UChicago Medicine Medical Group
Bhamini Patel, MD
Bhamini Patel, MD
UChicago Medicine Medical Group
Specialties
- Hematology and Oncology (Cancer)
- Palliative Medicine
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- Tinley Park
- Harvey - Ingalls Outpatient Center
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
Bhamini Patel, MD, is a hematologist and oncologist who specializes in caring for patients with non-malignant hematologic disorders and solid cancers. She has an interest in caring for patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, including colorectal, liver, pancreatic and stomach cancer. She supports patients throughout their cancer journey, helping them understand a new diagnosis, explore treatment options and manage challenges that may arise along the way.
Dr. Patel also cares for adolescents and young adults with cancer. She understands that facing cancer at a younger age can bring unique concerns and tailors her approach to the challenges patients may face during this stage of life.
With additional expertise in palliative medicine, Dr. Patel helps patients manage symptoms and side effects while maintaining their comfort and quality of life. She considers how illness and treatment are affecting each person physically and emotionally and incorporates those concerns into their overall care.
Dr. Patel recognizes that living with cancer can bring difficult decisions and changing priorities. She takes time to talk with patients and their families to understands what matters most to each patient and make sure their decisions reflect their individual preferences and goals.
Dr. Patel is bilingual and welcomes patients who speak English or Gujarati.
Dr. Patel also cares for adolescents and young adults with cancer. She understands that facing cancer at a younger age can bring unique concerns and tailors her approach to the challenges patients may face during this stage of life.
With additional expertise in palliative medicine, Dr. Patel helps patients manage symptoms and side effects while maintaining their comfort and quality of life. She considers how illness and treatment are affecting each person physically and emotionally and incorporates those concerns into their overall care.
Dr. Patel recognizes that living with cancer can bring difficult decisions and changing priorities. She takes time to talk with patients and their families to understands what matters most to each patient and make sure their decisions reflect their individual preferences and goals.
Dr. Patel is bilingual and welcomes patients who speak English or Gujarati.
Areas of Expertise
UChicago Medicine Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine - Hyde Park5758 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago IL 606371-888-824-0200
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
Languages Spoken
- English
- Gujarati
Medical Education
- Northeast Ohio Medical University
Residency
- Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowship
- Emory University School of Medicine; McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Memberships & Medical Societies
- American Medical Association
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
Our list of accepted insurance providers is subject to change at any time. You should contact your insurance company to confirm UChicago Medicine participates in their network before scheduling your appointment. If your insurance company is not listed here, or if you have any other questions, please contact Managed.Care@uchospitals.edu.
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UChicago Medicine is committed to fostering a corporate culture of ethical behavior and integrity in all matters related to compliance with the laws and regulations that govern the delivery of healthcare. This aspiration is central to supporting patient care, research, and teaching at UChicago Medicine.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.