Our Doctor

PRASHANT A. PATEL , M.D.

Dr. Patel is a board certified anesthesiologist and pain management physician. Dr. Patel was raised in New Jersey, and he has strong ties to the area. After graduating with honors from Columbia University in New York City, he returned to New Jersey to study medicine at UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School. After graduating from medical school, he completed an internship in internal medicine at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, NJ. He was then accepted into the prestigious anesthesiology residency program at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. After completing his residency, he was chosen to stay at Columbia to complete an interventional pain management fellowship under the directorship of renowned pain physician Dr. Michael Weinberger. Dr. Patel subsequently returned to serve New Jersey, and he has been successfully helping patients to manage their pain since then.


Education

Fellowship (7/06-7/07)

COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER (New York, NY)
Post Doctoral Clinical Fellowship, Pain Management

Residency (7/03–7/06)

COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER (New York, NY)
Residency, Anesthesiology

Internship (7/02-7/03)

MOUNTAINSIDE HOSPITAL (Montclair, NJ)
Internship, Internal Medicine

Medical School (8/98 -6/02)

NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL ( NJMS )
UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY (Newark, NJ)
Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Postgraduate Education (8/94-5/98)

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE (New York, NY)
BS with honors, Biomedical Engineering


Hospital Affiliations

  • Meadowlands Hospital (Secaucus, NJ)
  • Saint Mary’s Hospital (Passaic, NJ)
  • Glen Ridge Surgery Center (Glen Ridge, NJ)

Awards and Honors

  • Columbia Anesthesiology Grand Rounds Presentation Award in Pain Management, 2006
  • Columbia Anesthesiology Academic Evening Poster Presentation in Regional Anesthesia, 2006
  • NJ Medical School-UMDNJ, Department of Surgery, Research Fellowship Award, 1999
  • Columbia University Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, 1998
  • National Science Foundation Research Fellowship Award in Biomedical Engineering, 1996
  • Edward J. Bloustein Memorial Scholarship Award 1994

Professional Affiliations

  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
  • New Jersey Pain Society
  • International Spinal Injection Society (ISIS)
  • American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA)
  • American Medical Association (AMA)