Researcher Profile: Patel, Robin , M.D.

Robin Patel, M.D.

Location: Minnesota

Infections in solid organ transplant recipients

Biofilm-mediated infections
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci and other vancomycin-resistant Gram positive organisms, including molecular epidemiology, therapy, clinical epidemiology and pathogenesis of such infections.
Paenibacillus popilliae Mechanism of vancomycin-resistance in this vancomycin-resistant biopesticide.
Novel approaches to prosthetic joint infection diagnosis.
Novel antimicrobial agents for therapy of bacterial infections including in vitro studies and in vivo studies (rabbit endocarditis, mouse pneumonia, and rat osteomyelitis models), and human trials.

Fellowship – Clinical Microbiology
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine

Fellowship – Infectious Diseases
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine

Residency – Internal Medicine
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine

MDCM
McGill University

B.A. – Chemistry
Princeton University