Tejal Patel

• Evaluation of pharmacotherapeutic management of neurological disorders, in particular, epilepsy, cognitive impairment and dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and headache pain

• Pharmacotherapeutic management of neurological disorders, in particular, epilepsy, cognitive impairment and dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and headache pain
• The assessment, classification and management of drug related problems in persons with cognitive impairment as well as the frail elderly in primary care settings

Dr. Patel teaches at the undergraduate level. Course offerings have included:

Pharm 252 Institutional Pharmacy Practice

Pharm 320 Integrated Patient Focused Care 5

Patel T, Slonim K, Lee L.  Use of potentially inappropriate medications among ambulatory home-dwelling elderly patients with dementia: A review of the literature.  Can Pharm J (In press).

Lee L, Patel T, Hillier L, Maulkhan N, Slonim K and Costa A.  Identifying frailty in primary care: A systematic review.  Geriatrics & Gerontology International.  2017 Apr 12. DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12955

Maximos M, Chang F, Patel T.  Risk of falls associated with antiepileptic drug use in ambulatory elderly population: A systematic review.  Can Pharm J 2017; 150: 101 – 111.  DOI: 10.1177/1715163517690744

Duong S, Patel T, Chang F.  Dementia: What pharmacists need to know.  Can Pharm J 2017; 150: 118 – 129.  DOI: 10.1177/1715163517690745

Lee L, Patel T, Costa A, Bryce E, Hillier LM, Slonim K, Hunter SW, Heckman G, Molnar FJ.  Accuracy of gait speed and handgrip strength as a screen for frailty in primary care.  Can Fam Physician. 2017; 63: e51 – e57.

Lee L, Patel T, Hillier L, Milligan J.  Office-based case finding for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in older adults in primary care.  Can Respiratory J 2016; article ID 1083270.  DOI: 10.1155/2016/1083270.

Patel T, Chang F, Mohammed HT, Raman-Wilms L, Jurcic J, Khan A, Sproule B.  Knowledge, perceptions and attitudes toward chronic pain and its management: A cross-sectional survey of frontline pharmacists in Ontario, Canada.  PLoS One 2016; 11 (6): e0157151.  DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0157151

Patel T, Milligan J and Lee FJ.  Medication problems in individuals with spinal cord injury in a primary care-based clinic. J of Spinal Cord Med 2017; 40: 54-61.  DOI: 10.1179/2045772315Y.0000000055

Chang F, Patel T, and Schulz ME. The “Rising Tide” of dementia in Canada: what does it mean for pharmacists and the people they care for?  Can Pharm J 2015; 148: 193 – 199.

Patel T^# and Chang F.  Assessment and management of patients with Parkinson’s disease by community pharmacists.  Can Pharm J 2015; 148: 142 – 149.

Bauman CA, Milligan JD, Patel T, Pritchard S, Labreche T, Dillon-Martin S, Ilich A and Riva JJ.  Community-based falls prevention: lessons from an interprofessional Mobility Clinic.  J Can Chiropr Assoc 2014; 58: 300 – 311.

Patel T and Chang F.  Parkinson’s disease guidelines for pharmacists.  Can Pharm J 2014; 147: 161 – 170.

Rojas-Fernandez C, Patel T and Lee L.  An interdisciplinary memory clinic: a novel practice setting for pharmacists in primary care in Ontario, Canada.  Ann Pharmacother 2014; 48; 785 - 795.

Fore more on Dr. Patel's publications, see her ResearchGate profile.

• 2016 Canadian Pharmacists Association Patient Care Achievement Award in Specialty Practice

• 2013 Inter-professional Preceptor of the Year, KW and Area Family Medicine Residency Program, McMaster University

• 1997 Most Valuable Player, St. Michael’s Hospital

• Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation

Dr. Patel also works closely with Memory Clinic at the Centre for Family Medicine Family Health Team, and participates in providing care to patients with memory concerns and training pharmacists through the Memory Clinic Training Program. 

She is also a member of the:

• Parkinson Medical Advisory Council of Parkinson Society Canada
• Network for Aging Research
• Research Institute for Aging (RIA)

The following news stories have featured Dr. Patel's research:

• July 4, 2016: Tejal Patel wins CPhA Patient Care Achievement Award for Specialty Practice

• February 22, 2016: Anti-psychosis drugs prescribed at 'alarming' rates, UW professor says

• November 30, 2015: Assistant Professors Tejal Patel and Sherilyn Houle Receive Innovation Fund Grants

1996 BScPharm (University of Kentucky)

1997 PharmD (University of Kentucky)

2002 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Neurology/Pharmacokinetics (University of Illinois at Chicago)