Specialties
Dr. Patel is a board-certified ophthalmologist and oculoplastic surgeon who specializes in eyelid, tear duct system, and orbital (eye socket) problems. She focuses on a wide range of ophthalmic issues including, eyelid, tear duct and orbital trauma, styes/chalazion, eyelid tumors, age-related eyelid changes (droopy eyelids), orbital disease, thyroid eye disease, tearing problems, anophthalmic sockets, and cosmetic eyelid procedures including botulinum and filler injections. Dr. Patel has numerous publications related to the eye on thyroid eye disease, eyelid lesions, and malformations of the eyelid and is also a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at New York University Langone Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital Center.