Welcome, Niketu Patel, MD

Penn Highlands Healthcare welcomes emergency medicine physician Niketu Patel, MD, MPH, to its medical staff.

Dr. Patel joins the emergency department teams at Penn Highlands DuBois at 100 Hospital Avenue in DuBois and Penn Highlands Huntingdon at 1225 Warm Springs Avenue in Huntingdon.

Dr. Patel provides patients with experienced care for complex and critical needs, including life-threatening circumstances ranging from stroke and heart attack to injuries following a traumatic accident. Dr. Patel provides exceptional emergency care to patients throughout the region.
Common treatments and procedures include abdominal emergency care, emergency care, trauma care, stroke care, emergency cardiac care, broken bones, chest pain, difficulty breathing, loss of consciousness, severe allergic reaction, and uncontrolled bleeding.
Prior to joining Penn Highlands, Dr. Patel gained clinical experience at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del.; Wilmington Hospital in Wilmington, Del.; Middletown ED in Middletown, Del.; and AI DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del.

Dr. Patel graduated from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Del. He earned his master’s in public health at Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health in Philadelphia. He is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

To find out more about emergency medicine services at Penn Highlands Healthcare, visit www.phhealthcare.org/ed.