Áreas de interés

  • Prevención y detección del cáncer de colon
  • Trastornos esofágicos
  • Gastroenterología general
  • Trastornos del intestino delgado

Procedimientos

Additional Languages

  • Gujarati

Embracing the dyad leadership model which partners physician and business leaders, Dr. Patel serves as President of United Digestive and serves on the Board of Directors. Prior to assuming the role, Dr. Patel first served as Vice President of Clinical Development, followed by the position of Chief Strategy Officer. He is currently a partner physician and also serves as a member of the physician executive committee for Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates. Dr. Patel represents United Digestive on a national level as a board member of the Digestive Health Provider Association (DHPA) and as a member of the American College of Gastroenterology’s Practice Management Committee.

Dr. Patel graduated magna cum laude and was a Presidential Scholar in Finance and Banking at the University of Georgia. He then graduated cum laude from the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, where he received the prestigious Academic Achievement Merit Scholarship. Dr. Patel later completed his internal medicine residency and gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship with the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Education. While there, he was named Assistant Professor of Medicine. He currently holds academic appointments with both Emory University School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine.

El Dr. Patel ha aprovechado su formación en finanzas junto con su sólida experiencia clínica para presentar y publicar ampliamente sobre el futuro de la gastroenterología y las asociaciones de capital privado. Además, ha publicado numerosos estudios clínicos en revistas revisadas por expertos y ha sido coautor de varios capítulos de libros, incluido un capítulo de la prestigiosa obra Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease de Sleisenger y Fordtran.

El Dr. Patel se unió a Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates en 2014.

Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Fellowship, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2014

Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Fla.
Residency, 2011

Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.
Doctor of Medicine, 2008

University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
Bachelor of Business Administration, 2004

Universidad de Georgia, Beca Presidencial, 2000 - 2004

Universidad de Georgia, Magna Cum Laude, 2004

Facultad de Medicina de Morehouse, Cum Laude, 2008

Beca al Mérito de la Facultad de Medicina de Morehouse, 2008

Clínica Mayo, Premio de Investigación para Residentes, 2009

Clínica Mayo, Profesor Adjunto de Medicina, 2014

Ten GI Leaders to Know, Becker's ASC Review, 2022

Hábitat para la Humanidad, 5 años

Programa de asistencia financiera de Northside, 6 años

Me encanta viajar al extranjero con mi mujer y mis dos hijos pequeños, probar nuevos restaurantes y los deportes (¡especialmente el fútbol americano de la UGA!).

Colegio Americano de Gastroenterología (ACG)

Asociación Americana de Gastroenterología (AGA)

Sociedad Americana de Endoscopia Gastrointestinal (ASGE)

Comité Nacional de Gestión de Prácticas

Miembro de la Junta de la Asociación de Médicos de Salud Digestiva (DHPA) ACG

Me atrajo el campo de la gastroenterología porque combina de forma única los principios de la medicina interna con la capacidad de lograr cambios significativos mediante procedimientos mínimamente invasivos.