Naomi Patel is a practicing adult rheumatologist and clinical researcher. Dr. Patel is a graduate of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. She completed her Internal Medicine internship, residency, and chief resident year at Stanford and then completed her rheumatology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and pursued a Master of Public Health degree through the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. She enjoys seeing and working with patients in the Rheumatology Clinic with a variety of rheumatic diseases, with a specialization in vasculitis. With >50 peer-reviewed publications in the medical literature, Dr. Patel receives grant funding to conduct research in quantifying and assessing the impact of glucocorticoids in rheumatic diseases. She also serves as an Investigator in different clinical trials and conducts clinical epidemiologic research evaluating the impact of rheumatic diseases and immunosuppressive medications on the outcomes of COVID-19 infection and post-acute sequelae of COVID-19. She is an active member and participant in the American College of Rheumatology and its subcommittees.