Brijesh Patel BSc, MBBS, MRCP, FRCA, PhD

Dr Brijesh Patel graduated with double distinction honours from University College London Medical School where he was also awarded a Sir Edward Meyerstein Foundation Scholarship for best aggregate performance during basic medical sciences (years 1 and 2). He initially trained in general internal medicine at the former Royal Postgraduate Medical School (Hammersmith Hospital) attaining MRCP during this time. He subsequently pursued Senior House Officer training in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, through Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals.
He was appointed as one of the first NIHR ‘Walport’ Academic Clinical Fellows within the Imperial School of Anaesthesia. During this time he successfully attained a prestigious Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship to undertake a PhD within the department at Imperial College London. His PhD investigated the role of tumour necrosis factor (TNF), long implicated in acute lung injury pathogenesis, and discovered that TNF-signalling triggers alveolar epithelial dysfunction in experimental lung injury through activation of death signals.
He held the prestigious Gold Medal for Research from the Intensive Care Society (UK) in 2011/12 for research undertaken during his PhD studies. He was also awarded institutional and regional prizes for his research. Having completed his PhD, he went on to complete advanced training in Intensive Care Medicine through the Royal Brompton and King’s College Hospitals. In 2014, he was appointed as a NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care.
He is as an honorary consultant at the Royal Brompton & Harefield as well as the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital adult intensive care units. He has clinical interests in cardiorespiratory intensive care and application of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) technologies. He is a member of the ECLS team at Royal Brompton hospital where he leads the ICU research programme.