Dr. Neal H. Patel is a board-certified family medicine physician currently in private practice in the city of Orange, and he obtained his medical degree from Western University of Health Sciences. He went on to complete his residency in Family Medicine at Dignity Health, California Hospital Medical Center in Downtown Los Angeles.  Dr. Patel is an educator, innovator, and visionary, and his practice focuses primarily on the geriatric population. He is an active member of his community, volunteers at the Lestonnac clinic and is an educator with the organization, Alzheimer’s Orange County.

He completed his undergraduate studies at UC, Irvine, where he worked in the department of radiation oncology with Dr. Charles Limoli. His published research focused on the effects of ionizing radiation of pluripotent and multipotent human neural stem cells, determining how low dose irradiation impacts neurogenesis, and whether radio-adaptation modified this response primarily in the hippocampal region.

His medical philosophy revolves around that the fewer pills, the fewer procedures, and the fewer doctors – the better. He is a big believer in alternative/integrative health including red light therapy, fasting, sound therapy, and he is an advocate for medicinal psilocybin and medicinal cannabis. Dr. Patel believes he and cannabis share an unwritten synergistic bond that has created healing properties and power to treat his patients with a deeper understanding and personalized approach. Being recognized twice by the California State Senate as a medicinal cannabis expert, he is passionate about advocating for and teaching healthcare providers on the rapidly evolving landscape around the plant.

He considers it the responsibility and duty of the healthcare field to be up to date on the risks, benefits, and side effects of cannabis as patients increasingly consume them, and he hopes to educate providers on cannabis as means of another healing tool to empower themselves and the patients they serve. He believes in the quality of medical care versus the quantity, and approaches medicine in a holistic manner. Patient care has always been his top priority, and he continually strives to provide it at the highest level.

“It is truly an honor and privilege to serve my patients with the utmost humility, and I look forward to working as a team to help my patients attain their highest physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.”                          — Neal H. Patel, D.O.