Dr. Patel completed her medical studies at Baroda Medical College in Gujarat, India in 1978, and proceeded to complete her General Psychiatry residency at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Staten Island, New York in 1986. She worked as a staff psychiatrist at that hospital in the inpatient unit and emergency department before moving to Virginia in 1989.
Upon moving to Virginia, she practiced at Churchland Psychiatrist Associates in Chesapeake and served as Associate Medical Director for the Partial Hospitalization Program at FHC/TPI Health Systems in Hampton from 1989 to 1992. Since 1992, Dr. Patel has been practicing adult psychiatry in the greater Hampton Roads area, spending over 20 years with Independence Therapy Center before starting her own practice in August of 2017.
Upon moving to Virginia, she practiced at Churchland Psychiatrist Associates in Chesapeake and served as Associate Medical Director for the Partial Hospitalization Program at FHC/TPI Health Systems in Hampton from 1989 to 1992. Since 1992, Dr. Patel has been practicing adult psychiatry in the greater Hampton Roads area, spending over 20 years with Independence Therapy Center before starting her own practice in August of 2017.
Reviews (8)
Nifer Terrell
Jan 21, 2021
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Dr. Patel is compassionate, patient-centered, professional, kind, and fair. I feel blessed to be thriving under her care. Bruce, Practice Administrator, is equally kind and his professional demeanor are unmatched. Bruce is an expert in scheduling, insurance coordination, and other healthcare administration procedures that prove challenging for most other practices I have witnessed. If you want the best care in Hampton Roads, call Dr. Patel.
Allison Flood
Sep 08, 2020
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Books & Carbs
Jan 06, 2020
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She's actually really rude and inflexible. She'll definitely lecture you about canceling an appointment after lecturing you about trying to reschedule. I'm honestly surprised anyone feels comfortable talking to her with such a rough personality. Maybe she's really great for people with massive amounts of free time and no real problems. Just say you don't work with people that have ADHD only people that want ADHD medicine, especially when you can't deal with the general baseline traits of people with ADHD. Anyway, is time management is ever possibly an issue in the future don't waste your time here
Meredith Zuber
May 22, 2019
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I had an appointment this morning and live all the way in the outer banks. 2 hour drive to get to the office without traffic. well today it was raining and i hit traffic due to an accident. i call the office to tell them that i am going to be 10 minutes late. i was already all the way in va beach, and i was told they couldn't see me. in addition i still would have to pay for the appointment. on top of that, the receptionist was incredibly rude. so all in all i drove a total of six hours only to pay for an appointment that never happened. when my appointments usually only last 10 minutes. needless
Tamara Castro
Aug 03, 2018
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I have seen Dr Patel for the last 20 yrs , You could not find a more compassionate and caring Doctor .. She returns your calls , answers questions , and is current with Medications and different issues pertaining to her field, She doesn’t judge , treats you like a human being , Dr Patel is a straight shooter , she will not sugar coat anything , she is definately the doctor you would want in your corner .Bruce ... the office manager.. is great and efficient at filing insurances .. and getting back to you when needs be ....
HANDS DOWN THE BEST TEAM !!!!
HANDS DOWN THE BEST TEAM !!!!
Tiffany Scott
Oct 11, 2017
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Linda Alt
Sep 16, 2017
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I have been seeing Dr. Patel for over 17 years now. I think she is one of the best psychiatrists I've ever seen. She's helped me through some rough spots over the years and is very compassionate and caring. She has gone out of her way to accomodate me in her busy schedule when I've been in crises. I would highly recommend Dr. Patel to anyone who needs to be treated by a psychiatrist.
B. Twine
Oct 25, 2015
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So I had an appointment with my Dr. Patel recently which I had to cancel, because my work schedule changed, but I told them I was running out of meds and I only had about 2 pills left so I needed her to call in a prescription. I've never had a problem with a psychiatrist doing this, even if they charge for the 30 seconds of their time that it took. BUT Dr. Patel said she wouldn't call in a refill before seeing me again and she had no evenings available this week or any time soon and apparently wasn't willing to squeeze me in. I was like "so I'm supposed to go through withdrawal, because I have
