Akash Patel is an Associate Professor, Residency Program Director and Director of Brain Tumor Surgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Patel was born in Camden, NJ. He attended Rice University for his undergraduate studies as part of the Rice/Baylor Medical Scholars Program. He received a B.A. in Biochemistry from Rice and his M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine. He completed his internship in surgery and residency in neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine. During his residency, he was the recipient of the NIH R25 award where he performed research under the mentorship of Dr. Huda Zoghbi. Dr. Patel joined the faculty of the Department of Neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine in 2014.

As a clinical neurosurgeon, Dr. Patel specializes in skull base oncology and has a particular interest in the treatment of meningiomas and schwannomas. Under Dr. Zoghbi’s mentorship, Dr. Patel was awarded an NIH K08 grant to develop a laboratory studying the molecular underpinnings of inherited and sporadic meningioma. Dr. Patel is passionate about medical education. Dr. Patel is on the Executive Committee of the Congress of Neurologic Surgeons, serves on the Education Committee of the CNS, and serves on the Board of the CNS Foundation. He is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.

Dr. Patel’s wife, Pooja, is an obstetrician and gynecologist. They have three children, Ishan, Kishan and Shiven.