Speaker

Dharmesh Patel, MD, MBBS

PRESIDENT, PARTNERSHIP TO ADVANCE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
Dharmesh Patel, MD, MBBS (Lon), obtained his medical degrees at Guy's & Kings College Hospital Medical School at the University of London in the United Kingdom.
He is a faculty member at the Stern Cardiovascular Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee.
Dr. Patel is the director of the Stern Cardiovascular Lipid Clinic and Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven, Mississippi. He also serves as a board member for the Southeast chapter of the National Lipid Association and National Board member of the American Society of Preventative Cardiology. He is boarded in seven different disciplines, including by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, and is a certification specialist in clinical hypertension for the American Society of Hypertension. He also serves as a Clinical Professor of Cardiology at the Baptist University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Memphis.
Additionally, Dr. Patel is a past chairman for the American Heart Association Executive Leadership Committee, Memphis Division, and has served on the Southeast Board of Directors for the American Heart Association.
He is currently the President of Partnership to Advance Cardiovascular Care (PACH), a nonprofit advocacy organization.
Dr. Patel has also served as principal investigator in multiple studies and has been published in multiple journals including Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). He has been named Best Cardiologist in DeSoto County, Mississippi, for 4 years in a row.
Most importantly, he has played rugby around the world and climbed Kilimanjaro.
Speaking In
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Thursday, June 8
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