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Vaishali R Patel, MD
Emergency Medicine
About Me
Dr. Vaishali Patel is currently an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She completed a combined 7 year BA/medical program at Boston University/University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey in 1996. She then went on to complete her residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital- and stayed there for an additional year to complete a fellowship in Emergency Medical Services. Dr. Patel started working at Mount Sinai in 2000 & has been involved with many different aspects of the department since then. Since 2009, she has served as the Director for the ED PA Program. In this role, she oversees over 40 PAs- which includes managing, reviewing & maintaining the program. Since 2017, Dr. Patel has also served as the lead physician for the NFL UNC program- working specifically with the New York Jets. In this role, she oversees 5 additional physicians serving as UNCs & attends home games on the sideline to assist in the concussion assessments of football players with the team physicians.
Regional / National Committees / Advisory Boards:
ACEP QIPS Committee
Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Emergency Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Anaphylaxis
- Anxiety
- Arrhythmias
- Arthritis Emergencies
- Cellulitis
- Delirium
- Intubation
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Pneumonia
- Seizure Disorder
- Septic Shock
- Shock
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Sports Medicine
- Stroke
- Toxicology
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Urinary Tract Infection
Education
MD, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Residency, Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Certifications
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Awards
2006
Red Carpet Customer Service Team
Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Depeartment
2006
Attending of the Year Award
Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Residents
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
Physicians who provide services at hospitals and facilities in the Mount Sinai Health System might not participate in the same health plans as those Mount Sinai hospitals and facilities (even if the physicians are employed or contracted by those hospitals or facilities).
Information regarding insurance participation and billing by this physician may be found on this page, and can also be obtained by contacting this provider directly. Because physicians insurance participation can change, the insurance information on this page may not always be up-to-date. Please contact this physician directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
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Publications
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Patel has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.