Dr. Alka J Patel M.D.
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Occupational Medicine
1700 Myrtle Ave Plainfield NJ, 07063About
Alka Patel is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Plainfield, NJ. Patel specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. As a preventative health specialist, Patel participates in the planning and evaluation of health services, researches diseases in specific populations and helps manage health care organizations. Preventative medicine specialists can specialize further in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, or public health and general preventive medicine.
Education and Training
Grant Government Medical College 1984
Topiwala National Medical College 1982
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Treatments
- Diabetes
- High Cholesterol
- Obesity
- Back Pain
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Bronchitis
- Pain
- Tonsillitis
- Vascular Disease
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