Dr. Patel earned his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree from the New York College of Podiatric Medicine and completed his surgical residency under the mentorship of Dr. Guido LaPorta. He has been practicing since 1997. Dr. Patel is Faculty Attending Surgeon for the Ascension St. Joseph’s Surgical Residency Program and Fellowship Trainer for the Complex Deformity Correction & Microsurgical Limb Reconstruction at Ascension St. Joseph. He also serves as Faculty for Surgery Capstone at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science’s Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine. He is the Chief of Podiatry at Ascension Alexian Brothers.