Overview
Dr. Ravi Patel is a board certified Medical Oncologist who has been practicing for more than 30 years. He completed his residency at the University of Illinois after obtaining a medical degree from Gujarat University Medical College in India. He went on to complete a fellowship in Hematology/ Oncology from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine.From the early stages of his career, Dr. Patel was exposed to and focused on bone marrow transplantation along with a wide variety of oncology and hematology training.Dr. Patel founded Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center in 1984, growing it from a 1,200 square foot office with one employee into the comprehensive, community focused, diagnostic, treatment, educational and research-based cancer center it is today with over 250 employees and a 120,000 square foot campus.While serving as managing director of the center, Dr. Patel continues to actively care for his patients and serve as principal investigator on the center's many clinical research studies. Dr. Patel is actively involved with the leading pharmaceutical manufacturers and academic research programs to assure that cancer patients in Kern County have access to the most cutting-edge medicines and treatments available anywhere in the world.Through choosing to work with the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center TRIO-US Network, UCLA employees manage clinical trials alongside CBCC's own research staff. Several of the treatments tested at CBCC have proven to be highly successful and have gone on to receive approval from the Federal Government's Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These breakthrough treatments have changed the way many forms of cancer are now being managed around the world.As a result of his clinical research experience, Dr. Patel has authored several scientific papers in such respected journals as the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Clinical Lymphoma. He is sought after as a lecturer and consultant on clinical oncology issues and patient care. He serves as an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA and is actively involved with the Residency Program in Internal Medicine at the Kern County Medical Center.
Dr. Patel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Vaginal Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Ampullary Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, and Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 25 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
6501 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93309
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.
Dignity Health Women's Center - Southwest
Dr. Manrriquez completed her undergraduate degree in Human Biology at the University of California, San Diego and her medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco. She later trained in obstetrics and gynecology at UC San Francisco followed by subspecialty training in gynecologic oncology (chemotherapy, gynecologic cancer and risk-reducing surgery) at the University of California, Los Angeles. During this time, she also obtained a Master’s in Public Health-Epidemiology from UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health.Dr. Manrriquez is a published physician who has worked and trained in various California communities under many national and world-renowned leaders in OB/GYN and Gynecologic Oncology. She has held several leadership positions including a board seat on the inaugural Minority House staff Organization at UCLA. She is fluent in Spanish. Dr. Manrriquez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Vaginal Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Ovarian Cancer, Pelvic Congestion Syndrome, Malignant Mixed Mullerian Tumor, and Endometritis.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Ampullary CancerDr. Patel isDistinguished. Learn about Ampullary Cancer.
- Breast CancerDr. Patel isDistinguished. Learn about Breast Cancer.
- Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL)Dr. Patel isDistinguished. Learn about Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL).
- Large-Cell Immunoblastic LymphomaDr. Patel isDistinguished. Learn about Large-Cell Immunoblastic Lymphoma.
- Paget Disease of the BreastDr. Patel isDistinguished. Learn about Paget Disease of the Breast.
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- Adult Soft Tissue SarcomaDr. Patel isAdvanced. Learn about Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma.
- AgranulocytosisDr. Patel isAdvanced. Learn about Agranulocytosis.
- Anal CancerDr. Patel isAdvanced. Learn about Anal Cancer.
- AnemiaDr. Patel isAdvanced. Learn about Anemia.
- Angiosarcoma of the ScalpDr. Patel isAdvanced. Learn about Angiosarcoma of the Scalp.
- B-Cell LymphomaDr. Patel isAdvanced. Learn about B-Cell Lymphoma.
- Experienced
- Acinic Cell Carcinoma of Salivary Glands
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)Dr. Patel isExperienced. Learn about Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
- Acute Myelomonocytic LeukemiaDr. Patel isExperienced. Learn about Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia.
- Acute Promyelocytic LeukemiaDr. Patel isExperienced. Learn about Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia.
- Adenoid Cystic CarcinomaDr. Patel isExperienced. Learn about Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.
- Adult Immune ThrombocytopeniaDr. Patel isExperienced. Learn about Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia.