Chairman
• President, British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO)
• Emeritus Consultant Paediatrician
• Past President, Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO)
Dr. Mehta retired as a Consultant Paediatrician at Bedford Hospital, having worked in the NHS for 36 years. He was tutor for Cambridge Deanery and University, national and overseas examiner for MRCPCH; PLAB examiner; council member RCPCH; chair regional Paediatric development group and strategic lead, South Asia for the RCPCH. He has presented several papers in national and international meetings. He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He was a member of a standards setting group, General Medical Council and Reviewer for Health Care quality Commission.
Ramesh founded BAPIO in 1996. Since then he has been at the helm of the organisation. It has become the biggest and most influential organisation of Ethnic Minority doctors in the UK.
He is one of the founders and past President of Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO) representing estimated 1.4 million Indian doctors practicing worldwide.
He is recipient of several awards including prestigious National Clinical Excellence Awards. He was HSJ top 50 BME leaders in the NHS for 2 consecutive years in 2013 and 1014 and HSJ top 100 clinical Leaders in the NHS in 2014. He has been awarded Honorary Fellowship of the RCPCH. He was recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2017 with an appointment of the officer of the Order of British Empire (OBE) for services to the NHS.
