Dr. Patel, a gastroenterologist at Massachusetts-based Middlesex Digestive Health & Endoscopy Center, has expertise in numerous areas of gastroenterology, including advanced interventional endoscopy procedures and therapies such as ERCP and ablative therapies for Barrett’s esophagus, endoscopic ultrasound and managing complex bariatric (weight-loss) procedures.

Dr. Patel was accepted out of high school into Northwestern University’s Honors Program in Medical Education—a joint acceptance to both the undergraduate program and the University’s Feinberg School of Medicine—and received his medical doctorate in 2012. While an undergraduate, he received the J.G. Nolan Scholarship, given to students who have excelled in their studies, and in later years was honored as a Liver Emerging Scholar by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and as a Chief Gastroenterology Fellow by the University of Michigan Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Dr. Patel is licensed to practice in Massachusetts and six other states.