Akanksha Patel, DO
My specialties:
- Psychiatry
A referral may be needed for this provider.
Professional interests:
- Provider wellbeing
- Maternal mental health
- South Asian mental health
- Geriatric mental health
Practice philosophy: I like to practice evidence based medicine with a focus on empathetic care.
If you weren't a health care provider, what would you be? Elementary school teacher with a bakery as a side hustle!
What is something you have learned from your patients? Listening is the most important. I seek to listen and understand before I can help.
Credentials
- DO
Specialties
- Psychiatry
Educational institutions
- Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residencies
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Years of experience
- Less than one year
Additional languages spoken
- Gujarati
Hospital affiliations
- Mercy Hospital – Unity Campus
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- UnitedHealthcare
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