Vishal Patel, M.D.
Titles and Appointments
Professor
- Endowed Title
- Yin Quan-Yuen Distinguished Professorship in Nephrology
- School
- Medical School
- Department
- Internal Medicine
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Vishal Patel, MBBS, is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Division of Nephrology.
Originally from India, Dr. Patel obtained his medical degree from P S Medical College in India and completed internal medicine residency training at Northwestern University in Chicago. He then completed advanced training through a clinical nephrology fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Following his clinical training, he studied kidney genetics and primary cilia biology as an NIH-funded Physician-Scientist trainee at UT Southwestern.
Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in nephrology, Dr. Patel joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2008 as an Assistant Instructor. He was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2009 and then Assistant Professor tenure-accruing in 2010. He became an Associate Professor with Tenure in 2018.
Dr. Patel's research interests include polycystic kidney disease, RNA therapeutics, and RNA metabolism. He has two patents for PKD treatment. He has also given lectures regionally, nationally, and internationally on PKD. He has published several research articles, reviews, and editorials on his findings.
Dr. Patel is a member of the American Society of Nephrology.
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