
Smita S Patel MD
Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist
Physician
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1000 Ochsner BlvdCovington, LA 70433
Phone+1 985-875-2828
Fax+1 985-898-4394
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Education & Training
Ochsner Clinic FoundationResidency, Family Medicine, 1999 - 2002
Saba University School of MedicineClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
LA State Medical License 2002 - 2027
SC State Medical License 2005 - 2009
MI State Medical License 1998 - 2005
American Board of Family Medicine Family Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2016-2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 13 citationsStructures illustrate step-by-step mitochondrial transcription initiation.Quinten Goovaerts, Jiayu Shen, Brent De Wijngaert, Urmimala Basu, Smita S Patel
Nature. 2023-10-01 - 15 citationsCryo-EM structures reveal transcription initiation steps by yeast mitochondrial RNA polymeraseBrent De Wijngaert, Shemaila Sultana, Anupam Singh, Chhaya Dharia, Hans Vanbuel
Molecular Cell. 2021-01-21 - 10 citationsThe dynamic landscape of transcription initiation in yeast mitochondriaByeong Kwon Sohn, Urmimala Basu, Seung-Won Lee, Hayoon Cho, Jiayu Shen
Nature Communications. 2020-08-27
Journal Articles
- Article RIG-I Uses an ATPase-Powered Translocation-Throttling Mechanism for Kinetic Proofreading of RNAs and OligomerizationSmita Patel, MD, ScienceDirect
Grant Support
- Refeyn TwoMP Mass PhotometerRUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES2025–2026
- Mechanistic studies of nucleic acid enzymes involved in DNA replication, transcription, and innate immunityRUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES2016–2026
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