Premal Gautam Patel, M.D., M.Sc., FACP is a Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at UT Health San Antonio and Program Director of the M.D./M.P.H. Program in the Kate Marmion School of Public Health. Dr. Patel is an HIV specialist and clinician-educator whose work focuses on advancing HIV prevention and care through high-quality clinical services, program design, and workforce development—particularly in safety-net and community-based settings.

She earned her M.D. from the University of Texas Medical Branch and an M.Sc. in Human Rights from the London School of Economics. Following residency training in Internal Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, she served in Gaborone, Botswana with the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, where she provided clinical care and supported capacity-building for HIV programs in resource-limited settings. Across her career, Dr. Patel has integrated HIV medicine, public health, and education—developing curricula, mentoring learners and interdisciplinary teams, and building training experiences that translate evidence into equitable, real-world HIV prevention and treatment.

At UT Health San Antonio, Dr. Patel is Clinical Co-Director of the UTHSA AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) and Practice Transformation Co-Lead for the South Central AETC. In these roles, she partners with clinics and health systems to strengthen HIV prevention and treatment delivery, expand access to best practices (including rapid ART initiation and status-neutral approaches), and support implementation of evidence-based models of care. She maintains an active clinical practice providing holistic, longitudinal care for people living with HIV, with an emphasis on whole-person support.

Dr. Patel is an experienced regional and national conference speaker and faculty development leader, known for practical, systems-oriented approaches to improving HIV care delivery and training the health workforce. Her scholarly and educational efforts emphasize interprofessional learning, implementation-focused program development, and scalable strategies to reduce disparities and improve outcomes across the HIV care continuum.