Dr. Nehal G. Patel, MD

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Get to know Hospice and Palliative Medicine Specialist Dr. Nehal G. Patel, who serves patients in Fontana, California.

Dr. Patel is a remarkable hospice and palliative medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center in Fontana, California. He additionally maintains a private practice in Yorba Linda, California. 

The doctor has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease and catastrophic injury, the use of specialized care systems including hospice, the relief of distressing symptoms, the management of the imminently dying patient, and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care.

With a broad educational background, Dr. Patel received his medical degree in 1998 from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in Sint Maarten. He then completed a residency in family medicine at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Willowbrook, California in 2002. Drawing on his passion for helping the elderly, he joined the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, where he conducted a one-year fellowship in geriatrics in 2003.

An expert in his field, he is board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). The ABFM is a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice in family medicine and its sub-specialties.

Hospice and palliative medicine is a formal subspecialty of medicine in the United States that focuses on symptom management, relief of suffering, and end-of-life care. Hospice and palliative medicine specialists are medical doctors who help prevent and relieve suffering of patients who have a serious illness or who have only a short time left to live. They work with a team of other professionals to address the needs of both the patient and loved ones.

Speaking several languages, Dr. Patel is fluent in English, Gujarati, and Spanish.

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