Dr. Chirag Patel

Medical Training

Academic Appointments

Honors & Awards

• William H. Falor Award for Outstanding Resident Research and Presentation, Summa Health System | 2004
• American Medical Student Association Project Grant, UMD-NJ | 1999
• Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar, State of NJ | 1993
• National Merit Commended Scholar | 1992

Certification & Licensure

• Pennsylvania | 2011
• New Jersey | 2010
• Illinois | 2007
• Arizona | 2006
• Massachusetts | 2005
• Diplomat, American Board of Ophthalmology | 2006

Research Experience

• University of Arizona College of Medicine
  A Randomized Study of the Safety and Efficacy of FG-2216 in Subjects with Renal Anemia Not
  Requiring Dialysis and Not Receiving Recombinant Human Erythropoietin. April 2007 - November 2007
• Joslin Diabetes Center
  Examining effects of drug model, tyrosine kinase receptor inhibitor, on retinal vascular permeability and
  leukostasis in diabetes-induced rats. October 2005 - May 2006
• Summa Health System, Department of Ophthalmology
  Compared relation of intraocular pressure measurement devices to corneal thickness readings. November 2003 - June 2004
• Cornea and Laser Eye Institute, Teaneck, NJ.
  Compiled data for a multicenter clinical study of Conductive Keratoplasty. January 2001 - February 2001
• Stanford University VA Spinal Cord Injury Center
  Analyzed analgesic effects of functional magnetic stimulation on sacral nerves in rats. June 1996 - August 1996
• Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ
  Performed protein characterization studies on Farnesyl Protein Transferase. June 1995 - September 1995
• UMD-NJ, New Jersey Medical School
  Conducted microwave-mediated conjugation of bile acids and cholesterol analogs. June 1994 - September 1994

Presentations & Publications

• “Endophthalmitis Caused by Leuconostoc spp. Following Intravitreal Bevacizumab” Case Reports in Ophthalmology. DOI: 10.1159/000480727 Singh S, Patel C, Kishore K.
• “Concomitant Intravitreal Ganciclovir and Dexmethasone Therapy in the Management of Acute Retinal Necrosis in a
  Patient Previously Treated with Oral Famciclovir” Case Reports in Opthalmological Medicine. Volume 2017, Article ID4613624.
• “Intravitreal Ganciclovir and Dexamethasone as Adjunctive Therapy in the Management of Acute Retinal Necrosis
  Caused by Varicella Zoster Virus” K. Kishore, S. Jain, C. Patel ASRS 2010.
• “Intravitreal Bevacizumab Monotherapy for Large and Thick Submacular Hemorrhage of Less than One Week Duration
• Secondary to Neovascular AMD” K. Kishore, S. Jain, C. Patel ASRS 2010.
• “Receptor Tyrosine Kinase (RTK) Inhibition with AL-39324 Ameliorates Diabetes-induced Retinal Vascular
  Permeability (RVP) in vivo” C. Patel, A. Clermont, D. Bursell, D. Bingaman, L. Aiello. ARVO 2006.
• “Comparison of Intraocular Pressure Measurements by Goldman Applanation Tonometer, Pneumatic Tonometer, and Tono-Pen to Corneal Thickness” C. Patel, T. Woodruff, J. Boyer. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Symposium, San Diego, California, May 2004.
• B. Dayal, K. Rapole, C. Patel. “Microwave-Induced Rapid Synthesis of Sarcosine Conjugated Bile Acids” Bio-organic
  & Medicinal Chemistry Letters: 1995. Volume 5, Issue 2:1301-1306.
• Contributing Author. “Homelessness in Palo Alto: A survey of the needs of homeless people in the Palo Alto area” 1996.