Shilpa J. Patel
1801 Mississippi Avenue Southeast, 
Washington, DC 

Overview

Shilpa J. Patel, MD, MPH, is the medical director for the Improving Pediatric Asthma Care (IMPACT) DC Asthma Clinic, an attending physician in the Children's National Emergency Department and an assistant professor of pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences (GW). Dr. Patel received a medical degree from Penn State College of Medicine and a master's degree in public health at GW. She completed a pediatric residency, chief residency and pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Children's National Health System before joining the faculty. Dr. Patel is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. Her academic and clinical interests include: geographic predictors of health outcomes, asthma, firearm violence prevention and suicide prevention.

Dr. Patel is board certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2013 and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2007. She is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article.

Graduate Institution

Penn State Health Milton S Hershey Medical Center, 2004

Residency

Children's National Hospital, Pediatrics - 2008

Specialties

Pediatrics

Licenses

Pediatrics in DC

Board Certifications

Pediatric Emergency Medicine: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2013
Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2007

Fellowships

Children's National Hospital, Pediatric Emergency Medicine - 2012

Languages Spoken

English

Gender

Female

Awards

Top Doctors Hall of Fame Washingtonian (2023
2022
2021
2020
2019)
Top Doctors No Va Magazine (2026
2025
2024)

Insurance

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Aetna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
CareFirst
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Cigna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • PPO
First Health
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • PPO
Humana
  • HMO
  • INDEMNITY
  • POS
  • PPO
Independent Health
  • EPO
  • POS
  • PPO
Johns Hopkins Healthcare
  • HMO
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
Kaiser Permanente
  • HMO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • POS
  • PPO
Medicaid
  • OTHER MEDICAID
  • STATE MEDICAID
Medicare
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • MEDICARE SNP
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
UnitedHealthcare
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
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Locations

THEARC
1801 Mississippi Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC 20020
Other Locations
Main Hospital-Pulmonary Medicine Clinic
111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20010
CN Shepherd Park Telemed
111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Childrens National Telemedicine, Washington, DC 20010
Impact DC Clinic Telemed
111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Childrens National Telemedicine, Washington, DC 20010
CN Shepherd Park
7125 13th Place Northwest, Washington, DC 20012
SZ Impact DC Clinic
111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20010
SZ Pulmonary Medicine Clinic Telemed
111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Childrens National Telemedicine, Washington, DC 20010

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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