Assistant Professor
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Ravi B. Patel, MD, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and Director of Radiopharmaceutical therapy in Radiation Oncology, specializing in the study and treatment of skin and genitourinary malignancies. Dr. Patel also maintains an active, translational research laboratory. Dr. Patel is board-certified in radiation oncology. He completed a combined MD/Ph.D. program at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Patel received both his masters and doctoral degrees in Biomedical Engineering. Upon completion of medical school, he completed a preliminary medicine internship at Akron General Medical Center followed by a residency in radiation oncology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. After residency, Dr. Patel joined the Department of Human Oncology at the University of Wisconsin where he was a Benston Translational Research Fellow. During this time, Dr. Patel received several grants and awards for his work including the RSNA Research Fellow Grant, ASCO Young Investigator Award, Immuno-oncology Young Investigator’s Forum Abstract Presentation Award, and an Abstract Travel Award for Society of Immunotherapy in Cancer. Based on his fellowship work, Dr. Patel received an NIH KO8 career development award and joined the faculty at Hillman Cancer Center as a physician-scientist. Since joining Hillman, Dr. Patel has received an NIH R01 award, Head and Neck Cancer SPORE Career Enhancement Award, and he has several industry sponsored clinical trials for which he is a primary investigator. Dr. Patel has published over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 3 book chapters, and presented over 80 abstracts at national meetings.
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