Education
2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
06/2007 - Internal Medicine, Primary Care, UCSF Department of Medicine Residency
M.D., 06/2004 - Medical School, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
B.S., 06/2000 - Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Honors and Awards
  • ICARE Supervisor Award, San Francisco VA Health Care System, 2019
  • Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2014
  • UCSF Quality and Safety Challenge Award, Team Mentor, UCSF, 2014
  • Best Faculty Poster in Medical Innovation, SGIM regional meeting, 2012
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2004
  • Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honors Society, 2000
Publications

  1. Patel S, O'Brien BC, Dulay M, Earnest G, Shunk RL. Team Retreats for Interprofessional Trainees and Clinic Staff: Accelerating the Development of High-Functioning Teams. MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2018. PMID: 30800986


  2. Raffel KE, Beach LY, Lin J, Berchuck JE, Abram S, Markle E, Patel S. Naloxone Distribution and Training for Patients with High-Risk Opioid Use in a Veterans Affairs Community-Based Primary Care Clinic. The Permanente journal 2018. PMID: 29616917


  3. O'Brien BC, Patel SR, Pearson M, Eastburn AP, Earnest GE, Strewler A, Gager K, Manuel JK, Dulay M, Bachhuber MR, Shunk R. Twelve tips for delivering successful interprofessional case conferences. Volume 39 of Issue 12. Medical teacher 2017. PMID: 28685632


  4. Berchuck JE, Patel S. An Often-Overlooked Etiology of Pleuritic Chest Pain. Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 25869019


  5. Patel S, Bachhuber M, O'Brien B. An interprofessional home visit curriculum for high-risk patients. Medical education 2013. PMID: 24117584