BelaPatelMD
Pulmonology • Houston, TXCritical Care Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Pulmonary Vascular Medicine, Sleep Medicine
Professor, Division Director, Vice Dean of Healthcare Quality, McGovern Medical School UT Health, Regional CMO Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
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Office
6410 Fannin St
Ste 600
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 832-325-7222Fax+1 713-512-2247
Summary
- Dr. Bela Patel is a pulmonary/critical care physician in Houston, TX and is a professor and Division Director of Critical Care Medicine at UT Health and the CMO at Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center. She received her medical degree from University of Texas Medical School in Houston and has been in practice 24 years. She specializes in critical care medicine, pulmonary disease, and sleep medicine.
Education & Training
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1996 - 1999- University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
McGovern Medical School at UTHealthClass of 1993
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 1994 - 2025- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Clinical Trials
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Extension Program Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 01
- Phase III Clinical Worsening Study of UT-15C in Subjects With PAH Receiving Background Oral Monotherapy Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 26
- An Open-Label, Long-Term Study of Oral Treprostinil in Subjects With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Start of enrollment: 2013 Sep 11
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 498 citationsMycophenolate mofetil versus oral cyclophosphamide in scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease (SLS II): a randomised controlled, double-blind, parallel group trialDonald P. Tashkin, Michael D. Roth, Philip J. Clements, Daniel E. Furst, Dinesh Khanna
The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine. 2016-09-01 - 595 citationsManagement of Adults with Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia.Christopher T. Erb, Bela Patel, Jeremy E. Orr, Thomas Bice, Jeremy B. Richards
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2016-12-07 - 47 citationsCombination therapy with oral treprostinil for pulmonary arterial hypertension: A double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trialR. James White, Carlos Jerjes-Sánchez, Gisela Martina Bohns Meyer, Tomas Pulido, Pablo Sepúlveda
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2020-03-15
Press Mentions
Houston Area Long-Hauler Is on the Road to Recovery Thanks to UTHealth COVID-19 Center of ExcellenceSeptember 30th, 2021- When the Power Failed, so Did Their LifelineMarch 10th, 2021
- Medical Schools, Hospitals and Plenty of Coronavirus: How Texas Became a Leading COVID-19 Research HubOctober 1st, 2020
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