Dr. Patel's Background
Overview
Dr. Patel is a board-certified outpatient clinical psychiatrist with emergency room and leadership experience. He provides psychotherapy and holds roles and degrees in business management and computer information systems. He holds a Doctor of Medicine from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Advanced Certificate in Management Information Systems, Master of Science in Business Management, Bachelor of Science in Information Systems, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Senior Attending Psychiatrist
Bassett Health
Cooperstown, N.Y. · September 2024–present
Non-profit community hospital system based in Central New York.
- Telepsychiatry for an adult outpatient service with a census of more than 360.
- Care for adults 18 and older, including neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depression, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, PTSD, and substance use disorders.
- Experience with short-term disability, federal Medicare disability, workers’ compensation, and FMLA.
- Supervision of nurse practitioners and junior attending psychiatrists, with informal didactics, case management, and case conferences.
- Virtual inpatient weekend coverage of a 15-bed unit, and chairman and outpatient chief call coverage.
- Medication management with psychotherapy, inside and outside Bassett.
- Collaborative care with primary care and neurology.
Psychiatrist and Managing Owner
Karat Health, Inc.
Queens, N.Y. · January 2018–present
New York City private practice providing direct care, consulting, and mentoring for psychiatrists in the business of healthcare.
- Medication management with and without split psychotherapy care.
- A group of three part-time board-certified psychiatrists.
- Diagnostic evaluations, treatment planning, neurocognitive testing, and second-opinion consults.
- Direct psychotherapy using supportive therapy, CBT, ERP, and insight-oriented therapy.
- Policy, scheduling, marketing, bookkeeping, revenue cycle, payroll, and insurance billing and authorization, in and out of network.
- Full-stack development of the practice website with Next.js, React, TypeScript, and related tools, including AI integration.
- Google Analytics, Google AdWords, Charm EHR, and Google Workspace.
Medical Director and Clinical Psychiatrist
CAPE Clinic at Commonpoint Queens, Inc.
Little Neck, N.Y. · July 2018–September 2024
Adult mental health treatment with a focus on geriatric care at a non-profit clinic.
- Care for adults 21 and older, most of them 65 and older, across neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depression, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, PTSD, and substance use disorders.
- Collaborative care with primary care and neurologists in the catchment area.
- Medication management with split psychotherapy care, diagnostic evaluations, clozapine treatment, metabolic monitoring, genetic testing, and controlled medications.
- Direct psychotherapy, including CBT, ERP, couples therapy, and insight-oriented therapy.
- Weekly case conferences, monthly incident review, and supervision of two nurse practitioners and a registered nurse.
- Prior authorizations, insurance appeals, disability applications, and second-opinion consultations.
- Psychotherapy supervision for social workers.
- Designed and deployed telemedicine in 2018, before SARS-CoV-2, on a hub-and-spoke model approved by the New York Office of Mental Health.
- Admitting privileges at Zucker Hillside Hospital.
Charge Attending Psychiatrist
Northwell Health / Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Queens, N.Y. · April 2017–September 2024
Per diem work in the adult emergency department, with admitting privileges at Zucker Hillside Hospital.
- Emergency evaluations for adults in a consult model, supervising psychiatry residents, nurse practitioners, and medical students.
- Charge attending for the shift, with a typical volume of 5 to 17 patients over 12 hours.
- Six-bed psychiatric observation suite with dedicated psychiatric nursing and security.
- Inpatient admission orders and initial treatment at Zucker Hillside Hospital.
- Use of New York Mental Hygiene Law sections 9.13, 9.39, and 9.27.
Contributor and Author
QxMD, Inc. (WebMD)
Vancouver, British Columbia · December 2017–2023
Content author and interface programmer for psychiatric content in Calculate, an online and mobile decision-support application.
- Mental health screening, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis content, built with JavaScript and proprietary tools.
- Content and development for instruments including 4AT, ACE, AIMS, AMT, ASRM, AUDIT, BARS, BFCRS, BIS, BPRS, BSDS, C-SSRS, CAGE, CRAFFT, CRDPSS, DAST, EDDS, EPDS, FIBERS, GAD-2, GAS, IQCODE, MDI, MDQ, MFQ, PACS, PANSS, PC-PTSD-5, PCL, PCL-5, PCL-C, PD-16, PDSS, PHQ-2, PHQ-4, RMS, SAS, SCARED, SCOFF, SDI-2, SDS, TBI, WHO-5, WURS, YBOCS, and YMRS.