Pravin K Patel, MD, FACS

Dr. Pravin K. Patel is Professor of Surgery and Chief of Pediatric Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery at University of Illinois, Chicago. He holds an adjunct academic position in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University, Milwaukee, and in the Department of Surgery at Northwestern University.He is Chief of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery at Shriners Hospitals for Children. He has been in practice for two decades with a clinical focus on the treatment of children with...See more

Dr. Pravin K. Patel is Professor of Surgery and Chief of Pediatric Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery at University of Illinois, Chicago. He holds an adjunct academic position in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University, Milwaukee, and in the Department of Surgery at Northwestern University.He is Chief of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery at Shriners Hospitals for Children. He has been in practice for two decades with a clinical focus on the treatment of children with deformities that involve the skull and facial bones (craniofacial and maxillofacial surgery). With a background in electrical engineering and computer science his research interests are in computer based surgical planning and in skeletal tissue engineering. See less