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Ashish Patel, MD, has been named Physician in Chief at Phoenix Children’s. He will lead four of Phoenix Children’s eight clinical centers including Emergency and Diagnostic Medicine, the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, the Aerodigestive Clinic and Medical Subspecialties. He will also oversee hospitalist medicine, mental and behavioral health, and Phoenix Children’s Pediatrics practices. Previously, Dr. Patel served as Division Chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition since 2020, growing the division to 25 faculty and 55 specialists. He earned a medical degree at Texas A&M University Health Science Center, completed a pediatrics residency at Texas A&M Health and a gastroenterology fellowship at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He currently serves on the board of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation Arizona Chapter and has published dozens of papers on critical topics related to pediatric GI advancements.