Narendra Patel, Baron Patel
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The Right Honourable The Lord Patel KT FMedSci FRSE |
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| Chancellor of the University of Dundee |
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Assumed office 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Sir James Black |
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11 May 1938 Lindi, Tanganyika Territory |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Dally |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews (Queen's College, now University of Dundee) |
| Profession | Obstetrician |
Narendra Babubhai Patel, Baron Patel, KT, FMedSci, FRSE (born 11 May 1938) is a British obstetrician and cross bench peer, and Chancellor of the University of Dundee.
Patel was born in Lindi, Tanganyika Territory (now Tanzania), on 11 May 1938, of Indian emigrants and studied Medicine at Queen's College, University of St Andrews, (now the University of Dundee) graduating in 1964. He then proceeded to work for more than thirty years at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital, becoming a consultant obstetrician in 1974. Patel's clinical and academic interests include high risk obstetrics, premature labour, foetal growth retardation, obstetric epidemiology and quality of the standards of health and clinical provision.
Patel became a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1969, and a Fellow in 1988. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1999. He served as Chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges of Scotland 1994–95, and of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges of the UK 1996–98. He was President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists from 1995 to 1998, having been Honorary Secretary from 1987 to 1992 and Vice-President 1992–95.
Lord Patel was the Vice President of the charity Attend from 2012-2014 when he was elected President of the organization. He currently holds the position of President of Attend.
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