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
• Digital Health
• Patellofemoral instability
• Cartilage preservation and regeneration
• Knee injections