Dr. Dilip Patel, Neonatology
Dilip Patel, MD
is on staff at
CHOC Hospital Orange | CHOC Mission Hospital
714-509-4373
Specialty:
Neonatology
Board Certified:
Pediatrics
Languages:
Hindi, Gujarati
Neonatology Referrals
Physicians can refer patients to CHOC through our eCeptionist Referral Portal.
Dr. Patel is a trained Neonatologist and is the director of High Risk Infant Follow-up (HRIF) clinic and NICU follow-up Bridge clinic at CHOC. Dr. Patel provides comprehensive care for critically ill premature and full-term infants in the NICU and their follow-up in outpatient clinics at CHOC.
Locations
CHOC Specialists
1201 W. La Veta Ave.
Orange, CA 92868
Orange County Global Medical Center
1001 N. Tustin Ave.
Santa Ana, CA 92705
St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90813
St. Jude Medical Center
101 E. Valencia Mesa Dr.
Fullerton, CA 92835
Education
- Medical School
Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India - Neonatology Fellowship
University of California, San Diego, CA - Pediatrics Residency
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
Administrative Appointments
- Medical Director, High-Risk Infant Follow-Up Clinic
- Neonatology, CHOC Specialists
Our neonatologists commonly treat the following conditions in newborns and babies:
- Apnea
- Bradycardia
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Gastroschisis
- Heart valve abnormalities
- Hypoglycemia
- Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)
- Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)
- Jaundice
- Macrosomia
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN)
- Pneumonia
- Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)
- Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
- Sepsis
- Septal defects
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Trouble keeping warm