Neal C. Patel, MD

Bringing more than 15 years of medical and operational expertise to the role, Dr. Patel serves as United Digestive’s Chief Executive Officer. He is also a member of the Board of Directors and previously held roles as Vice President of Clinical Development, Chief Strategy Officer, and President. He is currently a partner physician and serves as a member of the physician executive committee for Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates. Dr. Patel represents United Digestive on a national level as a member of the American College of Gastroenterology’s Practice Management Committee and previously served as a board member of the Digestive Health Provider Association (DHPA).

Dr. Patel graduated magna cum laude and was a Presidential Scholar in Finance and Banking at the University of Georgia. He then graduated cum laude from the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, where he received the prestigious Academic Achievement Merit Scholarship. Dr. Patel later completed his internal medicine residency and gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship with the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Education. While there, he was named Assistant Professor of Medicine. He currently holds academic appointments with both Emory University School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine.