Mumtaz Patel

| profession = Physician

| profession = Physician

| field = [[Nephrology]]

| field = [[Nephrology]]

| work_institutions = [[Leeds General Infirmary]]<br>[[Wythenshawe Hospital]]<br>[[Manchester Royal Infirmary]]

| work_institutions = [[Manchester Royal Infirmary]]

| specialism = [[Kidney disease]]

| specialism = [[Kidney disease]]

| research_field = [[Lupus nephritis]]<br>[[Medical education]]

| research_field = [[Lupus nephritis]]<br>[[Medical education]]

}}

}}

'''Mumtaz Patel''' is a British [[nephrologist]] based at the [[Manchester Royal Infirmary]] and NHS England post-graduate associate dean in the north-west. During her tenure as vice president of the [[Royal College of Physicians]] (RCP) between 2020 and 2023, she played a key role in creating the Global Women Leaders Programme, which supports female physicians in achieving leadership positions. The following year she became the RCP's acting president, and in 2025 she was elected that institute's president.

'''Mumtaz Patel''' is a British [[nephrologist]] and the president of the [[Royal College of Physicians]] of London. She is also NHS England post-graduate associate dean in the north-west since 2016 and the RCP's senior censor. Between 2020 and 2023 she was the RCP's global vice president and vice president for education and training between 2023 and 2025. Patel was initially appointed as acting president in 2024, following the resignation of [[Sarah Clarke (cardiologist)|Sarah Clarke]], before being elected in April 2025.

==Early life and education==

==Early life and education==

Mumtaz Patel was born in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], [[Lancashire]], to parents who migrated from India in the late 1960s.<ref name=AGM2024>{{cite news |title=AGM address |url=https://www.rcp.ac.uk/media/uowehuu3/agm-address-2024.pdf |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=Annual General Meeting RCP 2024 |agency=Royal College of Physicians |date=10 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417152640/https://www.rcp.ac.uk/media/uowehuu3/agm-address-2024.pdf |archive-date=17 April 2025}}</ref> After completing her early education in inner city Preston, she gained a place at the [[University of Manchester]] to study medicine and graduated from there in 1996.<ref name=AGM2024/><ref name=MRI>{{cite web |title=Manchester Royal Infirmary |url=https://mft.nhs.uk/mri/consultants/dr-mumtaz-patel/ |website=Manchester Royal Infirmary |access-date=17 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417152008/https://mft.nhs.uk/mri/consultants/dr-mumtaz-patel/ |archive-date=17 April 2025}}</ref>

Mumtaz Patel was born and grew up in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], [[Lancashire]], to parents who emigrated from India in the late 1960s.<ref name=AGM2024>{{cite news |title=AGM address |url=https://www.rcp.ac.uk/media/uowehuu3/agm-address-2024.pdf |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=Annual General Meeting RCP 2024 |agency=Royal College of Physicians |date=10 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417152640/https://www.rcp.ac.uk/media/uowehuu3/agm-address-2024.pdf |archive-date=17 April 2025}}</ref> After completing her early education in inner city Preston, she studied medicine at the [[University of Manchester]], graduating in 1996.<ref name=AGM2024/><ref name=MRI>{{cite web |title=Manchester Royal Infirmary |url=https://mft.nhs.uk/mri/consultants/dr-mumtaz-patel/ |website=Manchester Royal Infirmary |access-date=17 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417152008/https://mft.nhs.uk/mri/consultants/dr-mumtaz-patel/ |archive-date=17 April 2025}}</ref>

==Career==

==Career==

Patel completed her [[pre-registration house officer|house jobs]] at the [[Manchester Royal Infirmary]] and [[senior house officer|senior house jobs]] at [[Leeds General Infirmary]] and [[Wythenshawe Hospital]].<ref name=MRI/> She subsequently pursued a career in [[kidney disease|renal medicine]].<ref name=Vats2025>{{cite news |last1=Vats |first1=Aparna |title=First Indian-origin woman elected President of UK's Royal College of Physicians |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/uk-news/story/doctor-mumtaz-patel-appointed-president-royal-college-of-physicians-uk-daughter-indian-immigrants-2710345-2025-04-17 |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=India Today |date=17 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417091827/https://www.indiatoday.in/world/uk-news/story/doctor-mumtaz-patel-appointed-president-royal-college-of-physicians-uk-daughter-indian-immigrants-2710345-2025-04-17 |archive-date=17 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref> In 2003, while a [[specialty registrar]], the [[Wellcome Trust]] funded her PhD which was awarded in 2006 in Manchester for her research into the genetics of [[lupus nephritis]].<ref name=AGM2024/><ref name=MRI/> In 2007 she was appointed consultant at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.<ref name=AGM2024/><ref name=MRI/> In 2012 she became NHS England post-graduate associate dean in the north-west.<ref name=MRI/>

Patel was a [[pre-registration house officer]] at the [[Manchester Royal Infirmary]] and [[senior house officer]] at [[Leeds General Infirmary]] and [[Wythenshawe Hospital]].<ref name=MRI/> She subsequently pursued a career in [[kidney disease|renal medicine]].<ref name=Vats2025>{{cite news |last1=Vats |first1=Aparna |title=First Indian-origin woman elected President of UK's Royal College of Physicians |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/uk-news/story/doctor-mumtaz-patel-appointed-president-royal-college-of-physicians-uk-daughter-indian-immigrants-2710345-2025-04-17 |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=India Today |date=17 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417091827/https://www.indiatoday.in/world/uk-news/story/doctor-mumtaz-patel-appointed-president-royal-college-of-physicians-uk-daughter-indian-immigrants-2710345-2025-04-17 |archive-date=17 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Patel has cited her mother as her inspiration for studying medicine and was inspired to become a nephrologist due to early childhood experiences of witnessing her uncle from Zambia with diabetes and end stage renal failure having dialysis at home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukkidneyhistory.org/challenges/diversoty-discrimination/my-background-and-my-experiences-in-nephrology-mumtaz-patel/|title=My background, and my experiences in nephrology -Mumtaz Patel |publisher=UK Kidney History|date=26 May 2025|last=Patel|first=Mumtaz}}</ref> In 2003, while a [[specialty registrar]], the [[Wellcome Trust]] funded her PhD which was awarded in 2006 in Manchester for her research into the genetics of [[lupus nephritis]].<ref name=AGM2024/><ref name=MRI/> In 2007 she was appointed consultant at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.<ref name=AGM2024/><ref name=MRI/> In 2012 she became NHS England post-graduate associate dean in the north-west.<ref name=MRI/>

From 2020 to 2023 Patel served as the RCP's vice president.<ref name=Vats2025/> During that time Patel played a key role in creating the Global Women Leaders Programme, which supports female physicians in achieving leadership positions.<ref name=Imtiaz2023>{{cite book |last1=O'Conell |first1=Olivia |last2=Frain |first2=Anna |editor1-last=Imtiaz-Umer |editor1-first=Shehla |editor2-last=Frain |editor2-first=John |title=ABC of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Healthcare |date=2023 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |location=Hoboken |isbn=978-1-119-87530-7 |pages=45–46 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L2-7EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 |language=en |chapter=6. Women in healthcare}}</ref> Her efforts in that field earned her [[EMMS International]]'s [[Global Women in Healthcare Award]]s in 2024.<ref name=Emms2025>{{cite web |title=Global Women in Healthcare Awards |url=https://www.emms.org/global-women-in-healthcare-awards-2025#:~:text=The%20Awards%20recognise%20the%20value,lthcare%20and%20strive%20for%20excellence. |website=EMMS International |access-date=18 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418173036/https://www.emms.org/global-women-in-healthcare-awards-2025 |archive-date=18 April 2025 |language=en |date=2025}}</ref><ref name=NHSE>{{cite web |title=NHS England North West doctor honoured in prestigious international award |url=https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-west/2024/03/20/nhs-england-north-west-doctor-honoured-in-prestigious-international-award/ |website=www.england.nhs.uk |access-date=16 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250416151120/https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-west/2024/03/20/nhs-england-north-west-doctor-honoured-in-prestigious-international-award/ |archive-date=16 April 2025 |date=20 March 2024}}</ref> In the same year, following the resignation of the then RCP president [[Sarah Clarke (cardiologist)|Sarah Clarke]], Patel was appointed that institute's acting president.<ref name=AGM2024/><ref name=Vats2025/> She was elected the RCP's president in April 2025.<ref name=Kmietowicz2025>{{cite journal |last1=Kmietowicz |first1=Zosia |title=Mumtaz Patel promises to modernise RCP after being elected president |journal=BMJ |date=15 April 2025 |volume=389 |pages=r769 |doi=10.1136/bmj.r769 |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/389/bmj.r769 |access-date=16 April 2025 |language=en |issn=1756-1833|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

From 2020 to 2023 Patel served as the RCP's global vice president.<ref name=Vats2025/> In 2022, she played a key role in creating the Global Women Leaders Programme, which aims to support female doctors in achieving leadership positions. The programme has run workshops in Pakistan, Jordan, and Iraq.<ref name=Imtiaz2023>{{cite book |last1=O'Conell |first1=Olivia |last2=Frain |first2=Anna |editor1-last=Imtiaz-Umer |editor1-first=Shehla |editor2-last=Frain |editor2-first=John |title=ABC of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Healthcare |date=2023 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |location=Hoboken |isbn=978-1-119-87530-7 |pages=45–46 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L2-7EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 |language=en |chapter=6. Women in healthcare}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/Mumtaz%20Patel%20Presentation.pdf|title=Spring Educators Conference Global Women Health Leaders: Unleashing their potential|publisher=North West Postgraduate Medicine and Dentistry|last=Patel|first=Mumtaz|date=2023}}</ref> Patel was elected the RCP's senior censor and vice president for education and training in April 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-media/news-and-opinion/rcp-elects-new-senior-censor-and-vice-president-for-education-and-training-as-well-as-five-new-councillors/|title=RCP elects new senior censor and vice president for education and training, as well as five new councillors|date=27 April 2023|publisher=Royal College of Physicians}}</ref> She received "The Outstanding Leader Award" at the [[EMMS International]]'s [[Global Women in Healthcare Award]]s in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emms.org/post/the-results-global-women-in-healthcare-awards|title=The Results: Global Women in Healthcare Awards|date=11 March 2024|publisher=EMMS}}</ref><ref name=NHSE>{{cite web |title=NHS England North West doctor honoured in prestigious international award |url=https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-west/2024/03/20/nhs-england-north-west-doctor-honoured-in-prestigious-international-award/ |publisher=NHS England|access-date=16 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250416151120/https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-west/2024/03/20/nhs-england-north-west-doctor-honoured-in-prestigious-international-award/ |archive-date=16 April 2025 |date=20 March 2024}}</ref> In the same year, following the resignation of the then RCP president [[Sarah Clarke (cardiologist)|Sarah Clarke]] in June, Patel was appointed acting president.<ref name=AGM2024/><ref name=Vats2025/> Clarke had resigned after 80 RCP fellows and five of the six senior officers (including Patel) had expressed a vote of no confidence in her leadership over her management of the college's policy towards [[Physician assistant|physician associates]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q1291|date=11 June 2024|accessdate=11 June 2024|title=RCP president is asked to resign over handling of physician associate row|journal=The BMJ}}</ref><ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-media/news-and-opinion/rcp-president-steps-aside|title=RCP President Steps Aside|date=19 June 2024|publisher=Royal College of Physicians}}</ref> The King's Fund conducted an independent learning review into the RCP's extraordinary general meeting in March 2024 on physician associates and found that there was a "pervasive lack of trust and confidence in the College's governance", "a lack of due process" in conduct of the members' survey, inability of the college to "listen and respond effectively to member issues", and "broader cultural and behaviour issues".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/projects/rcp-independent-learning-review|title=Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Independent Learning Review|publisher=The King's Fund|date=10 September 2024|last1=Buckingham|first1=Helen|last2=Perera|first2=Kathryn}}</ref> As acting president, she accepted in full the findings and vowed to improve.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-media/news-and-opinion/rcp-responds-to-the-king-s-fund-learning-review/|title=RCP responds to The King’s Fund learning review|date=10 September 2024|publisher=Royal College of Physicians}}</ref> Patel was elected the RCP's president by fellows in April 2025 with 2,239 votes out of 5,151 with a turnout of 36.3%.<ref name=Kmietowicz2025>{{cite journal |last1=Kmietowicz |first1=Zosia |title=Mumtaz Patel promises to modernise RCP after being elected president |journal=BMJ |date=15 April 2025 |volume=389 |pages=r769 |doi=10.1136/bmj.r769 |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/389/bmj.r769 |access-date=16 April 2025 |language=en |issn=1756-1833|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcp.ac.uk/media/gwwjbjmb/rcp-presidential-election-2025-stv-details.pdf|title=RCP Presidential Election STV Details|date=14 April 2025|publisher=Royal College of Physicians}}</ref>

==Selected publications==

==Selected publications==