Dr. Patel is a graduate of Aston University in Birmingham, UK and SUNY College of Optometry
in New York City. Dr. Patel completed a residency specializing in Ocular Disease at SUNY
College of Optometry and Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center where he received
extensive training alongside prominent optometrists and ophthalmologists in the areas of
primary care, specialty contact lenses, refractive surgery co-management, glaucoma diagnosis
and treatment, and retinal disease.
Dr. Patel is a founding partner of Eye Associates of New York and the Center for Ophthalmic
and Vision Research in New York City.
In his clinical practice, Dr. Patel works extensively with all varieties of contact lenses, including
orthokeratology, scleral and gas permeable lenses, as part of the comprehensive management