He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and went on to receive his M.D. degree from Ross University. After completing his Internal Medicine residency at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, Illinois, he decided to make the Western Suburbs his home. As his way of giving back, Dr. Patel precepts nurse practitioner students. Dr. Patel was also named the 2014 Physician of the Year by the nursing staff of Copley Memorial Hospital.