Pranav D Patel, MD

Pranav Patel, MD is an assistant professor of medicine at UVA. He provides community based care with the UVA Community Oncology Network for a range of hematologic and oncologic disorders. Dr. Patel’s patients have access to clinical trials and subspecialty care from UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center. He has a special interest in breast cancer and gastrointestinal malignancies. 

Dr. Patel received his medical degree from Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine. He then received a direct commission to the U.S. Army through the Health Professions Scholarship Program. He completed a residency in internal medicine and fellowship in hematology-oncology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. 

During military service, Dr. Patel served in many leadership positions at the Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He received an academic appointment as an assistant professor of medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine in Bethesda, MD. 

Dr. Patel served in Afghanistan as a battalion surgeon for the 101st Airborne Division in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2010. He received a Bronze Star for exceptional meritorious service.