Dr. Rajiv Patel is a Board Certified Endodontist, the highest honor in endodontics awarded by The American Board of Endodontics. Dr. Patel graduated from dental college from the University of Poona in 1995. He immigrated to America in 2000 and graduated from University of Southern California where he obtained his DDS (2003) and also his Certificate in Endodontics (2007). He graduated with honors and with an induction into Omicron Kappa Epsilon, the national dental honor society.
Dr. Patel has served as a part-time clinical instructor at USC, School of Dentistry in the Urgent Care Center where he trained dental students in the diagnosis, management and treatment of patients in pain.
Dr. Rajiv Patel is a fellow and founding member of The International Academy of Endodontics, in addition to being an active member of various other specialist organizations. Dr. Rajiv Patel serves on the advisory board of the DFW dental study club which is an affiliate of the prestigious Seattle study club.
Dr. Rajiv Patel has published clinical papers on topics in endodontics and has won several awards for presentations at state and national levels. He has presented at a number of conferences both locally and nationally.
His special clinical interests are – Utilization of Cone Beam Computed tomography in diagnosis, treatment and treatment planning, Surgical extrusion, Dental Trauma, Root resorption and its management, and Management of Anatomical variations.
He is married and is the father of two beautiful daughters. In his spare time, Dr. Patel enjoys spending time with his family and friends, dancing with his daughters, new age music, reading, entertaining and he plans to learn some golf.