Krishna G. Patel MD, PhD

Krishna G. Patel, M.D., Ph.D., joined the Department of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery in August 2008. She is a native of Athens, Georgia and attended Columbia University in New York City for her undergraduate education. She then earned M.D. and Ph.D. degrees through the combined program at the Medical College of Georgia, where she was awarded the Excellence in Research Award. Dr. Patel completed a residency in otolaryngology -- head and neck surgery at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

Following residency, she pursued fellowship training in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of California, Davis. During both her residency and fellowship training, Dr. Patel participated in volunteer medical trips to third world countries to provide care to the medically undeserved. Her recent trip to Ecuador involved surgically repairing children with cleft lips, cleft palates and ear deformities. She is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.