Dr. Patel joined North County Radiology Medical Group in 2009 and continues with San Diego Imaging Medical Group following their merger in 2013. He is Board Certified in Diagnostic Radiology with the American Board of Radiology.  Dr. Patel received his BS degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. He earned his MD at Chicago Medical School and completed a Transitional Internship Program at West Suburban Hospital in Chicago. He completed his residency at Harvard Hospitals, Mount Auburn Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital, and Fellowship in Body and Musculoskeletal Imaging at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.