Dr. Patel received his undergraduate degree in biomechanics at the University of California Los Angeles.  He then went on to complete a master’s in healthcare administration at California State University Los Angeles.  He then completed medical school at Michigan State University in East Lansing.  After completing a medical degree, he completed a 4-year residency at the University of California Irvine. In his last year of residency, he was the Chief Resident.

Dr. Patel has been in practice for over 20 years.  He is currently board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.  He is also subspecialty boarded in Brain Injury Medicine and has prior board certifications in Pain Medicine and Spinal Cord Injury Medicine.

Dr. Patel’s philosophy is to see the patient is a whole person and not just a diagnosis or body part.  His belief is that disease processes affect a person’s quality-of-life and that a patient should be treated as a whole person to account for the physical, mental, emotional effects of the disease process impacts.  He believes the patients should participate in the recovery process.  That together with Dr. and the patient worked as a team.  Then to look at alternative treatments and decide risks versus benefits together.  That the eventual goal is to improve functionally and have a better quality-of-life despite the diagnosis or injury.  Figuring out the proper diagnosis includes overall improving success and patient outcomes and care.  In this way the impact of chronic pain or other disease processes can minimize the impact on the patient’s quality-of-life and function.  With his unique qualifications and multiple wart backgrounds Dr. Patel has multiple tools to help look at diagnosis and treatment in unique way.