NIKHIL PATEL

• Over 30 years in clinical cardiology.

• Consultant Cardiologist – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust since 1998.

• Deputy Chief of Medicine and Cardiovascular Lead – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

• Visiting Consultant Cardiologist – Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Sussex County Hospital.

• Chairman of the Academic Board – Royal Society of Medicine (2019–2022).

• Research Interests

  • ​​​​​​​Cardiac devices management, heart valve disease, exercise heart function, and areas of clinical cardiology.

• Academic Roles

  • Senior Lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical Schools.

  • Co-supervisor for MSc and PhD research degrees.

• Visiting Professor and PhD Research Supervisor – Institute of Medical Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University.

• National Silver Award – In recognition of his contribution to the health service (2013).

Nikhil Patel is an experienced Senior Consultant Cardiologist practicing at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. He studied medicine at Guy’s Hospital Medical School, part of the University of London, qualifying in 1989 with an MB BS. Professor Patel conducted his cardiology training predominantly within the southeast at King’s College Hospital in London (1992–93), the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford (1993), Guy’s Hospital (1994–96), St Thomas’ Hospital (1997–98), and Eastbourne District General Hospital (1998). In September 1999, he was appointed as the youngest Consultant Cardiologist in the country and now works mainly as a consultant at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. He is a visiting Consultant Cardiologist at both Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.

Nikhil Patel specializes in general cardiology, including chest pain, heart failure, hypertension, and cardiac arrhythmias (atrial fibrillation and syncope). His subspecialty expertise lies in complex pacing, including cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), internal cardiac defibrillators (ICD), and coronary intervention (coronary angioplasty and stenting). He has pioneered new technologies with his eminent colleagues in East Sussex over the last 20 years. Many of these have been featured in both the local and national media.