involved in the

training of higher surgical trainees on the London orthopaedic rotations

and is also a co-developer and course tutor on the MSc in Sports

Medicine, Exercise & Health at University College London. He is an

Honorary Associate Professor of University College London.

Rahul Patel qualified from The Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine. He trained in surgery at various London teaching hospitals

before undertaking a formal two-year research period culminating in a

higher degree from the University of London. His specialist orthopaedic

training was on the Middlesex/University College Hospital, London

rotation. Mr Patel then undertook subspecialist fellowship training in

reconstructive arthroscopy and sports orthopaedic surgery at the

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and at the

Steadman-Hawkins Clinic, Vail, USA.

He is a member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America

(AANA), International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and

Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS), the European Society of Sports

Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) and the International

Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS).

Mr Patel's main orthopaedic and research interests are sports

injuries, reconstructive arthroscopy/minimally invasive treatment and

joint preservation of the knee and hip.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

Patellofemoral stabilisation

Meniscal transplant

Meniscal repair

Meniscal augmentation

PCL reconstruction

Medial collateral ligament

Posterolateral corner reconstruction

Hip labral repair

femoroacetabular impingement

Adductor repair

Fat pad impingement

osteotomy around the knee

Proximal hamstring repair

Meniscal preservation

Multiligament injury

Joint preservation

Anterior cruciate ligament

Posterior cruciate ligament

Knee replacement

Partial knee replacement

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Patellofemoral instability

Cartilage preservation and regeneration

knee injections