Namita Patel, MD
University of Rochester
Namita Patel, MD, is a neuromuscular medicine fellow at the University of Rochester Medicine with interests in clinical research and global neurology. She graduated with high distinction from the University of Toronto, earning a double major in Human Biology and Psychology. Before medical school, she developed a passion for clinical research through positions spanning neuroscience, clinical psychology, geriatric psychiatry and neurology. Her medical training at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine further shaped her interests in neuromuscular medicine and in global health through the Acute Care and System Strengthening in Low Resource Settings (ACCESS) program. During her neurology residency training at the University of Rochester Medicine, she was the recipient of the ANA International Outreach Travel Scholarship in 2024 that supported her work in co-developing a cross-sectional study to characterize the multisystemic phenotypes of Zambian children with dystrophinopathies.