Dr Sanjay Suman

Dr Sanjay Suman is a Consultant Geriatrician and expert witness at Medway NHS Foundation Trust, where he has worked as a consultant since 2007, and has served as Clinical Director for Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Neurology since 2018. His principal areas of expertise include frailty, complex multimorbidity and acute geriatric medicine, with specialist interests in falls and syncope, osteoporosis and fragility fractures, sarcopenia, malnutrition, polypharmacy and cardiometabolic disease in older adults.

With nearly 30 years of NHS experience and over 18 years at consultant level, Dr Suman manages older patients with acute and chronic medical conditions across inpatient, outpatient, community and acute frailty settings. His current practice includes frailty ward cover, Frailty Same Day Emergency Care and participation in the acute frailty on-call rota. He has particular expertise in comprehensive geriatric assessment, capacity assessment, medication optimisation, rehabilitation, advanced care planning and end-of-life decision-making in patients with severe frailty and complex comorbidities.

Alongside his clinical practice, he provides senior clinical leadership and governance across geriatrics, rheumatology and neurology and has led the development of specialist frailty services and modern acute frailty pathways.

Dr Sanjay Suman has undertaken medico-legal work since 2026, accepting claimant instructions in clinical negligence, personal injury and professional regulatory / fitness to practise matters. He provides screening and advisory opinions and reports addressing breach of duty, causation, and condition and prognosis.

His medico-legal expertise is particularly relevant to cases involving older and medically complex adults, including issues concerning frailty, multimorbidity, falls and syncope, osteoporosis and fragility fractures, medication management and functional prognosis. His specialist knowledge also encompasses capacity assessment, rehabilitation, advanced care planning and end-of-life decision-making, enabling him to consider complex questions concerning an individual's clinical condition, management, functional outcome and prognosis where these fall within his expertise.

Dr Suman’s clinical interests centre on the complex needs of older adults, particularly where multiple conditions interact to affect health, independence and functional ability. He has a particular interest in comprehensive geriatric assessment, bringing together medical, functional and cognitive considerations to support clinical decision-making in patients with complex needs.

A significant focus of his practice is the assessment of falls and syncope and the management of factors that increase vulnerability in later life, including osteoporosis, fragility fractures, sarcopenia, malnutrition and cardiometabolic disease. He also has specialist expertise in medication optimisation and polypharmacy, where treatment decisions may be complicated by multiple co-existing conditions.

His practice additionally encompasses capacity assessment, functional prognosis and rehabilitation, alongside advanced care planning, palliation and end-of-life decision-making for patients with advanced comorbidities. These areas require careful consideration of an individual’s overall health, function and treatment priorities.

Dr Suman remains actively involved in teaching, research, quality improvement and national and international professional education. He has also contributed to the development of a structured CESR programme supporting consultant career progression and has received multiple clinical excellence and leadership awards.