Sunil H Patel, MD

Sunil H. Patel, MD, is a highly skilled board-certified gastroenterologist in practice for more than 27 years. He treats a wide variety of gastrointestinal diseases with a focus on delivering the highest level of care to his patients, who trust his decision-making and respect his professional advice. He has safely carried out more than 26,000 endoscopic procedures, including screening colonoscopy, upper endoscopy, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), a procedure that looks at the bile ducts.

Dr. Patel treats gastroenterologic diseases, which include gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), peptic ulcer disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and irritable bowel syndrome. He also treats liver disease such as fatty liver, chronic hepatitis B and C, and gallstone disease.

After earning his medical degree from the prestigious University of Bristol in England, Dr. Patel completed his Internal Medicine residency and his Gastroenterology fellowship at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey. During residency, he was selected Chief Resident for Internal Medicine, overseeing 100 residents, and during fellowship, he was selected Chief Subspecialty Fellow, overseeing all subspecialty fellows in the program. Dr. Patel served as Chief of Gastroenterology at Richmond University Hospital for 10 years.

Dr. Patel is a member of several professional organizations, including the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.