Dr. Patel attended The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Chicago to pursue her doctorate in clinical psychology and completed her internship at National Psychology Training Consortium (NPTC) where she served as chief intern.

Dr. Patel is passionate about health psychology, integrated medicine, and working with medical providers to improve patients' overall health, functioning, and wellbeing. She has a strong interest in research, Primary Care Behavioral Health Model, addressing medical provider burn out, promoting health for medical providers, training residents to treat the whole person, and teaching contextual approaches to patient care. In her free time, Dr. Patel loves to dance, travel, and spend time with her family.