Bela Patel, MD CMQ FCCP
- Vice Dean of Healthcare Quality | Division Director of Critical Care Medicine | Interim Division Director of Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine | Distinguished Teaching Professor of The University of Texas System | Professor of Medicine
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonary Medicine
- 睡眠Medicine
713-500-7955 Division
832-325-7222 Pulmonary Clinic
713-500-6829 Fax
Executive Assistant
Robin Bryce
713-500-6835 Assistant
Biography
Dr. Bela Patel is the Vice Dean of Healthcare Quality and the Division Director for Critical Care Medicine at the McGovern Medical School in the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. She also serves as the Regional Chief Medical Officer and the Executive Medical Director of Critical Care for Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center.
Dr. Patel attended the University of Texas in Austin and McGovern Medical School (formerly The University of Texas Houston Medical School). She completed her Internal Medicine training in 1996 and subsequently two fellowships in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicine in 1999 also at McGovern Medical School (formerly The University of Texas Houston Medical School).
In 2002, Dr. Patel was appointed the Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, and later appointed the Chief of Medicine at Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital and Vice-Chair of the Department of Medicine in 2007. In 2009, she became the Assistant Chief Medical Officer and Executive Medical Director of Critical Care at Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center.
Through her work in Quality and Patient Safety, she was inducted as a Fellow in Clinical Safety and Effectiveness by the University of Texas System. Dr. Patel was appointed as the Assistant Dean of Healthcare quality in 2011 and the Vice Dean in 2017 and supports the 18 Vice Chairs of Quality in Medicine at McGovern Medical School. Dr. Patel’s research interest includes pulmonary hypertension, cognitive complexity and error reduction in critical care, and quality improvement implementation science.
Education
- 医学学位
- McGovern Medical School, formerly The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, Houston, TX
- Residency
- Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School, formerly The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, Houston, TX
- Fellowship
- Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, McGovern Medical School, formerly The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, Houston, TX
- Fellowship
- 睡眠Medicine, McGovern Medical School, formerly The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, Houston, TX
Areas of Interest
Research Interests
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Cognitive complexity
- Error reduction in critical care
- Quality improvement implementation science
Publications
委员会认证
- American Board of Internal Medicine Diplomate
- American Board of Internal Medicine – Pulmonary Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine – Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine – Sleep Medicine