Nehal G. Patel, MD, a Hospice and Palliative Care Specialist with Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center
Get to know Hospice and Palliative Care Specialist Dr. Nehal G. Patel, who serves patients in Fontana, California.
Dr. Patel is a remarkable hospice and palliative care physician at Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center in Fontana, California. He additionally maintains a private practice in Yorba Linda, CA. He has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease and catastrophic injury, the use of specialized care systems including hospice, the relief of distressing symptoms, the management of the imminently dying patient, and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care.
Dr. Patel received his medical degree in 1998 from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in Sint Maarten. He then completed a residency in family medicine at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Willowbrook, California (1999-2002). Drawing on his passion for helping the elderly, he joined the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, where he conducted a one-year fellowship in geriatrics (2002-2003).
Hospice and palliative medicine is a formal subspecialty of medicine that focuses on symptom management, relief of suffering and end-of-life care. Physicians in this subspecialty have advanced knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting, life-threatening and terminal illnesses.
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