Jignesh Patel received his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.  He subsequently received his Doctor of Pharmacy from Midwestern University, Chicago College of Pharmacy, located in Downers Grove, Illinois.  He then completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at the Detroit Medical Center after which he practiced as a Burn Surgical Intensive Care Unit pharmacy specialist at Detroit Receiving Hospital.  After practicing for a few years, he completed a Clinical Pharmacy Translational Science Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship with an emphasis on Nephrology and Critical Care at the University of Michigan.  Dr. Patel joined as Western University of Health Sciences faculty member in August 2019 from the University of Rochester Medical Center (Rochester, NY) where he practiced as a Trauma and Burn Surgical Intensive Care Unit pharmacist for over 9 years.  His clinical and research interests include pharmacokinetic alterations in Critical Illness and the impact of medication clearance in patients receiving renal replacement therapies.