Sanjay Patel MA, MSc, MBBS, MRCPCH

Dr Patel's specific area of interest is antibiotic stewardship. In 2012, he introduced the first paediatric outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (p-OPAT) service in the UK. He is also a member of the BSAC OPAT standing committee and currently chairs the p-OPAT national working group, jointly run by the British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, and British Paediatric Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases Group. He is tasked to develop good practice guidelines for the introduction and delivery of p-OPAT services in the UK.

Dr Patel is a member of the patient management system, audit and national outcomes registry workstream, and the drug stability and testing workstream. Regionally (South of England), he has developed and implemented empirical antibiotic guidelines across the South of England.