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Physician / FIRST EDITION

Zara M. Patel, MD

Professor; Director of Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery

Stanford Medicine / Stanford, California

Areas of workSmell and tasteRhinologySkull base surgery

The work behind the name.

Dr. Zara Patel is a Stanford professor who directs endoscopic skull base surgery, a neurorhinology fellowship, and the Stanford Initiative to Cure Smell and Taste Loss. Her practice includes complex sinus disease, skull base tumors, and olfactory disorders. She trained at Mount Sinai and Stanford, then worked at Emory before returning to Stanford in 2015.

WHY FOLLOW

She directs Stanford’s smell-and-taste initiative and its neurorhinology fellowship.

PROFILE SOURCES
1. med.stanford.edu ↗2. nasbs.org ↗

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