Tarak Patel, MD
Board Certified Sleep Medicine & Pediatric Pulmonology located in San Antonio, TX
About Dr. Patel
Office Locations
San Antonio
New Braunfels
Other Languages
Conversational Spanish and Gujarati
Special Interests
Asthma
Chronic Cough
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Chronic Lung Disease
Infant Sleep Apnea
Exercise induced Asthma
Interstitial lung diseases
Technology dependent children
Sleep disorders in children
Specialty Board Certifications
Pediatric Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine, Pediatrics
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Physicians of Indian Origin
American College of Chest Physicians
American Thoracic Society
Bexar County Medical Society
San Antonio Pediatric Society
Texas Indian Physicians Society
Texas Medical Association
Directorships And Academic Appointments
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, 2014-present
Medical Director Pediatric Specialty Clinic, Methodist Children’s Hospital
Medical Director Academy Diagnostics Sleep/EEG Center
Principal Investigators and Sub-Principal Investigator with Road Runner Research
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine, San Antonio, TX
Medical Director for the Pediatric Specialty Clinic
Methodist Children Children's Hospital
Former Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
College
University of Texas at Austin, B.A. Biology
Medical School
Texas Tech University, School of Medicine, M.D.
Residency
Pediatrics, University of Texas at Houston
Fellowship
Pediatric Pulmonology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine
Additional Professional Activities
Voted one of US News Top Doctors, San Antonio, TX, 2012-2014
Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership Pediatric Advisory Panel, 2011
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central & South Texas San Antonio Regional Board of Trustees, 2010–Present
Volunteered at various non-governmental organizations related to child health., 2005
Curamericas. Served as asthma specialist on a mission trip to Bolivia. Trained local physicians and health care workers on asthma education and therapy guidelines., 2003
Lectures
Multiple yearly lectures supporting awareness to physicians and local interest groups in topics related to asthma and sleep disorders in infants and children
Research
Tarak Patel, Richard Castriotta, Hperactivity in Children with Asynchronous Breathing and Adenotonsillar Hypertrophy, Abstract submission for the Associated Professional Sleep Societies Meeting. Philadelphia 2004
Publications
Bougatef, A, Smith, Kelly, Palmer, John, Gray, Rodney, Martinez, Guadalupe, Patel, Tarak, Safetly and Efficacy of Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation in Children with Chronic Respiratory Illnesses Treated at Home. Poster presentation at the American Association of Respiratory Care Conference 2016
Tarak J.Patel, Amir M. Khan, Connie L.Chiappetta, Okan Elidemir, Hasen Xue, M. Morandi, A. Holian, Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, Functional and Immune Response to Particulate Matter in Developing Mice, Poster Presentation at the American Thoracic Society, Seattle, WA 2003
Tarak Patel, Richard Castriotta Hyperactivity in Children with Asynchronous Breathing and Adenotonsillar HypertrophyAbstract submission for the Associated Professional Sleep Societies Meeting, Philadelphia 2004
Deborah R. Liptzin, Tarak Patel, and Robin R. Deterding, "Chronic Ventilation in Infants with Surfactant Protein C Mutations: An Alternative to Lung Transplantation", American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 191, No. 11 (2015), pp. 1338-1340