Director, Infection Control & Healthcare Epidemiology
University of Texas Medical Branch
PRESENT POSITION AND ADDRESS (July 1989-present):
Professor (Clinical)
Director, Department of Infection Control & Healthcare Epidemiology
Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Department of Pediatrics
University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0371
Office Phone: (409) 772-2798 Cell phone: 281-785-5695 FAX: (409)747-1753
Office E-mail: jpatel@utmb.edu
EDUCATION:
7/1987 – 6/1989 Fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Pearay L. Ogra, MD- Division Chief),
Children's Hospital of Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo, N.Y.
7/1984 – 6/1987 Pediatric Resident, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-
Robertwood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, N.J. (March-June 1984,
New York Medical College-Metropolitan Hospital, New York, N.Y.)
7/1981 – 6/1982 General Rotating Intern, University College Hospital, School of Medicine,
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
7/1976 – 6/1981 Medical Education, M.B, B.S. (M.D. equivalent), School of Medicine, University
of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
9/1975 – 6/1976 Premedical Diploma, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Present:
7/1989-present Medical Staff, UTMB
7/1989-present Consultant, Shriners Hospital for Children, Galveston, TX
9/1993-present Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UTMB
& Director, Maternal-Child HIV Program, UTMB
11/2016-present Director, Department of Infection Control & Healthcare Epidemiology, UTMB
2/2019-present Professor (Clinical)
Past:
7/1987-6/1989 Assistant Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo
7/1989-8/1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UTMB
9/1995-8/2002 Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UTMB
9/1996-2019 Tenure, UTMB
9/1998-8/2000 Director, Pediatric Subspecialty Clinics, UTMB
9/1999-8/2003 Director, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, UTMB
9/2000-8/2002 Director, Office of Pediatric Clinical Research, UTMB
9/2002-8/2014 Director, Division of Pediatric Immunology (combined with Infectious Diseases)
9/2002-2/2019 Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UTMB (changed to Professor, Clinical)
9/2011-11/2016 Vice-Chair, Institutional Review Board, UTMB
2/2019 Voluntary retirement from full time position (resumed as part time faculty)
