Kieran  Patel, MD

Kieran Patel, MD

Instructor in Medicine

Kieran Patel, MD, is an Instructor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. He joined the Division in 2023, having previously served as Chief Resident for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Patel is Co-director of Education for Learners in the Division of Hospital Medicine and Co-director of the Gateway Medicine Conference task force. He is also an active member of the Division’s Education and Faculty Development Committees. He participates in a variety of roles, including the General Medicine Inpatient teaching service, the Procedure team, and Hospitalist Direct Care. Within the Internal Medicine Residency Program, Dr. Patel is a member of the Core Faculty and Co-director of Coaching and Remediation. Dr. Patel’s professional interests encompass medical education, mentorship, and clinical operations.

Education

  • BA: University of Delaware, Newark, DE (2012)
  • Medical Degree: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (2019)
  • Residency, Internal Medicine: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (2022)

Clinical/ Research Interests

Hospital medicine, inpatient care, clinical and diagnostic reasoning

Publications

Chopra R, Patel K, Rich MW. Preoperative Stress Testing Before Elective Arthroplasty: A Teachable Moment.  JAMA Internal Medicine. 2021 Oct 11;181(12):1633-1634.

Presentations

Patel K, Zhang K. Vascular Calcification is Associated with Symptomatic Heart Failure After Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy. Poster presented at: American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Conference. 2021 May 15-17; Atlanta, GA.

Patel K, Mortenson O. Optimization of Surface Biotinylation for Human Dopamine Transporter in the Study of Novel Monoamine Transporter Modulators. Poster presented at: Drexel University College of Medicine Discovery Day; 2015 Oct 8; Philadelphia, PA.