Nish Patel, MD
WORK HISTORY
October 2025 - Present
-Retina Associates, LLC
Physician (Vitreoretinal)
Lenexa, KS
October 2024 - July 2025
-VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Physician, Ophthalmology
Ann Arbor, MI
July 2024 - July 2025
-University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center
Clinical Instructor
Ann Arbor, MI
ACTIVE MEDICAL LICENSES
-Michigan – Medical Doctor License (05/2024 - Present)
-Michigan – Controlled Substance License (05/2024 - Present)
EDUCATION
July 2024 - July 2025
University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center
Fellowship, Uveitis
Ann Arbor, MI
June 2020 - June 2024
Henry Ford Hospital
Residency, Ophthalmology
Detroit, MI
June 2020 - June 2021
Henry Ford Hospital
Residency, Transitional Year
Detroit, MI
June 2019 - May 2020
University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Fellowship, Ophthalmic Pathology
Miami, FL
August 2015 - May 2020
University of Michigan
Doctor of Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI
September 2011 - May 2014
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts, Biology
Philadelphia, PA
EXAMINATIONS
American Board of Ophthalmology Board Certification: Active
May 2025 - Present
HONOR and AWARDS
University of Michigan Medical School
Summer Biomedical Research Program grant, 2016
National Eye Institute
Travel Grant (ARVO 2018 meeting), 2018
American Austrian Foundation
Max Kade Fellow (funded fellowship), 2019
Henry Ford Hospital
Rotator of the Month, Department of Internal Medicine, Detroit, MI, 2021
National Institutes of Health
Travel grant to UCLA/American Uveitis Society International Workshop on Objective Measures of Intraocular Inflammation for Use in Clinical Trials, 2024
University of Pennsylvania
Dean’s List, 2011-2012
Dean’s List, 2012-2013
Dean’s List, 2013-2014
National Merit Scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, 2011
PUBLICATIONS
Arsenault PR, Heaton-Johnson KJ, Li LS, Song D, Ferreira VS, Patel N, Master SR, Lee FS. Identification of prolyl hydroxylation modifications in mammalian cell proteins. Proteomics. 2015 Apr;15(7):1259-67. PMID: 25421965.
Ganesh SC, Narendran K, Nirmal J, Valaguru V, Shanmugam S, Patel N, Narayanaswamy P, Musch DC, Ehrlich JR. The key informant strategy to determine the prevalence and causes of functional low vision among children in South India. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2018 Oct-Dec;25(5-6):358-364. PMID: 29969337.
Newman-Casey PA, Musser JA, Niziol LM, Heisler MM, Kamat SS, Shah MM, Patel N, Cohn AM. Integrating Patient Education Into the Glaucoma Clinical Encounter: A Lean Analysis. J Glaucoma. 2019 May;28(5):415-422. PMID: 30640805.
Jeng-Miller KW, Soomro T, Scott NL, Rao P, Marlow E, Chang EY, Ells A, Chau F, Nudleman E, Calvo CM, Patel N, Schwartz R, Cernichiaro-Espinosa LA, Montoya AG, Goldstein J, Harper CA 3rd, Baumal CR, Hartnett ME, Harbour JW, Besirli CG, Gupta MP, Chan RVP, Drenser KA, Capone A Jr, Murray TG, Mukai S, Trese MT, Berrocal AM, Wong SC, Yonekawa Y. Longitudinal Examination of Fellow-Eye Vascular Anomalies in Coats’ Disease With Widefield Fluorescein Angiography: A Multicenter Study. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2019 Apr;50(4):221-227. PMID: 30998243.
Patel N, Verchinina L, Wichorek M, Gardner TW, Markel D, Wyckoff J, Shah AR. Identification of population characteristics through implementation of the Comprehensive Diabetic Retinopathy Program. Clin Diabetes Endocrinol. 2019 May 9;5:6. doi:10.1186/s40842-019-0079-6. PMID: 31086678.
Sassalos TM, Patel N, Andrews C, Smith SJ, Musch DC, Besirli CG. Survey of Intravitreal Injection Practice Patterns Among Retina Specialists. J Vitreoretin Dis. 2020 Jul 1;4(4):306-311. PMID: 37009185.
Patel N, Stagg BC, Swenor BK, Zhou Y, Talwar N, Ehrlich JR. Association of Co-occurring Dementia and Self-reported Visual Impairment With Activity Limitations in Older Adults. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 Jul 1;138(7):756-763. PMID: 32407444.
Watane A, Quan A, Koo E, Patel N, Dubovy S, Sridhar J. Siderotic cataract after intraocular foreign body removal. JCRS Online Case Rep. 2020 Jul;8(3):e00026.
Patel NA, Fan KC, Yannuzzi NA, Echegaray JJ, Patel N, Dubovy SR, Sia D, Ehmann D, Williams BK Jr, Kuriyan AE, Haddock L, Witkin AJ, Gregori NZ, Baumal CR, Sridhar J. Akreos AO60 Intraocular Lens Opacification after Retinal Detachment Repair. Ophthalmol Retina. 2020 Aug;4(8):854-856. PMID: 32586753.
Iyer PG, Peden MC, Suñer IJ, Patel N, Dubovy SR, Albini TA. Brolucizumab-related retinal vasculitis with exacerbation following ranibizumab retreatment: A clinicopathologic case study. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2020 Nov 10;20:100989. doi:10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100989. PMID: 33294727.
Nolan RP, Cavuoto KM, Patel N, Falcone MM, Liu Y, Liu X, Dubovy SR, Chang VS, Osigian CJ. Clinical Diagnosis and Histopathologic Features of a Synthetic Fiber Granuloma. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2020 Dec 11;57:e92-e95. doi:10.3928/01913913-20200915-01. PMID: 33320269.
Clauss KD, Patel N, Dubovy SR, Rong AJ. Scleral Erosion Secondary to MIRAgel Scleral Buckle. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 Jul-Aug;37(4):e152. doi:10.1097/IOP.0000000000001875. PMID: 33079760.
Qureshi S, Patel NA, Patel N, Ghassibi MP, Tse DT, Dubovy SR. Metastatic Uterine Carcinosarcoma to the Orbit. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 Nov-Dec;37(6):e198-e202. doi:10.1097/IOP.0000000000002006. PMID: 34284421.
Patel N, Alabiad CR, Wick MR, Elgart GW, Tang VD, Abou Khzam RA, Dubovy SR. Squamoid Eccrine Ductal Carcinoma of the Eyelid: Clinicopathologic Correlation of a Case. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 May-Jun;38(3):e80-e82. doi:10.1097/IOP.0000000000002116. PMID: 35561118.
Kasetty VM, Aye J, Patel N, Tripathi N, Hessburg T, Kumar N, Desai UR, Hamad AE. Outcomes and complications of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair with pars plana vitrectomy in young adults. Int J Retina Vitreous. 2023 Feb 22;9(1):11. doi:10.1186/s40942-023-00448-x. PMID: 36814290.
Ashkenazy N, Harbour JW, Dubovy SR, Albini TA, Sridhar J, Patel N, Hansen ED, Uchiyama E, Rubsamen PE, Correa ZM. Vitreous metastasis from cutaneous melanoma: diagnosis and management. Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2023 Apr 17;87(5):e20220215. doi:10.5935/0004-2749.2022-0215. PMID: 39298731.
Kasetty VM, Regan KR, Aye J, Looysen T, Patel N, Hamad AE. CHRONIC PEDIATRIC RETINAL DETACHMENT WITH MULTIPLE MACROCYSTS. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2023 Nov 1;17(6):758-762. doi:10.1097/ICB.0000000000001288. Epub 2023 Oct 23. PMID: 35972836.
Patel N, Miller J, Feo A, Johnson MW, Sarraf D. The ASRS X-Files. Retina Times. Spring 2025.
Patel N, Robbins CC, Gelman E, Desai UR. Bilateral Endogenous Nocardia Endophthalmitis: A Case Report. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2025 Aug 21:1-4. doi:10.3928/23258160-20250721-01. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40833366.
POSTERS and ABSTRACTS
Patel N, Shen H, Jiang L, Rui L. Cell Division Cycle 37 (CDC37)-Heat Shock Protein 90 (HSP90) Complex Positively Modulates NIK Activity. Poster presented at the 3rd Annual Wayne State University–University of Michigan Joint Physiology Symposium; 2012 Aug 24; Detroit, MI.
Patel N, Song D, Lee FS. PHD2 interaction with P23 and NACA. Poster presented at University of Pennsylvania SURB; 2014 May 1; Philadelphia, PA.
Patel N, Scavone C, Olin E, Newman-Casey PA. LEAN Evaluation of Glaucoma Clinic Workflow. Poster presented at U-M Student Biomedical Research Program Fall Research Forum; 2016 Nov 7; Ann Arbor, MI.
Patel N, Scavone C, Musser J, Niziol L, Rao A, Olin E, Cohn A, Kamat S, Shah M, Newman-Casey PA. Lean evaluation of glaucoma clinic workflow. Poster presented at LMSA Midwest Regional Conference; 2017 Feb 11; Ann Arbor, MI.
Musser JA, Shee A, Zhang L, Niziol LM, Rao A, Burke D, Patel N, Kamat S, Shah M, Gendler S, Cohn A, Newman-Casey PA. Designing a portable automated system for continuously measuring patient wait times. Poster presented at ARVO; 2017 May 10; Baltimore, MD.
Patel N, Scavone C, Musser J, Niziol L, Rao A, Olin E, Cohn A, Kamat S, Shah M, Newman-Casey PA. Lean evaluation of glaucoma clinic wait times. Poster presented at ARVO; 2017 May 10; Baltimore, MD.
Patel N, Verchinina L, Hughes P, Wichorek M, Gardner TW, Markel D, Shah A. Baseline Characteristics of Diabetic Patients Presenting to a Retina Clinic. Poster presented at ARVO; 2018 Apr 30; Honolulu, HI.
Patel N, Verchinina L, Hughes P, Wichorek M, Gardner TW, Markel D, Shah A. Baseline Characteristics of Diabetic Patients… Poster presented at Michigan Center for Diabetes Translational Research Spring Symposium; 2018 May 10; Ann Arbor, MI.
Jeng-Miller KW, Scott NL, Rao P, Gupta MP, Chang EY, Ells A, Nudleman E, Cernichiaro-Espinosa LA, Marlow E, Calvo CM, Montoya AG, Goldstein J, Patel N, et al. Multivariate Analysis of Widefield FA in Coats’ Disease. Oral presentation at The Retina Society; 2018 Sep 15; San Francisco, CA.
Smith SJ, Sassalos T, Patel N, Andrews C, Musch DC, Besirli CG. Survey of Intravitreal Injection Practice Patterns among Retina Specialists. Poster at ARVO; 2019 Apr 28; Vancouver, BC.
(Additional abstracts and posters available upon request.)
GRAND ROUNDS PRESENTATIONS
Patel N, Dubovy SR. Don’t Get Bitten: Congenital Zika Syndrome. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Grand Rounds. Miami, FL. September 2019.
Patel N, Harbour JW, Dubovy SR. Choroidal metastasis consistent with renal cell primary. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Grand Rounds. Miami, FL. March 2020.
Patel N, Miller JML. A Fundus with Striking Subretinal Deposits. The Yannuzzi Rounds (hosted by Michigan). February 2025.
LECTURES and PRESENTATIONS
Patel N. Anterior Uveitis/Scleritis lecture (Residents). University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. April 2025.
Patel N. High-yield Retina Concepts (Residents). Henry Ford Hospital. August 2023.
Patel N. Uveitis Overview (Incoming PGY-2s). Henry Ford Hospital. July 2023.
Patel N. Retina Overview lecture (Ophthalmic Technician Program). Henry Ford College. February 2023.
TEACHING
- University of Pennsylvania Tutoring Center February 2013 – May 2014
- Served as a tutor for undergraduate students to improve performance in coursework
- UM Kellogg Eye Center Faculty Uveitis Conferences July 2024 – March 2025
- Led journal club and case discussions
- Resident and Technician Education 2023–2025
- Delivered multiple lectures on retina and uveitis topics at Henry Ford Hospital and Henry Ford College
PROFESSIONAL and SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
- American Academy of Ophthalmology, member 2021-present