Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Houma, a partnership with Terrebonne General Health System, announced the addition of radiation oncologist Suchit Patel, MD, PhD, to its medical staff. Patel will begin practicing at the Cancer Center’s Houma location on Nov. 1.
Patel has been with Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center for more than two years and has been practicing at the Cancer Center’s Baton Rouge, Hammond, and Gonzales locations. The majority of his practice will now be focused in Houma.
Patel is a summa cum laude graduate of New York Institute of Technology. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience from The Rockefeller University and a Doctor of Medicine with Honors in Service from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, N.Y. He completed a radiation oncology residency training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, N.Y., where he served as chief resident, was awarded the Mortimer J. Lacher Fellowship in radiation oncology and completed his postdoctoral research. He has authored a number of publications, delivered many presentations at oncology conferences, and holds several active grants.
“We are thrilled and honored that Dr. Patel will be joining our experienced oncology team in Houma,” said Jonas Fontenot, PhD, chief operating officer and chief of medical physics, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. “With his depth of experience and wealth of knowledge, we look forward to the immediate and positive impact that he will have on patient care in the Bayou community.”