Dr Michael Pelly
General Medicine, Infectious Disease, Vascular Surgery
Profile Summary
Qualifications
MBBS MSc (Clin Trop Med) FRCP DTM+H
Special Interests
General medicine, Diagnostic problems, Cerebrovascular medicine, TIA / Stroke, Hypertension, Vascular protection, Infections and post travel diseases, Fatigue and non-specific symptoms
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Consultation fees
Initial Fee: £300.00
Follow Up Fee: £200.00
My Practice
I approach each patient as an individual and give them plenty of my time. My consultations are based on a full examination of their history and appropriate tests.
Professional Biography
Dr Michael Pelly is a physician at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital specialising in general and acute medicine. He is the Lead Clinician in stroke medicine and is an honorary senior lecturer at Imperial College. {{ label }}
He qualified from St Marys Hospital in 1978. After 3 years of junior posts in London, he went to Baragwanath hospital (the Soweto General Hospital in South Africa) as a medical registrar for 2 1/2 years. Following this, he worked for a year as a doctor in the Ethiopian famine 1984-5.
On returning to England he spent eighteen months in General Practice, and then did a postgraduate MSc in tropical medicine prior to returning to hospital medicine as a senior registrar at the old Westminster Hospital.
He was appointed Consultant in 1992 and then moved with the hospital to the new Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He is an honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College and has always played an active role in the medical school.
Michael has a special interest in humanitarian action, particularly epidemic control and the management of crises and disasters affecting large populations. He has worked extensively in Africa and the former Soviet Union.
He recently left his role as Associate director in the International Office (Global Health) at the Royal College of Physicians after a 5 year tenure and has since become a council member of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and a trustee for the Tropical Health Education trust (THET).
He is also the Vice-Chairman of the International Forum of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. His current research interests are in international comparisons of stroke care health systems.
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COVID-19 Specific Projects / Groups
I ran a large international drug trial with colleagues at Chelsea and Westminster.
Career Highlights
My considerable international experience working in the humanitarian sector over 25 years, assisting in many countries with disasters, famines, epidemics and nutritional crises.
I was one of the founders of Medical Emergency Relief International and my other positions have included:
- Medical Coordinator at the Save The Children Fund
- Medical Coordinator and Senior Health Advisor to the International Federation Of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
Awards
I achieved a Bronze merit award from the NHS.
Memberships
I am a member of The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries and am a Medical Care of Catastrophes Diploma Examiner.
Other roles I have held include:
- International Director – Global Health, Royal College of Physicians Associate (2004–09)
- Trustee and Council member, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2009–13)
- Vice Chairman and Executive Board member, International Forum of Academy of Royal Colleges (2009–15)
- Trustee and Advisor, Tropical Health Education Trust (2009–15)
Publications
I have authored 16 publications and 4 book chapters.
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