7 Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California.6 Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York Department of Ophthalmology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York Unit of Macula, Oftalvist Clinic, Valencia, Spain.5 Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4 Eye Clinic, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science "Luigi Sacco", Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.Electronic address: 3 Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York Department of Ophthalmology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel. 2 Westmead and Central (Save Sight Institute) Clinical Schools, Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.1 Westmead and Central (Save Sight Institute) Clinical Schools, Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.2006 – 2010 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, PA.2010 – 2015 HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL/ MIT, DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY.2016 - 2019 ROSKI EYE INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CA.
2019 - 2021 WILLS EYE HOSPITAL / MID-ATLANTIC RETINA, PHILADELPHIA, PA.Patel enjoys reading science fiction, hiking, cooking Indian food, and spending time with his wife Tiffany an oculoplastic surgeon, whom he met during their mutual residency training. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Texas Medical Association, Tarrant County Medical Association, and American Society of Retina Specialists. Patel has contributed to the diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration sections of the 8th edition of the Wills Eye Manual. He has co-authored over 25 peer-reviewed publications on secondary lens fixation, retinal detachment repair, diabetic macular edema, and “wet” age-related macular degeneration. Patel has served as a co-investigator on over 20 clinical trials studying the treatment of “dry” and “wet” macular degeneration, retinal vein occlusion, diabetic macular edema, and retinal detachment repair. He was a faculty instructor in Ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University, where he supervised the next generation of resident physicians in the clinic and the operating room.ĭr. During his fellowship, he served on the retina service of Wills Eye Hospital. Patel completed a fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at Wills Eye Hospital, the nation’s first and top-ranked eye hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his residency training in Ophthalmology at the Los Angeles County Hospital. Patel matched at the nationally-ranked Roski Eye Institute at the University of Southern California (USC). During his clinical rotations, he discovered his passion for surgery and ophthalmology.Īfter graduation from Harvard Medical School, Dr. Patel was awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical (HHMI) medical research fellowship, performing translational research at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, focusing on developing new chemotherapies.
Patel jointly attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Medical School to pursue his medical studies as part of the Health Science and Technology (HST) program. He wrote his master’s thesis on original translational research that he performed on molecular drug development for gastrointestinal cancers. Patel obtained a Master’s degree in Chemistry within his four years of study.
He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he triple-majored in biochemistry, economics, and biophysics, graduating with Summa Cum Laude honors and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Petersburg, Florida, where he graduated as valedictorian of his International Baccalaureate class at St. Patel approaches clinical care as an art, espousing a patient-centric philosophy tailoring the treatment to the needs of each patient and their disease.ĭr. He is highly skilled in the latest surgical treatments of macular pucker, macular hole, floaters, retinal detachments, vitreous hemorrhage, and secondary lens fixation, among other procedures. He specializes in the medical evaluation and treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusions, and other vitreoretinal disorders. Patel is a board-certified, fellowship-trained vitreoretinal specialist.
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