Kanak Patel, MD

Kanak Patel, MD, completed a chief resident year at New York Medical College. A native of Hagerstown, Md., he then moved back to the area for his critical care fellowship training at The George Washington University in Washington, DC.  He currently serves as Luminis Health's Director of Critical Care Medicine. In addition to his clinical and administrative duties, Dr. Patel values the process of medical education and team-based critical care practice — viewing residents as an essential component of intensive care unit practice.