Launch
Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
A/ MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS:
MB BS, MSc (Hons), MAcadMEd, MRCGP, FRCP, FFSEM (I), FFSEM (UK), DFFP, DCH, DipSEM (GB&I), Dip.Football Med.
B/ BIOGRAPHY:
Rick graduated in Medicine from Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals Medical School, King's College London (KCL), in 1999. He obtained his Master's degree in SEM (with distinction) from University College London (UCL) and FSEM(UK) intercollegiate faculty diploma in 2005.
He is a Consultant in Sport, Exercise & Musculoskeletal Medicine at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) NHS Trust in Stanmore.
He is also an Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science, UCL.
TRAINING:
Rick completed his early education in Singapore and subsequently studied at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, England.
He has trained in various NHS teaching hospitals within the UK.
Senior house officer (SHO) postings include: The Oxford John Radcliffe, Hammersmith, Northwick Park, Central Middlesex Hospitals, Park Royal Centre for Mental Health and St Luke's Hospice.
He was an honorary SEM research fellow at the Olympic Medical Institute (OMI) and University of Southampton in 2005, carrying out clinical research to determine levels of endogenous hGH-markers in injured athletes.
Rick is an accredited specialist in SEM, having completed the London Deanery 4-year run-through higher specialty training rotation and working an extra year as a senior registrar.
His specialty registrar (SpR) postings include: The Royal London, Whittington, University College, Homerton, St Mary's, Charing Cross, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) at Headley Court.
He is listed on the General Medical Council's specialist register and is a Fellow of the UK and Irish Faculties of Sport & Exercise Medicine. He is an accredited Musculoskeletal Sonographer.
ADDITIONAL ROLES:
Rick has been Clinical Lead for Rheumatology, Metabolic Bone Disease & SEM at RNOH since 2022. He is deputy chair for the RNOH medical staff committee and a Trust appraiser.
He is chair of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) SEM committee. He is also an RCPL Medical Specialties Board member.
Rick is a FSEM(UK) council member and examiner; he was previously chair of the FSEM(UK) Communications Committee.
C/ PRIVATE CLINIC LOCATIONS:
-North London & Hertfordshire (Elstree, Stanmore)
-Central London (Tottenham Court Road)
-East & SE London (Canary Wharf)
AVAILABILITY:
-Available for New patient and Followup private consultations, either in person or via remote consultation.
Areas of interest
Musculoskeletal medicine; Sports injuries; Dance injuries; Shoulder & Elbow pain; Hip pain; Knee pain; Neck & Back pain; Leg pain; Foot & Ankle pain; Overuse injuries; Tendinopathy; Myofascial Pain; Injection Therapies; Orthobiologics & PRP; ESWT (Shockwave); Compartment Pressure Testing; Acupuncture & Dryneedling; Diagnostic Ultrasound.
Medical secretaries
- Enquiries - Mia
- Pure Sports Medicine 15 Cabot Square London E14 4QT
- 020 3595 1234
- 020 7681 3192
- clinical.canary@puresportsmed.com
- Enquiries- Vicki & Aimee.
- Institute Of Sport Exercise & Health (ISEH) 170 Tottenham Court Road Fitzrovia London W1T 7HA
- 020 3488 9566
- 07788 787574
- 020 7691 9456
- admin@sportsphysician.uk
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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20365
Follow-up out-patient consultation - remote - (>50)
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20355
Initial out-patient consultation - remote - (1-5)
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W9030
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa with image guidance - unilateral - (1-5)
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A5755
Nerve Root Block +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) LUMBAR - (1-5)