Alpa Patel

BIOGRAPHY

Alpa Patel is an Associate Faculty Member who works with Faculty Member Kevin M Miller to recommend the scientific literature in their field.

ACADEMIC POSITION:
• Assistant Clinical Professor, Jules Stein Eye Institute/ University of California, Los Angeles, August 2001-present
• Attending Ophthalmologist (for JSEI/UCLA residents), Greater West LA VA and Sepulveda VA, July 2006-present

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
• Los Angeles, CA: Comprehensive Ophthalmology Fellowship, Kevin M Miller, MD. Completed July 6, 2001
• University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX: Ophthalmology Residency 1997-2000
• Kaiser Hospital, San Francisco, CA: Internal Medicine Internship 1996-1997
• Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL: MD awarded June 1996
• University of California, Irvine, CA: BS awarded June 1992 (Major Biological Sciences, Minor Psychology)
Jules Stein Eye Institute/UCLA

MEMBERSHIPS:
• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• Women in Ophthalmology
• California Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
• Los Angeles Society of Ophthalmology, Treasurer 2010-2011

CLINICAL INTERESTS:
Blepharoplasty, blepharospasm, botox, cataract, comprehensive eye exam, cornea, dry eye, Graves Disease, herpes, inflammatory, lacrimal disorder, laser, myasthenia gravis, pterygium, retina, uveitis.

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