Nara Multidisciplinary approach for well-being

Speaker

Patel Piyush

PIYUSH M. PATEL, MD, FRCPC, Chief of Anesthesia Service,
VA San Diego Healthcare System

Education
  • B. Sc. in Medicine, University of Manitoba, Canada (06/1982)
  • M.D. in Medicine, University of Manitoba, Canada (06/1982)
  • Residency in Anesthesiology, University of Manitoba, Canada (06/1989)
  • Fellowship in Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego (01/1991)
Positions Held
  • Clinical Instructor, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (1989)
  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, UCSD (1991-1995)
  • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, UCSD (1996-2001)
  • Staff Physician, VA Medical Center, San Diego, California (1991-Present)
  • Professor of Anesthesiology, UCSD (2001-Present)
  • Chief of Anesthesia Service, VA Medical Center, San Diego (2014-Present)
Research Interests Mechanisms of inflammation, particularly as related to the brain, neuroprotection in trauma, anesthetic neurotoxicity and central nervous system regeneration after ischemic and traumatic injury.
Awards
  • District Winner, University of Waterloo Mathematics Contest, Rivereast Collegiate, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (1976)
  • Achievement Scholarship, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (1977)
  • Allyn Rossen Research Award for Cardiovascular Research, B.Sc. (Med.) Undergraduate Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba (1980)
  • First Prize, Residents Research Competition, Annual Banff Residents Retreat, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (1989)
  • Canadian Heart Foundation Fellowship (1984)
  • Faculty Teacher of the Year, Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD (1992-2004)
  • Best Doctors in America, San Diego-Pacific Region (1996-Present)
  • Malathi Oratorship Award (2008)
  • Honorary Professor of Anesthesiology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (May 2013-Present)

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