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Anisha Patel, DO

Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes
Patient type treated
Child
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
Not Applicable
Board Certified in
Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology

Biography

Anisha Patel, DO, is a pediatric endocrinologist and a founding member of the Yale Gender Program, which provides support and care for gender expansive youth.

“My approach to providing care in the Gender Program is affirming and supportive, and allowing space for the individual to explore their gender identity, but with a goal to keep the families intact,” Dr. Patel says.

The Yale Gender Program is the first multidisciplinary program of its kind in the state. “The way the whole journey started for me was when one of my patients came to me wanting gender-affirming care,” Dr. Patel recalls. “I said, ‘I’m sorry, we don’t have a team.’ We usually referred people to nearby clinics, and the best one I knew of at the time was in Boston. Almost a year and a half later, that individual came back to me and said, ‘I live with my grandma and my grandma's old and doesn't have a great car. I can't travel out of the state. I need you to help me. I need you to just be my doctor and provide this care for me.’" Dr. Patel says she looked at that patient straight in the eye and said, “OK,” and that set the program’s design in motion, along with the help of other medical providers in the community pushing for similar care.

“I share this story with a lot of our trainees because most of us go into medicine for some altruistic reason and we're driven by this calling to help people,” she says. “It sounds cheesy sometimes, but that's the reality. I've realized that sometimes your patients teach you the best lessons, or sometimes they challenge you to explore boundaries that you wouldn't have otherwise.”

Titles

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology)

Education & Training

  • Fellow
    Yale Univeristy School of Medicine (2010)
  • Resident
    The University Hospital at University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey (2007)
  • Intern
    The University Hospital at University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey (2005)
  • DO
    Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine (2004)
  • BS
    State University of New York at Binghamton, Psychobiology (1997)

Additional Information

Locations
Yale Pediatric Endocrinology
1 Long Wharf Drive
Ste 2nd Floor
New Haven, CT 06511
  • Yale Pediatric Endocrinology
    1 Long Wharf Drive
    Ste 2nd Floor
    New Haven, CT 06511

Biography

Anisha Patel, DO, is a pediatric endocrinologist and a founding member of the Yale Gender Program, which provides support and care for gender expansive youth.

“My approach to providing care in the Gender Program is affirming and supportive, and allowing space for the individual to explore their gender identity, but with a goal to keep the families intact,” Dr. Patel says.

The Yale Gender Program is the first multidisciplinary program of its kind in the state. “The way the whole journey started for me was when one of my patients came to me wanting gender-affirming care,” Dr. Patel recalls. “I said, ‘I’m sorry, we don’t have a team.’ We usually referred people to nearby clinics, and the best one I knew of at the time was in Boston. Almost a year and a half later, that individual came back to me and said, ‘I live with my grandma and my grandma's old and doesn't have a great car. I can't travel out of the state. I need you to help me. I need you to just be my doctor and provide this care for me.’" Dr. Patel says she looked at that patient straight in the eye and said, “OK,” and that set the program’s design in motion, along with the help of other medical providers in the community pushing for similar care.

“I share this story with a lot of our trainees because most of us go into medicine for some altruistic reason and we're driven by this calling to help people,” she says. “It sounds cheesy sometimes, but that's the reality. I've realized that sometimes your patients teach you the best lessons, or sometimes they challenge you to explore boundaries that you wouldn't have otherwise.”

Titles

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology)

Education & Training

  • Fellow
    Yale Univeristy School of Medicine (2010)
  • Resident
    The University Hospital at University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey (2007)
  • Intern
    The University Hospital at University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey (2005)
  • DO
    Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine (2004)
  • BS
    State University of New York at Binghamton, Psychobiology (1997)

Additional Information

Locations
Yale Pediatric Endocrinology
1 Long Wharf Drive
Ste 2nd Floor
New Haven, CT 06511
  • Yale Pediatric Endocrinology
    1 Long Wharf Drive
    Ste 2nd Floor
    New Haven, CT 06511
Yale Pediatric Endocrinology
1 Long Wharf Drive
Ste 2nd Floor
New Haven, CT 06511
  • Yale Pediatric Endocrinology
    1 Long Wharf Drive
    Ste 2nd Floor
    New Haven, CT 06511