Clinician Conversations – Episode 2: Yogin Patel, MD & Mayur Patel, MD

How can experiences across different communities and healthcare systems shape the way a physician approaches patient care?

In Episode 2 of Clinician Conversations, ApolloMD CEO Yogin Patel, MD, sits down with Mayur Patel, MD, MBA, MPH, to discuss his journey into emergency medicine, his passion for global health and the experiences that have shaped his approach to caring for patients.

Dr. Mayur Patel’s path has taken him from medical school and emergency medicine training to ApolloMD’s Emergency Medicine Administrative Fellowship and global health work around the world. Throughout the conversation, he shares how these experiences have broadened his perspective on healthcare access, health disparities and meeting patients where they are.

Together, Dr. Yogin Patel and Dr. Mayur Patel discuss:

• What drew Mayur Patel to emergency medicine and the ability to care for patients across a wide range of needs
• How ApolloMD’s Emergency Medicine Administrative Fellowship introduced him to the operational and business sides of medicine
• His global health work in Ghana, Ethiopia, Panama and Ecuador
• Using telemedicine and community-based care to improve access to healthcare
• The parallels between healthcare access challenges abroad and those facing communities in the United States
• Finding purpose and perspective through family, community and experiences outside of medicine

Mayur Patel also shares the advice he would give his younger self: “Take a chance,” encouraging others to step outside their comfort zones, embrace new experiences and not let fear keep them from pursuing opportunities to make a difference.

Clinician Conversations is a video series hosted by physician and healthcare executive Yogin Patel, MD, that explores the human side of medicine through candid conversations with fellow clinicians.

Beyond the diagnoses and procedures, there are personal stories about what inspired physicians and advanced practice clinicians to choose medicine. Each conversation explores the challenges of modern medicine as well as the experiences that give meaning to the work.

Clinician Conversations is about reconnecting with purpose and celebrating the people behind the practice of medicine.