Biography
Nayana Patel, M.D., is a board-certified diagnostic radiologist specializing in abdominal imaging. She joined the University of New Mexico’s radiology department in September 2022, prior to which she worked at the University of Colorado for 16 years in the abdominal imaging section as an assistant professor and later as an associate professor. She completed her radiology residency at the University of Louisville, Kentucky in 2005 and an abdominal imaging fellowship from the Mallinckrodt’s Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis in 2006. Her clinical areas of interest and expertise are genitourinary imaging, specifically prostate MRI, gynecology-oncology imaging, and ultrasound for thyroid cancer.
In her previous position at CU, she held several leadership positions including the director of the abdominal imaging fellowship program, clinical director of body MRI service, and medical director of the UCHealth diagnostic medical sonography program. She was actively involved in teaching and mentoring residents, medical students, fellows, and junior faculty.
She is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology and a Fellow of the Society of Abdominal Radiology. She is a member of the American Board of Radiology (ABR) Online Longitudinal Assessment (OLA) Committee for the GI section. She is also an active member of the prostate cancer and uterine-ovarian cancer disease focus panels of the Society of Abdominal Radiology.
Personal Statement
I am an abdominal and oncologic imaging expert, who aims to provide excellent and up-to-date patient care. I am passionate about teaching and training our students.
I like to collaborate in multidisciplinary research projects and clinical trials evaluating the role of imaging in prostate cancer, kidney disease, gynecologic malignancy, and thyroid cancer. I have successfully participated as a radiology PI/Co-Investigator in NIH-funded clinical trials in kidney disease, and other multidisciplinary research projects.
Areas of Specialty
Abdominal Radiology (Ultrasound, CT scan, and MRI)
Oncology Imaging
Ultrasound
Gender
Female