Kayur V Patel
Emergency Physician
5105 US Highway 41 South 175 Terre Haute Indiana, 47802About
A practicing physician with with more than 20 years of practice and leadership roles in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Occupational Health, my forte lies in forte lies in aligning physicians and hospital leaderships for successfully converting the challenges of healthcare reforms into opportunities for the community, physicians and hospitals.
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Education and Training
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Board Certification
American Board of Emergency Medicine- Emergency Medicine
Provider Details
Kayur V Patel's Expert Contributions
Childhood Obesity – An American Epidemic
Plague, Malaria, SARS, Ebola Virus are some of the things that come to mind when one hears the word, ‘Epidemic.’ One wouldn’t really consider Obesity as an epidemic would they?An epidemic (from Greek epi- upon + demos-people) is a classification of a disease that appears as new cases in a...
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- National Public Speaking -
Awards
- Top Emergency Room Physician in Terre Haute, Indiana, ‗The Leading Physicians of the World‘ by the International Association of Emergency Medicine, 2015-16
- Indiana Rural Health Association Leadership Award, 2013
- TeamHealth Medical Director of the Year, Midwest, 2008
- Physician of the Year, Regional Hospital, 2005
- Second Prize, Student and Resident Section Forum at Annual CME meeting, MAPI, Dearborn MI, Oct. 17, 1993
- Resident of the Year, Department of Internal Medicine & Subspecialties, Providence Hospital, June ‘94
- Georgia Certificate of Merit, the University of Georgia, 1981
- National Honor Society, Statesboro, Georgia, 1981
Fellowships
- Michigan State University
Professional Society Memberships
- American Jail Association, American Association of Physician Leadership, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Physicians, American College of Healthcare Executives, American Association for Family Practice, Indiana State Medical Association, Indiana Rural Health Associations, National Rural Health Association, American Public Health Association
Articles and Publications
04/2008:
Door to Balloon. Are we getting it right?
"At Terre Haute Regional Hospital we have developed a unique system which allows expedited chest pain care in Wabash Valley. Our process has been accepted to be reviewed nationally at the annual Society of Chest Pain Centers. At Regional we exceed National Standards."
- Society of Chest Pain; the 11th Congress, Orlando, Florida, April 23-26 Accepted by the Society of Chest Pain presentation at the 11th Congress meeting in Orlando
- Indiana Rural Health Association, June 16-17
10/1993:
ACP 15th Annual meeting, "Legionella Pneumonia treated with ciprofloxacin"
05/1992:
ACP 14th Annual associates meeting, Michigan chapter, Oral presentation "Rhabdomyosarcoma"
What do you attribute your success to?
Right place, right time and ending goal.
Areas of research
- 06/1997
- Prospective evaluation of Chlamydia Infection in the Emergency Department
- Clinic day, Oral presentation, "Gram-negative bacillary meningitis", a retrospective 13-year case study
- ACP 15th Annual meeting, "Legionella Pneumonia treated with ciprofloxacin"
- ACOEM (American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine) Annual meeting, Atlanta
- Oral presentation "Ammonia exposure leading to Asthma"
- ACP 14th Annual Associates?? meeting, Michigan chapter, Oral presentation "Rhabdomyosarcoma"
- "Assessment of Nutritional Needs for the Preschool Age Group": a project conducted at Kiwara, India
Teaching and speaking
Teaching Experience is listed Below:
- Volunteer, Clinical Assistant Professor (IU School of Medicine)
- Volunteer, (Butler School of Medicine)
06/1997 – 08/2001
- Weekly board review for ABIM, Providence Hospital, for PGY-III Residents
Hobbies / Sports
- Traveling
Favorite professional publications
- New England Journal of Medicine
Areas of research
06/1997- Prospective evaluation of Chlamydia Infection in the Emergency Department
- Clinic day, Oral presentation, "Gram-negative bacillary meningitis", a retrospective 13-year case study
- ACP 15th Annual meeting, "Legionella Pneumonia treated with ciprofloxacin"
- ACOEM (American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine) Annual meeting, Atlanta
- Oral presentation "Ammonia exposure leading to Asthma"
- ACP 14th Annual Associates‘ meeting, Michigan chapter, Oral presentation "Rhabdomyosarcoma"
- "Assessment of Nutritional Needs for the Preschool Age Group": a project conducted at Kiwara, India
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