Rita Patel
Associate Dean, Clinical Medicine and Associate Professor
Qualifications: MD
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 1987
- BA, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
University of Delhi, Delhi, India 1986
- Study Abroad Program
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 1992
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Chapel Hill NC 1996
- Master of Public Health (MPH)
PostDoctoral Training
- Residency – Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston MA, Pediatrics 1994
- Residency – Duke University Hospital, Durham NC, Pediatrics 1995
- Fellowship – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC 1997
Preventive Medicine
Additional Training
- Department of Graduate Medical Education, William Beaumont Hospitals, Royal Oak MI 2014
Completed the Resident as Teachers Course. - William Beaumont Hospitals, Royal Oak MI 2017
Completed Stanford University Teaching Course.
Peer Reviewed
- Patel R, Kinsinger L. Childhood Immunizations: American College of Preventive Medicine
Practice Policy Statement. American Journal of Preventive Medicine . 03/1997; 13(2): 74-7.
9088441 - Forcier M, Patel R, Kahn JA. Pediatric residents’ attitudes and practices regarding
adolescent dating violence. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 11/2003; 3(6): 317-23. 14616043 - Hoffman B, CHAMP Study Group. The Community Health and Advocacy Milestones Profile
(CHAMP): A Novel Tool Linking Community Pediatrics and Advocacy Training to
Assessment of Milestones-based Competence in Pediatric Residency Training. Academic
Pediatrics. 03/2016. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2016.03.006 - Patel R, Foster T. Longitudinal Assessment of Physician Wellness during the COVID-19
Pandemic. Psychiatry Research. October 2022 Volume 316 PMID 35917651 - Greve K, Foster T, Pancoast R, Yarber C, Adams H, Patel R. Change in BMI in Children Over
the First 30 Months After the Start of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. Clinical Pediatrics. October
16, 2023
Non-Peer Reviewed
- Patel R. May you be the mother of a 1000 sons: The practice of sex selective abortion in
India. Carolina Papers in International Health and Development. 01/1996
Poster Presentations - Olvey S, Patel R. Introduction and use of TCB in the St Vincent Pediatric Clinic. St
Vincent Research Symposium. June 2021
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