Dr. Patel is a Clinical Pharmacist in Informatics at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System and a member of VERITAS within the Salt Lake City VA Informatics Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) COIN Center. He received a PharmD from Ohio Northern University and completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix. He recently completed a PGY-2 Pharmacy Outcomes and Healthcare Analytics residency at VA Sierra Pacific Network (VISN 21) in Reno. His interests focuses in using big data to effectively deliver quality healthcare services. Outside of work, he spends time reading, hiking, listening to a wide range of music and playing the acoustic guitar.