Himanshu Patel
Consultant telephone:
020 7566 2989
Area(s) of specialism / subspecialism:
Paediatric
Year of first medical qualification:
1997
Location of initial medical training:
Gujarat, India
Further key experience:
Fellowship certificates in paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus from The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
Former experience as medical staff (i.e. consultant)/faculty in paediatric ophthalmology at IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Former experience as a consultant ophthalmologist at various hospitals including Apollo Hospital in India
Date joined Moorfields:
19 July 2010
Membership of professional /national/regional bodies:
AAPOS (American Association for Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
All India Ophthalmological Society
Indian Medical Association
Current NHS/university posts, whether full/part time, and starting year:
Consultant ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital and the Royal London Hospital; full-time substantive post (2010)
Research interests:
Retinopathy of prematurity
Strabismus
Languages spoken:
English, Gujarati and Hindi