05 Apr DR NAT PADHIAR MSc PhD FCPodS FFPM RCPS(Glas) Biography
DR NAT PADHIAR
DR NAT PADHIAR MSc PhD FCPodS FFPM RCPS(Glas)
Consultant Podiatric Surgeon & Honorary Reader
Email: nat.padhiar@londonsportswise.co.uk
Tel: Secretary (Máirín McGuinness) 0044 20 8504 4546
Nat Padhiar was appointed Consultant Podiatric Surgeon at The Royal London Hospital between 1991-2011. He has a private practice at London SportsCare, The London Independent Hospital http://www.londonsportscare.co.uk/ and European SportsCare, 27 & 68 Harley Street, London http://www.europeansportscare.co.uk
He is also an Honorary Reader, Internal Examiner, Co-course leader and Module Leader in the Centre for Sports & Exercise Medicine (CSEM), William Harvey Research Institute, St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of the Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, London University. In the last 2 decade he has supervised over 150 research projects submitted by MSc and iBSc students in SEM.
Nat Padhiar was part of Medical Service Team, the Clinical Lead and Team Leader for Podiatry at The London 2012 Games and was based in the Polyclinic, Olympic Village in Stratford for the entire period of Olympic & Paralympic Games 2012.
Nat holds membership of various surgical and SEM institutions. Nat is on the Editorial Board of the Sports Medicine section of Grand Rounds, the online medical journal and is also on the review panel for SEM and Foot Surgery journals.
Clinical interests: (1) Foot Surgery, (2) Foot & Ankle problems in Sport, (3) Exercise Induced Leg Pain in Sport, (4) Image guided lower limb injections, (5) Sports Medicine & Injury of the Lower Limb, (6) Assessing Mechanism and Biomechanics of lower limb sports injury, (7) Dynamic intra-compartment pressure investigation for Chronic Exertional Compartment
Syndrome; with special interest in achilles tendinopathy.
Nat Padhiar is a keen sportsman continuing to play cricket, tennis and taking part in endurance sport (34 marathons). He has represented Uganda School boys at cricket. In his professional capacity he has been part of the medical team and has attended World Student Games (1991), Commonwealth Games (2002), Island Games (2003), Everest Marathon (1993,1995), Mongolian Sunrise to Sunset Marathon (2001-2003), Daily Telegraph/British Brain & Spine Foundation London Marathon Team (1999-2007), London Triathlon (2005) and London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games (2012).
He is not formally attached to any professional football, rugby or athletic clubs but, many clubs refer their sportsmen to him at his private clinics at London Independent Hospital and Harley Street.