Dr. Ravi Vikaskumar Patel, DO

I am an academic internal medicine physician with advanced training in multimodality cardiovascular imaging, including COCATS Level III cardiac CT and cardiac MRI training. My work bridges inpatient medicine, cardiovascular disease, complex care coordination, resident and medical student education, and clinically grounded scholarship.

My clinical and academic interests include ischemic heart disease, cardiomyopathies, cardiac MRI, coronary CTA, cardiovascular risk assessment, transplant medicine, bedside teaching, clinical reasoning, and research questions that arise directly from patient care.

• Completed advanced cardiovascular imaging training at a quaternary care transplant center.
• Achieved COCATS Level III training in cardiac CT and cardiac MRI.

• Minors: Biology and Chemistry.

• Implemented unit-level initiatives to boost early discharge rates, and quality metrics.
• Led interdisciplinary rounds to optimize patient care, enhance discharge planning, and improve team communication.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to streamline resource utilization and drive continuous improvement.

• Present complex care plans to the hospital and system-wide executive leadership.
• Led collaborative development of patient care plans, optimized resources utilization and outcomes.
• Networked with hospital leaders to exchange best practices in managing challenging patient populations.

• Coordinated and organized all SGA social events for the year 2017.
• Organized Class of 2020 and 2021 Executive Officers elections.
• Organized Physician-Student mentoring event in conjunction with Class of 2020 officers, where students had opportunity to meet with 3-4 physicians from different specialties one-on-one in 1 hour.
• Organized several breakfasts for medical students to promote mental wellness and networking.

• Elected to the position by 200+ interns.
• Promoted and overlooked community service events organized by more than 35 community service committee members.
• More than 125 interns participated in community service events and logged record 2600+ volunteer hours in 10 weeks.

• Provide inpatient care for adult hospitalized patients within an academic medical center.
• Supervise and mentor internal medicine residents and medical students through bedside teaching, didactics, case conferences, and clinical mentorship.
• Participate in residency recruitment activities, including applicant screening, interview days, and resident selection processes.
• Contribute to medical student education, admissions activities, and mentorship initiatives.
• Assist with development of educational curricula, case conferences, and evidence-based learning sessions for trainees.
• Collaborate in quality improvement, patient safety, and scholarly activities within the Department of Internal Medicine.

• Train at a 547-bed quaternary care center with Level I trauma, comprehensive stroke, transplant, and teaching programs.
• High-volume facility with Level 3 competency in cardiac MRI and cardiac CT.
• Independently acquired, processed, and interpreted advanced cardiovascular imaging including myocardial perfusion, stress tests, flow and mapping studies, coronary CTA with calcium scoring, plaque and FFR-CT analysis, congenital and arrhythmia substrate imaging, and structural/device planning for TAVR, TMVR, harmony, LAAO, amulet and LVAD procedures.
• Participate in multidisciplinary imaging conferences and deliver regular fellow-led imaging presentations.
• Engage in research projects with presentations at local and national conferences.

• Tertiary care Level 2 Trauma, Comprehensive Stroke, and Teaching hospital.
• Admit, discharge, and manage acute and chronic conditions in diverse patient populations, including heart, kidney, liver, and lung transplant patients.
• Conduct multidisciplinary rounds with medical students, residents, case managers, social workers, and Advanced Care Providers.
• Efficient time management and organizational skills in balancing clinical, teaching, and administrative responsibilities.

• Quaternary care 1038 bed capacity Level 1 Trauma, Comprehensive Stroke, and Transplant and Teaching hospital.
• Admitted, discharged, and managed acute and chronic conditions in diverse patient populations, including heart, kidney, liver, and lung transplant patients.
• Conduct interdisciplinary rounds with medical students, residents, case managers, social workers, and Advanced Care Providers.
• Participated in ongoing professional development, research projects and quality improvement initiatives with medical students, residents, and administration.
• Efficient time management and organizational skills in balancing clinical, teaching, and administrative responsibilities.

• Admitted and managed all acute or chronic medical and neurological diseases at the Neurological Intensive Care Unit at the North Campus, Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at the South Campus.
• Collaborated with critical care intensivists, critical care cardiologists, and nursing teams to develop comprehensive multi-disciplinary assessments and plans.
• Conducted independent Interdisciplinary Rounds (IDRs) for patient disposition and care plan determination.

• Tertiary care 668 bed capacity Level 1 Trauma and Comprehensive Stroke Center hospital.
• Admitted and managed acute or chronic medical and neurological diseases.
• Certified to supervise several procedures: Ultrasound guided femoral & internal jugular vein central line, arterial line, venous line, paracentesis, lumbar puncture.

• Created and guided Design Change Orders through Change Control Board to completion and issued Engineering Notice.
• Coordinated the development of OHV alternator component prototypes using Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) by interfacing with Sourcing, Engineering management, Quality, Manufacturing teams and suppliers.
• Re-designed robust OHV alternator bus ring clamp to eliminate grounding failures due to thermal cycle effects on Glastic clamps.
• Designed and implemented validation test plans for stator and rotor bus ring clamp bolted joint reliability.
• Implemented Lean Manufacturing strategies to salvage 20% of non-conforming OHV traction motor shafts by evaluating their interference risks in rotor assembly.

• Calculus III (Jan 2013 – May 2013): Graded quizzes, reviewed calculus III concepts with students individually or in groups.
• Computer Graphics Simulation (Aug 2012 – Dec 2012): Assisted biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering students in designing complex mechanical and biomechanical 3D (three dimensional) objects using CAD software (AutoCAD, NX 8.0).

• Problem Solving and Quantitative Reasoning (CHE 130): Taught problem solving and quantitative reasoning skills to undergraduate students for three lectures every week.
• Generated and graded quizzes, homework, fulfilled other minor assignments and administrative tasks as identified in the training program and staff meetings.