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Administrator Info
Name: Ms. J. Knapp
Phone: 612-626-1422
Fax: 612-625-6919
Email: [email protected]
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 480, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Summary
Dr. Patel received a BS in Molecular Biology from Vanderbilt University in 1996. He then attended Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, receiving a Doctor of Osteopathy degree in 2001. Dr. Patel then pursued residency in Internal Medicine at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University. He followed this with a clinical research fellowship at Winthrop University Hospital (Mineola, NY) from 2004-2006. In 2006 he joined the Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation fellowship at the University of Minnesota and in July 2010 became a faculty member of the Division. Dr. Patel is a physician-scientist researching oncolytic virus for lung cancer. In 2019, Dr. Patel became the associate program director for the hematology, oncology, and transplantation fellowship program. He also leads the experimental therapeutics phase I clinical program at the University of Minnesota.
DO, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Beth Ann Miller Award, Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, 2011
Co-Resident of the Year, McGaw Medical Center, 2001
UMN Outstanding Academic Mentor (2014, 2018)
American Society of Clinical Oncology, Member
American Association of Cancer Research, Member
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, Member
A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation, Board Member
Thoracic oncology; Experimental therapies; Head and neck cancer; Mesothelioma