Dr Tarun Solanki

Dr Tarun Solanki is a Consultant in General and Geriatric Medicine, with a wide range of expertise within the specialty. He qualified in medicine from the University of Wales in 1984 and, after specialising in geriatrics, obtained a Master's degree in Gerontology from King's College London.

He has worked at Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust for over 28 years and works part time at Musgrove Park Hospital. He also has a private practice at Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital. He has a special interest in peri- and post-operative management, and was pioneering in developing an orthogeriatric service at Musgrove Park Hospital. This award-winning service was recently ranked second out of 110 across hospitals in England. He also established the osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease services at this hospital.

Dr Solanki is a former chair of the England Council of the British Geriatrics Society. He has been active in the training of Specialist Registrars in his field, having been the Educational Supervisor for Specialist Trainees in geriatrics at his trust. He is an examiner for the MRCP examinations (Royal College of Physicians). His interests in research include osteoporosis, vitamin D and metabolic bone disease. He also has a passion for Safety and Quality in healthcare, and is involved in quality improvement programmes both within his trust and the British Geriatrics Society. He has a number of medical publications and has presented at National and International Conferences. At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic he wrote a blog on the effects on Covid-19 on older people and it remains the highest viewed blog on the British Geriatrics Society website.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Osteoporosis
• Metabolic bone disease
• Peri-operative care
• Parkinson's disease
• Stroke medicine
• Dementia
• Falls and funny turns
• Frailty syndrome
• Multi-organ disease in older people
• Non-specific medical illness