Nell Maloney Patel

Nell Maloney Patel is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical school and is the current Program Director for the General Surgery Residency. She completed her residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia and a Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship in Chicago at Cook County Hospital/University of Illinois at Chicago. She is board certified in both General Surgery and Colon and Rectal Surgery. Her clinical interests are improving educational training programs for surgical residents, multidisciplinary approaches to rectal cancer and minimally invasive surgery, including Robotics.

As faculty secretary she is working towards creating community among physician partners and looking for novel ways to promote the unique gifts of faculty. She believes strongly in collaboration and looking towards innovative and creative solutions to a variety of challenges.

November 2016