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Dr Leena Patel MB, BS, MD, MRCP(UK)

Clinical Senior Lecturer in Child Health

Academic Unit of Child Health
Booth Hall Children’s Hospital
Manchester
M9 7AA

 

Research

I am a member of the Institute of Health Sciences (IHS) Child Health Research Network

My research interests are growth and endocrine problems in children with chronic diseases.  I have expertise in managing children with cystic fibrosis, atopic disease and endocrine problems.

I am also interested in Undergraduate medical education including medical student research projects.

I am also a member of the Institute of Health Sciences Diabetes and Obesity Research Network. My research interests in this area include obesity and glucose intolerance in childhood: prevention and management.

Keywords

Child Health

  • Long-term/chronic illness

Diabetes & Obesity

  • Childhood diabetes
  • Childhood obesity
  • Chronic disease management
  • Exercise
  • Health Promotion
  • Metabolic syndrome/insulin resistance
  • Patient self-management
 

Methodological Knowledge

Child Health

  • Audit
  • Quantitative
  • Surveys

Diabetes & Obesity

  • Audit/Evaluation
  • Case control studies
  • Cohort studies
  • Quantitative
 

Publications

2011

  • Patel L, Clayton PE. (2011). Section 7. Investigation of the slowly growing child. In Wass JAH, Stewart PM (Ed.), Oxford Textbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes. Oxford: Oxford University Press. eScholarID:135525
  • Leena Patel, Andrew Whatmore, Jill Davies, Narinder Bansal, Avni Vyas, Isla Gemmell, John Oldroyd, Kennedy Cruickshank, Peter Clayton. (2011). The influence of IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and ethnicity on growth, adiposity and blood pressure over 4 years of life in British born children of South Asian and Western European origin. Presented at European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology. Glasgow. eScholarID:135524
  • Straw C, Bradley D, Patel L. (2011). The spectrum of outcomes for clinician tutors attending a workshop on PBL. Presented at 1st International Conference on Faculty Development in the Health Care Professions. Toronto. eScholarID:135523
  • Brockbank S, David TJ, Patel L. (2011). Unprofessional behaviour in medical students: questionnaire study comparing perceptions of healthcare professionals and the public. Medical Teacher, 33, e501-e508. eScholarID:135521 | DOI:10.3109/0142159X.2011.599450

2009

  • 6. Murray PG, Hague C, Fafoula O, Gleeson H, Patel L, Banerjee I, Raabe AL, Hall CM, Wright NB, Amin R, Clayton PE. (2009). Likelihood of persistent GH deficiency into late adolescence: relationship to the presence of an ectopic or normally sited posterior pituitary gland. Clinical Endocrinology, 71, 215-219. eScholarID:135520 | DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03554.x

2007

  • Patel L, Cavazzoni E, Whatmore AJ, Carney S, Wales J, Clayton PE, Gibson A. (2007). The contributions of plasma IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and leptin to growth in extremely premature infants during the first two years. Pediatr Res, 61( 1), 99-104. eScholarID:1d18735 | DOI:10.1203/01.pdr.0000250036.34522.f1

2006

  • Ellison JA, Patel L, Foster PJ, David TJ, Clayton PE. (2006). Pattern of growth from infancy to adulthood in atopic dermatitis. British Journal Of Dermatology, In Press 2006, eScholarID:1d33951

2004

  • Patel L, Clayton PE. (2004). Growth and glucocorticoids. In Martini L (Ed.), The Encyclopaedia of Endocrinology and Endocrine Diseases. (pp. 371-377). Elsevier Inc. eScholarID:135526
  • Birkebæk NH, Patel L, Wright N, Grigg J, Sinha S, Hall C, Price DDA, Lloyd IC, Clayton PE. (2004). Optic nerve size evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging in children with optic nerve hypoplasia, multiple pituitary hormone deficiency, isolated growth hormone deficiency and idiopathic short stature. Journal of Pediatrics, 145, 536-541. eScholarID:1d10159 | DOI:10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.06.041

2003

  • Ryan S, Gregg J, Patel L. (2003). Core Paediatrics. London: Hodder Arnold. eScholarID:135527
  • Birkebaek NH, Patel L, Wright NB, Grigg JR, Sinha S, Hall C, Price DA, Lloyd IC, Clayton PE. (2003). Endocrine status in patients with optic nerve hypoplasia: relationship to midline central nervous system abnormalities and appearance of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis on magnetic resonance imaging. J Clin Endocr Metab, 88(11), 5281-6. eScholarID:1d8149

2002

  • Patel L, Buck P, Dornan TL, Sutton A. (2002). Child Health and Obstetrics and gynaecology in a problem based learning curriculum: accepting the limits of integration and the need for differentiation. Med Educ, 36(3):, 261-71. eScholarID:1d6522

2001

  • Patel L, Wales JK, Kirbirige MS, Massarano AA, Couriel JM, Clayton PE. (2001). Symptomatic adrenal insufficiency during inhaled corticosteroid treatment. Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 85, 330-334. eScholarID:1d1771

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