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.
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Mass General Rheumatology
55 Fruit St.
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
Suite 4B
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-7938
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Dr. Patel conducts research in several areas including: 1) evaluating the comprehensive impact of glucocorticoids and their impact on quality-of-life and healthcare resource utilization in rheumatic diseases. She is the Principal Investigator of a prospective cohort with ongoing enrollment to address these questions, 2) Evaluating the impact of rheumatic diseases and immunosuppressive medications on the outcomes of COVID-19 infection and post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, 3) Multiple clinical trials in which she has served as an Investigator. Her research has been funded by grants from the Rheumatology Research Foundation.
Caring. Knowledgable. Available. Professional.
Very clear and thorough.
Dr.Patel explains treatment, medication s for my diagnosis. She listens to my responses to her questions with interest. She is a very smart caring person, and I have confidence in the care she is providing for me.
Dr. Patel has been providing my care since [redacted] 2018 and has been very active in my care ever since.
Dr. Patel is great
This provider is very careful and she even checked out my whole history. That's how she found out my lower blood glucose level which is actually done just by the other doctor and I've done surgery so the other doctor did not see that after surgery my blood glucose level is getting down, the red blood cell count down but this provider checked the ... Read More
It was a great experience. The great doctor, feel very comfortable with her.
I appreciate Dr. Patel's entire demeanor. She hasn't seen me in a couple of years due to meeting with NPs and such, and she remembered me. reacted to me as if she had just seen me a few months ago. Clearly she reviewed the chart carefully before coming in. She's a wonderful doctor, and her expertise is top notch! Totally trust her.
Dr Patel listened to me. She was careful. She pointed out things my PCP could look at to help me. She carefully explained how to take my medication and when I should call her if I have problems with it.
Dr. Patel is an amazing doctor.