Aalok Patel, MD

08/2022 - 07/2023
Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR
Orthopedic Adult Joint Reconstruction Fellow

07/2017 - 06/2022
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Orthopedic Surgery Resident

08/2012 - 05/2017
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Doctor of Medicine

08/2016 - 05/2017
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Masters of Population Health Sciences

08/2009 - 05/2012
University of Illinois at Chicago Honors College, Chicago, IL
B.S. Biochemistry Highest Distinction
B.A. Psychology High Distinction

Administrative Orthopedic Chief Resident - 07/2022

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society Member - 05/2012

Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology - 09/2010

Golden Key International Honour Society - 08/2010

UIC Dean’s List, recognition for excellent academic performance, awarded every semester as an undergraduate - 12/2009

FMC Technologies Award of Excellence Scholarship, awarded to two promising first year undergraduate students - 09/2009

AP Scholar - 05/2009

Illinois State Scholar - 08/2008

National Honor Society - 07/2009

Collegiate Scholars Program - 06/2009

Chicago Math Scholar - 07/2008

Patel A, Dawson J, Hunt T. Burnout and Depression in the Orthopaedic Resident: Prevalence and Protective Factors. Texas Orthopedic Journal. 2021(6): 13-22.

Patel A, Gronbeck C, Chambers M, Harrington MH, Halawi MJ. Gender and Total Joint Arthroplasty: Variable Outcomes by Procedure Type. Arthroplasty Today. 2020(6): 517-520.

Venugopal V, Gronbeck C, Harvey L, Patel A, Harrington MH, Halawi MJ. Time Trends in Perioperative Characteristics and Health Outcomes in Hispanic Patients Undergoing Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2020

Wall L, Patel A, Roberts S, Goldfarb C. Long-Term Outcomes of Huber Opposition Transfer for Augmenting Hypoplastic Thumb Function. J Hand Surg Am. 2017; 42 (8)

Henn CM, Patel A, Wall LB, Goldfarb CA. Outcomes Following Cubital Tunnel Surgery in Young Patients: The Importance of Nerve Mobility. J Hand Surg Am. 2016; 41(4)

Ahmad U, Crabtree TD, Patel AP, Morgensztern D, Robinson CG, Krupnick AS, Kreisel D, Jones DR, Patterson GA, Meyers BF, Puri V. Adjuvant Chemotherapy Is Associated With Improved Survival in Locally Invasive Node Negative Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Apr 19.

Bott MJ, Patel AP, Verma V, Crabtree TD, Morgensztern D, Robinson CG, Colditz GA, Waqar S, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Broderick S, Meyers BF, Puri V. Patterns of care in hilar node-positive (N1) non-small cell lung cancer: A missed treatment opportunity? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016;151(6):1549-1558.e2.

Morgensztern D, Du L, Waqar S, Patel A, Samson P, Devarakonda S, Gao F, Robinson C, Bradley J, Baggstrom M, Govindan R, Puri V. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Patients with T2N0M0 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncology. 2016

Robinson CG, Patel AP, Bradley JD, Waqar SN, Morgensztern D, Baggstrom MQ, Govindan R, Bell JM, Guthrie T, Colditz GA, Crabtree TD, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Meyers BF, Puri V. Postoperative Radiotherapy (PORT) For Pathologic N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Treated With Adjuvant Chemotherapy: A Review of the National Cancer Database. J Clin Oncol. 2015; 33(8): 870-876.

Puri V, Patel AP, Majumdar K, Bell JM, Crabtree TD, Krupnick AS, Kreisel D, Broderick SM, Patterson GA, Meyers BF. Intraoperative conversion from video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy to open thoracotomy: a study of causes and implications. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015;149(1):55-61.

Patel AP, Crabtree TD, Bell JM, Guthrie TJ, Robinson CG, Morgensztern D, Colditz GA, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Bradley JD, Patterson GA, Meyers BF, Puri V. National patterns of care and outcomes after combined modality therapy for stage IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2014; 9: 612-21.

Bott MJ, Patel AP, Crabtree TD, Morgensztern D, Robinson CG, Colditz GA, Waqar SN, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Broderick SM, Meyers BF, Puri V. Role for Surgical Resection in the Multi-disciplinary Treatment of Stage IIIB Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). Ann Thorac Surg. 2015;

Samson P, Patel AP, Bott MJ, Crabtree TD, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Broderick SM, Meyers BF, Puri V. Effects of Delayed Surgical Resection on Short- and Long-term outcomes in Clinical Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015;

Broderick SM, Patel AP, Crabtree TD, Bell JM, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Meyers BF, Puri V. Pneumonectomy for Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: The Impact of Neoadjuvant Therapy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015;

Puri V, Patel A, Crabtree TD, Bell JM, Krupnick AS, Broderick S, Kreisel D, Patterson GA, Meyers BF. Unexpected Readmission after Lung Cancer Surgery: A Benign Event? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015;.

Puri V, Crabtree TD, Bell JM, Broderick SR, Morgensztern D, Colditz GA, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Bradley JD, Patterson GA, Meyers BF, Patel A, Robinson CG. Treatment Outcomes in Stage I Lung Cancer: A Comparison of Surgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT). J Thorac Oncol. 2015;

Samson P, Patel AP, Crabtree TD, Morgensztern D, Robinson CG, Colditz GA, Waqar SN, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Broderick SM, Meyers BF, Puri V. The Role of Surgery in Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Decision and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015;

Bott MJ, Patel AP, Crabtree TD, Colditz GA, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Broderick S, Meyers BF, Puri V. Pathologic Upstaging in Patients Undergoing Resection for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) - Are There Modifiable Predictors? Ann Thorac Surg. 2015;

Samson P, Patel A, Crabtree TD, Morgensztern D, Robinson CG, Colditz GA, Waqar S, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Broderick S, Meyers BF, Puri V. Multi-Disciplinary Treatment for Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): Does Institution Matter? Ann Thorac Surg. 2015;

Knezevic I, Patel A, Sundaresan NR, Gupta MP, Solaro RJ, Nagalingam RS, Gupta M. A novel cardiomyocyte-enriched microRNA, miR-378, targets insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor: implications in postnatal cardiac remodeling and cell survival. J Biol Chem. 2012;287(16):12913-26.

Patel A, Deveza L, Perkins C. Assessment of Lower Extremity Skeletal Alignment in Healthy Populations.

Venugopal V, Patel A, Montgomery N, Dawson J. Infections in Gunshot Associated Long Bone Fractures.

Bindner C, Wester C, Ghanta R, Wininger A, Patel A, Atassi O, Perkins C, Dawson J. Standardized Protocol Leads to Similar Outcomes in Operative Fragility Fracture Care Among Institutions Despite Different Payer Mix

Patel A, Gronbeck C, Chambers M, Harrington MH, Halawi MJ. Gender and Total Joint Arthroplasty: Variable Outcomes by Procedure Type. Texas Region Resident Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, Oct 5, 2020: E-Podium

Venugopal V, Patel A, Montgomery N, Dawson J. Infections in Gunshot Associated Long Bone Fractures. Texas Region Resident Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX, Oct 5, 2020: E-Podium

Patel A, Gronbeck C, Chambers M, Harrington MH, Halawi MJ. Differential Impact of Gender on Total Joint Arthroplasty Outcomes: Analysis of a National Database from 2011-2017. Southern Orthopaedic Association Virtual Annual Meeting, White Sulphur Springs, WV, July 22-25, 2020: E-Podium

Patel A, Dawson J, Hunt T. Burnout and Depression in the Orthopaedic Resident: What Can Be Done? AOA Annual Leadership E-Meeting, Baltimore, MD, June 9-13, 2020: E-Poster

Patel A, Dawson J. It is Safe to Use MRIs on Patients with External Fixators: An institutional protocol. Department of Orthopedics Annual Quality Improvement Symposium, Houston, TX, May 31, 2019.

Bott M, Patel A, Crabtree T, Morgensztern D, Robinson CG, Colditz GA, Waqar S, Dreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Broderick S, Meyers BF, Puri V. Patterns of Care in Hilar Node-positive (N1) Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Missed Treatment Opportunity? Annual Meeting of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Whistler, British Columbia, June 24-27, 2015.

Robinson CG, Patel AP, Bradley JD, DeWees T, Rehman S, Roach M, Morgensztern D, Crabtree TD, Puri V. Survival Following Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy or Conventionally Fractionated Radiation For Definitive Non-Operative Treatment of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Review of the National Cancer Data Base. Annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Chicago, IL, May 29- June 2, 2015

Morgensztern D, Waqar S, Patel A, Devarakonda S, Gao F, Robinson C, Bradley J, Baggstrom M, Govindan R, Puri V. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Patients with T2N0M0 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Chicago, IL, May 29- June 2, 2015

Puri V, Patel A, Crabtree TD, Bell JM, Krupnick AS, Broderick S, Kreisel D, Patterson GA, Meyers BF. Unexpected Readmission after Lung Cancer Surgery: A Benign Event? American Association for Thoracic Surgery meeting. Seattle, WA. April 25-29, 2015

Broderick SM, Patel AP, Crabtree TD, Bell JM, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Meyers BF, Puri V. Pneumonectomy for Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: The Impact of Neoadjuvant Therapy. Annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Diego, CA, Jan 2015.

Bott MJ, Samson P, Patel AP, Crabtree TD, Colditz GA, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Broderick S, Meyers BF, Puri V. Pathologic Upstaging in Patients Undergoing Resection for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) - Are There Modifiable Predictors? Annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Diego, CA, Jan 2015.

Samson P, Patel AP, Robinson CG, Morgensztern D, Chang S, Colditz GA, Waqar S, Crabtree TD, Krupnick AS, Kreisel D, Patterson GA, Meyers BF, Puri V. The Role of Surgery in Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Decision and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Diego, CA, Jan 2015.

Samson P, Patel AP, Bott MJ, Crabtree TD, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Broderick SM, Meyers BF, Puri V. Effects of Delayed Surgical Resection on Short- and Long-term outcomes in Clinical Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Annual meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Tucson, AZ, November 2014.

Samson P, Patel A, Robinson CG, Morgensztern D, Chang S, Colditz GA, Waqar S, Crabtree TD, Krupnick AS, Kreisel D, Broderick SM, Patterson GA, Meyers BF, Puri V. The Role of Surgery in Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Decision and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, October 2014.

Robinson CG, Patel AP, Bradley JD, Waqar SN, Morgensztern D, Baggstrom MQ, Govindan R, Bell JM, Guthrie T, Colditz GA, Crabtree TD, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Meyers BF, Puri V. Postoperative Radiotherapy (PORT) For Pathologic N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Treated With Adjuvant Chemotherapy: A Review of the National Cancer Database. Annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Chicago, IL, May, 2014.

Samson P, Patel AP, Crabtree TD, Morgensztern D, Robinson CG, Colditz GA, Waqar SN, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Broderick SM, Meyers BF, Puri V. Multi-Disciplinary Treatment for Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): Does Institution Matter?. Annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Chicago, IL, May, 2014.

Bott MJ, Patel AP, Crabtree TD, Morgensztern D, Robinson CG, Colditz GA, Waqar SN, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Broderick SM, Meyers BF, Puri V. Role for Surgical Resection in the Multi-disciplinary Treatment of Stage IIIB Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). Annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Chicago, IL, May, 2014.

Puri V, Patel AP, Majumdar K, Bell JM, Crabtree TD, Krupnick AS, Kreisel D, Broderick SM, Patterson GA, Meyers BF. Studying Intraoperative Conversions from Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery to Open Thoracotomy. Annual meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Toronto, April, 2014.

Knezevic I, Patel AP, Solaro RJ, Gupta M. MicroRNA-378 Targets IGF1 Receptor and Regulates Cardiomyocyte Survival. Annual meeting of the American Heart Association, Orlando, FL, November, 2011.

AO Trauma Course – Advanced Principles of Fracture Management, Nashville, TN - 05/2022

AAOS Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL - 03/2022

Texas Region Resident Research Symposium Virtual Meeting, San Antonio, TX - 10/2020

Southern Orthopaedic Association Annual Virtual Meeting, West Virginia - 07/2020

AOA Annual Leadership Virtual Meeting, Baltimore, MD - 06/2020

American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Resident Course and Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX - 11/2019

AAOS Fundamentals of Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy for Orthopaedic Residents, Rosemont, IL - 10/2019

AO Trauma Course – Basic Principles of Fracture Management, Louisville, KY - 08/2018

OTA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC - 10/2017

07/2017 - Present
Orthopedic Surgery Resident, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
Conducted prospective study focusing on coronal plane alignment for healthy patients and another cross-sectional study focusing on resident burnout and areas that can be addressed. Additionally, performed retrospective studies regarding arthroplasty utilization and outcomes using the ACS-NSQIP dataset.

10/2014 - 06/2017
Student Researcher, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine
Worked in collaboration with Dr. Charles Goldfarb on outcome analyses for patients having undergone specific surgeries at our institution.

06/2013 - 06/2018
Student Researcher, Dept. of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine
Worked in collaboration with Dr. Varun Puri on various projects utilizing a national cancer database to address different questions relating to outcomes after treatment for non-small cell lung cancer. Gained in depth knowledge on planning projects and effectively submitting publications. Coauthored multiple publications.

06/2010 - 05/2012
Undergraduate Researcher, Dept. of Biophysics and Physiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine
Worked in the laboratory of Dr. Madhu Gupta. Research focused on the role of specific mircroRNAs in the development of cardiomyocytes and cardiomyopathy. Acquired new skills in real-time RT-PCR, vector transfection and cell culture. Presented posters at various departmental forums. Coauthored a paper on the research.

Summer 2008
American Cancer Society Summer Research Internship, Chicago, IL Was one of 25 high school juniors selected to participate in a summer research program sponsored by the Illinois division of the American Cancer Society. Performed research with Dr. Maryellen Giger at the University of Chicago. Focused on a computer aided diagnosis system for early detection of breast cancer from ultrasound images as well as performed statistical analyses to compare accuracies.

Summer 2007
TEACH Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Participated in research focusing on psychological surveys. Attended lectures in biology and other core sciences as part of the program.

08/2019 - 07/2020
Houston Area High School Team Physician, Houston, TX
Volunteered to cover local high school games in underprivileged areas during residency

09/2012 - 05/2017
Volunteer at Saturday Neighborhood Health Clinic, Saint Louis, MO
Volunteered as both preclinical and clinical student at the student run neighborhood health clinic helping serve the underserved population of Saint Louis.

09/2012 - 06/2013
Schnucks Screening, Saint Louis, MO
Volunteered at local grocery stores through medical school to provide health counseling on blood pressure and diabetes.

08/2012 - 12/2012
Anatomy Course Liaison, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
One of two students serving as a liaison for the first year class to the Anatomy course faculty.

Fall 2011
Honors College Tutor, University of Illinois at Chicago Honors College, Chicago, IL
Tutored students in science, math, and humanities courses. Participated in discussions about the most efficient method of running the tutoring program.

09/2009 - 05/2012
General Volunteer, Rush University, Chicago, IL
Transported patients and attended to their general needs. Trained new volunteers.

08/2007 - 02/2010
Emergency Room Volunteer, University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL
Provided patients of all ages with company in the absence of family. Transported patients. Observed procedures performed by ER physicians.

09/2012 - 05/2017
Orthopaedic Interest Group Member, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Participated in lectures and workshops for students interested in Orthopaedic surgery.

08/2009 - 05/2012
Writer for The Asterisk, University of Illinois at Chicago Honors College
Wrote and edited articles for The Asterisk, a student run satirical newspaper.

08/2009 - 05/2012
Society of Future Physicians Peer Mentor, University of Illinois at Chicago Honors College
Mentored premed underclassmen in course selection as well as in the application process. Gave drug safety and nutrition lectures at local Chicago high schools.

Proficient in statistical software packages including SPSS

Fluent in English and Gujarati. Training in basic Spanish.

Interested in cars, traveling, smart technology.