Archana A. Patel | Medical Services
Specialties
Programs & Services
Languages
- English
Archana A. Patel | Education
Undergraduate School
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Graduate School
MPH
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
Graduate School
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London, England
Medical School
Oregon Health & Science University
2009, Portland, OR
Residency
Pediatrics
University of Arizona
2011, Tucson, AZ
Residency
Child Neurology
Boston Children's Hospital
2014, Boston, MA
Fellowship
Pediatric Epilepsy
Boston Children's Hospital
2015, Boston, MA
Archana A. Patel | Certifications
- American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child and Adolescent Neurology)
Archana A. Patel | Professional History
Dr. Patel is a Child Neurologist and Pediatric Epileptologist, with a focus on improving access to care for children with neurological conditions. She is part of the Global Health Faculty and Director of Global Neurology at Boston Children’s Hospital where she leads the BCH Child Neurology Residency Global Health Track. She serves as an Honorary consultant at UTH-Children’s Hospital in Zambia and Adjunct Faculty at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda; she also previously was a Visiting Consultant for Human Resources for Health Rwanda and helped develop the Pediatric Neurology training for the first child neurologists in Zambia. She spends multiple months a year in Africa working directly on clinical, educational and research efforts. Dr. Patel’s research is focused on identifying mechanisms for earlier identification and treatment of pediatric epilepsy in low resource region; additionally, through several international leadership positions and consultancy with the World Health Organization, she works on broader public health initiatives, including advocacy and guideline development to improve access to epilepsy care for children globally.