Payal Patel, MD

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Payal Patel, MD

Medical Specialties

Pediatric neurology
Neuro-infectious diseases
Post-COVID rehabilitation

Languages

English
Gujarati

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About Payal B Patel

Dr. Payal Patel is Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Washington. Dr. Patel is supported by a NIMH-sponsored K23 career development award to evaluate immunologic and imaging markers of cognitive outcomes in young adults living with perinatally-acquired HIV. She is the lead investigator of an NIH funded R01 study on advanced white matter neuroimaging in young adults living with HIV.

She is the site PI for the decades long NIH funded CHARTER Plus study on cognitive outcomes in older adults living with HIV. She is also a co-investigator in AHRQ grant to improve access to care for long COVID in the pacific NW. Her current research is dedicated to evaluating biomarkers to predict cognitive outcomes in young adults with HIV and pediatric COVID-19, including long Covid, and improving access to neurologic care. Dr. Patel is a practicing neurologist, caring for adults with HIV and children following COVID-19 and other infections.

Personal Interests

Dr. Patel enjoys traveling, reading books and spending time with her family.

Education and Training

Yale School of Medicine Dept. of Neurology

Fellowship, 2019, Pediatric Neurology
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Residency, 2016, Neurology
Dell Children's Hospital

Residency, 2013, Pediatrics
Dell Children's Hospital

Internship, 2012, Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine

Medical Education, 2011

Board Certifications

Neurology/Child Neurology, 2016, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology