Smruti Patel, MD
Smruti K. Patel, MD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Neurological Surgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She serves as the director of the Pituitary and Skull Base Surgery Program, as well as the director of the Adult Neurosurgery Transitional Clinic. Dr. Patel feels privileged to be able to provide subspecialty care to the children in her community and is humbled by her patients each and every day.
“We are to show compassion and even love in the midst of the great and nearly unbearable pain that we must at times unleash upon our patients.” – Jay Wellons (from All that Moves Us) As it is said, children are not little adults. In pediatric neurosurgery, our patients are often without a voice, without the ability to understand their...
