Dr. Sarita Patil earned a BA in Human Biology with Honors from Stanford University and an MD from Duke University, which included a Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellowship. She completed her clinical training with an Internal Medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania followed by her Allergy and Immunology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
Since then, she has continued to serve on the faculty at MGH and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology in the Department of Medicine and in the Division of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics.
She is a physician-scientist who specializes in the treatment of patients with food allergy and is a member of the MGH Food Allergy Center. She is also the allergist for the adult Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases Clinic, which specializes in the care of patients affected by Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) and Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease (EGID).
Her laboratory, in the Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, focuses on understanding antibody and B cell responses in both the initiation and treatment of allergic diseases, with a particular focus on food allergies.
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Mass General Medicine: Allergy & Clinical Immunology Unit
55 Fruit St.
Yawkey 4B
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-3850
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Antibodies play a central role in allergic diseases. The Patil Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital is focused on the study of allergen-specific antibodies in allergic diseases. We are focused on understanding and harnessing protective antibodies induced by immunotherapy for food allergies. In the course of our investigation, we have developed new techniques to study antigen-specific B cells, including the use of fluorescent multimers. Combined with single-cell B cell receptor sequencing and deep sequencing of the antibody repertoire, we have been able to better understand the development of clinical tolerance in immunotherapy.
We believe that by understanding the development and functionality of antigen-specific B cells, the B cell repertoire and protective antibodies, we will be able to contribute to the next generation of therapies.
Dr. Patil is the most thorough and understanding and brilliant doctor I have ever worked with in any of my experience of care. She makes sure that she spends time with you, that she understands you, she hears you, but she provides the science to everything in your care. So I have nothing but positive feedback to give to her and like I said, she is ... Read More
Thoughtful, caring, intelligent MD.
I was blown away by the amount of time Dr. Patil spent reviewing my history before the appointment. I received clear communication, felt listened to, and honestly one of the best doctor's I've ever had.
Dr. Patil is the consummate professional. She is not only extremely knowledgeable about my chronic illness but also extremely compassionate concerning all aspects of my illness and its deep impact on my life.
Dr Patil goes above and beyond to assure her patients get great treatment. She has helped me greatly over the years.
She is exceptional in every way. Time, empathy, knowledge and diagnostic testing.
Doctor Patil has been instrumental in helping me with EOE along with a new Asthma medicine... Her knowledge, expertise and office visits are very comforting...Thank-you Doctor Patil... Respectfully, [redacted]
Dr Patil remains outstanding.
Dr patil is very educated, compassionate, works very well with her team. I believe this is why I received very great care from her and her team. I ask questions , they get answered, if I call, from the ppl that answer in her office, to walking in anyone who works there is working together, very polite, and I am very pleased. Ty
Yeah, hi. I thought Dr. Patil was awesome. Great eye contact, very intelligent. Never met me before, but had looked over my record, listened very well. I had my wife with me. She was equally impressed. And Dr. Patil was approachable. Just very, very good. And I'm grateful to have seen her.