Tapan Patel, M.D., FACP, FASN, FNKF, oversees the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Texas Health Dallas as program director, and also serves as chief of nephrology at Texas Health Dallas. Dr. Patel is an active partner at Dallas Nephrology Associates, where he is vice president of a group of more than 100 practicing nephrologist. Dr. Patel’s clinical interests include acute kidney injury, electrolytes and acid-base disorders.

Dr. Patel earned a bachelor of medicine and a bachelor of surgery at Sardar Patel University in Vallabhvidhyanagar, Gujarat, India, and attended Pramukhswami Medical College in Karamsad, India. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, and a fellowship in nephrology at Baylor University Medical Center, also in Dallas, Texas. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Society of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation.