Biography
DR RICHARD SEAH
MB BS, MSc (Hons), MAcadMEd, MRCGP, FFSEM, FFSEM(UK), DCH, DFFP, DSEM(GB&I), Dip Football Med
Consultant in Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM)
Musculoskeletal & Sports Injury Specialist
London, U.K.
BIOGRAPHY
- Dr Rick Seah is a medical consultant working in London. He is a Fellow of both the UK & Irish Faculties of Sport & Exercise Medicine. He is listed on the General Medical Council's specialist register and is doubly qualified as a generalist and hospital specialist.
[1] TRAINING & RESEARCH:
- Rick completed his early education in Singapore and subsequently attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire, England. He graduated with a medical degree from Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals Medical School, King's College London (KCL), in 1999.
- In 2005, he attained a Master's degree in Sport & Exercise Medicine (with distinction) from University College London (UCL) . In the same year, he also obtained the IABSEM intercollegiate Diploma in Sport & Exercise Medicine. He became a Member of both the UK and Irish Faculties of Sport & Exercise Medicine in 2006.
- Rick spent 12 years training in various NHS teaching hospitals and clinics in the UK. He is an accredited medical specialist in SEM, having completed the 4-year 'run-through' London Deanery specialty registrar training rotation (ST3-ST6) and subsequently working an extra year as a senior registrar (2007-2012).
- He was an honorary clinical research fellow at the Olympic Medical Institute (OMI) and University of Southampton (2004-2005). During this time, he was privileged to work with the GH-2004 research group (led by Professors Peter Sonksen and Richard Holt) and Dr Richard Budgett at the OMI to determine levels of endogenous hGH-markers in injured athletes. This was part of a global anti-doping strategy, since trialled at recent Olympic Games and adopted as the 'Biomarkers Test', to combat Growth Hormone abuse.
- Rick was recipient of the 2009 UKADIS Malcolm Read Scholarship in Sport & Exercise Medicine Award. He is an accredited musculoskeletal sonographer.
Selected SpR training posts:
- Whittington Hospital
- University College Hospital
- Royal London Hospital
- Mile End Hospital
- St Mary’s Hospital
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC Headley Court)
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH Stanmore)
- Homerton University Hospital
Selected SHO training posts:
- Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital
- Hammersmith Hospital
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Central Middlesex Hospital
- St Luke's Hospice
- Park Royal Centre for Mental Health
[2] MEDICAL EDUCATION:
- Rick has an interest in medical education and is an accredited Member of the Academy of Medical Educators (MAcadMEd). He has completed an M-level module in Educational Policy & Leadership at the University of Bedfordshire in 2011. He was granted a London Deanery Faculty Development Clinical Teacher Bursary in the same year.
- He previously organised the London Deanery School of SEM's inaugural and 2nd annual SEM Educational Conferences. From 2005-2007, Rick worked with GP Forum to lead on educational seminars in London for general practitioners travelling from across the country. In 2019, he was the main educational organiser for the Pure Sports Medicine #SEMMS2019 London Study Day.
- Rick has been an external lecturer on the University College London MSc in Sports Medicine, Exercise & Health course and Queen Mary University of London intercalated BSc in SEM course. He was previously a tutor for the British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine (BIMM) and the inaugural registrar representative on FSEM(UK) council (2008-2011).
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Rick is an examiner for the MFSEM(UK) faculty membership examination, Bath University & University College London MSc examinations. He previously examined for undergraduate medical student examinations at Bart’s & The London Medical School.
[3] PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
- Rick is Consultant in Sport, Exercise & Musculoskeletal Medicine (SEMM) at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust in Stanmore. He is also Clinical Lead for Rheumatology, Metabolic Bone Disease & SEMM at RNOH.
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He is an Honorary Sports Physician at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Rick consults privately at the Institute of Sport, Exercise & Health (ISEH) in central London; Pure Sports Medicine in Canary Wharf and The Wellington Hospital- Elstree Waterfront in Hertfordshire.
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Rick has experience of elite team care and was previously a Sports Physician working at the English Institute of Sport (EIS)- he was team doctor for British Fencing, GB Canoeing and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for GB Wheelchair Tennis. He has worked at the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games and was Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2015.
[4] CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Rick's clinical interests within the field of SEM include, but are not limited to:
- Anterior knee pain
- Back & neck pain
- Degenerative joint disease
- Exercise-induced leg pain (EILP)
- Injection therapies
- Musculoskeletal rehabilitation
- Myofascial pain syndromes
- Performance & dance medicine
- Physical activity & exercise prescription
- Soft tissue dysfunction
- Bone stress injuries
- Sports injuries
- Tendon, ligament and muscle injuries
- Work-related & overuse disorders
