Mumtaz Patel

Dr Mumtaz Patel is Consultant Nephrologist based in Manchester, UK. She is a Postgraduate Associate Dean for NHS England since 2016 and was elected as Vice President for Education and Training at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), London in 2023.

She graduated with Honours in 1996, from the University of Manchester. She obtained MRCP (UK) in 2000 and a PhD in 2006. She was appointed Consultant Nephrologist at Manchester University Hospitals in 2007. She has held various educational roles including Renal Training Programme Director, RCP Regional Advisor, Clinical Lead for Quality, JRCPTB (2016-2020) and RCP Global Vice President (2020-2023). She attained FRCP in 2011 and was awarded MSc in Medical Education with Distinction in 2014.

She was appointed as Postgraduate Associate Dean in 2016 and oversees the educational management of a number of trusts and schools in the North-West region. She is the educational research and scholarship lead and had developed a more programmatic themed approach to the research in the region. She is the regional lead for the NIHR academic programme.

Her educational research interests include Assessment, Doctors in Difficulty, Fairness in Education and Differential Attainment which she leads on nationally. She has published widely in Medical Education journals and presented at national/international conferences.