Dr. Hiral Patel, MD

Affiliated with the Memorial Hermann Mischer Neuroscience Institute at the Texas Medical Center, Dr. Hiral Patel is fellowship trained in chronic pain management and board eligible in anesthesiology. Her areas of expertise include management of both cancer and non-cancer pain and all aspects of interventional pain management.

A native Houstonian, Dr. Patel earned her bachelor’s degree in molecular and cell biology with emphasis in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. She received her medical degree at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and completed residency training in anesthesiology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, where she was Clinic Resident of the Year. Subsequently she completed an ACGME-accredited fellowship in chronic pain management at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She has been recognized with numerous academic and research awards and is an active community volunteer. Dr. Patel is fluent in English, Hindi and Gujarati.

Dr. Patel is experienced in all aspects of interventional pain medicine, including:

• Vertebral augmentation by kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty
• Spinal cord stimulation trials and implants
• Epidural steroid injections through interlaminar, transforaminal and caudal approaches
• Facet joint and medial branch blocks
• Sacroiliac joint injections
• Radiofrequency ablation
• Diagnostic sympathetic and neurolytic blocks
• Peripheral joint injections
• Botox® and trigger point injections
• Occipital nerve injections
• Intercostal nerve injections

Collaboration with Referring Physicians

Mischer Neuroscience Associates engages referring physicians in the care of their patients, keeping them informed about patient progress throughout the evaluation and treatment process. After a patient’s treatment, referring physicians receive a summary and a plan for follow-up, and physicians affiliated with Mischer Neuroscience Associates encourage continued communication about each patient.