Akshal S. Patel
Experienced in Invertebral Disc Disease
Experienced in Invertebral Disc Disease
550 17th Avenue, Suite 110, 
Seattle, WA 

Overview

Dr. Patel is a neurosurgeon at the Swedish Neuroscience Institute. His philosophy of care is to provide comprehensive care and superior service in order to help and change the lives of his patients for the better.

Dr. Patel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Invertebral Disc Disease. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Stroke, Subdural Hematoma, Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery, and Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 27 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Boston University School Of Medicine , 2007
Residency
PENN State , 2014
Specialties
Neuroradiology
Neurosurgery
Licenses
Neurological Surgery in WA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Neurological Surgery
Fellowships
Swedish Medical Center Advanced Hospital Medicine Fellowship , 2015
Swedish Neuroscience Institute , 2015
Hospital Affiliations
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill
Swedish Issaquah
Jefferson Healthcare
Olympic Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

Insurance

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Accepted insurance plans:

Aetna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Anthem
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Cambia Health Solutions
  • EPO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • OTHER COMMERCIAL
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • PPO
Cigna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • PPO
Community Health
  • EPO
  • HMO
Coordinated Care
  • HMO
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
Group Health Cooperative
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Humana
  • HMO
  • INDEMNITY
  • POS
  • PPO
Kaiser Permanente
  • HMO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • POS
  • PPO
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Medicaid
  • OTHER MEDICAID
  • STATE MEDICAID
Medicare
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • MEDICARE SNP
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Premera
  • EPO
  • PPO
Premera Blue Cross
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • OTHER COMMERCIAL
  • PPO
Prominence Health
  • EPO
  • PPO
Regence
  • EPO
  • PPO
UnitedHealthcare
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Wellcare
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • MEDICARE SNP
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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Locations

Swedish Cerebrovascular Center
550 17th Avenue, Suite 110, Seattle, WA 98122
Other Locations
Swedish Neurosurgery
550 17th Avenue, Suite 540, Seattle, WA 98122
Swedish Cherry Hill
500 17th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Swedish First Hill
747 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122
Swedish Issaquah
751 Northeast Blakely Drive, Issaquah, WA 98029
Swedish Edmonds
21601 76th Avenue West, Edmonds, WA 98026
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
1700 13th Street, Everett, WA 98201

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Patel has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Kyphosis
Ganglioneuroblastoma
Olfactory Neuroblastoma
Meningocele
Germ Cell Tumor
Craniopharyngioma
Hydrocephalus
Craniectomy
Meningioma
Neurofibromatosis
Subdural Hematoma
Ganglioglioma
Oligodendroglioma
Hyperhidrosis
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
Spondylolisthesis
Gliomatosis Cerebri
Syringomyelia
Medulloblastoma
Epidural Hematoma
Tuberous Sclerosis
Spinal Stenosis
Ependymoma
Encephalocele
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Glioma
Craniosynostosis
Microvascular Decompression
Sciatica
Neuroblastoma
Syringobulbia
Gliosarcoma
Chordoma
Laminectomy
Pituitary Tumor
Myelomeningocele
Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
Pineoblastoma
Cordotomy
Hemangiopericytoma
Peripheral Neuropathy
Spinal Tumor
Osteomyelitis
Acoustic Neuroma
Prolactinoma
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Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


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