Professor & Chair, Department of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University, Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI.

Dilip R Patel, MD, MBA, MPH, FAAP, FACSM, FAACPDM, CPE, is Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Dr Patel has subspecialty training and interests in neurodevelopmental disabilities, developmental-behavioral pediatrics, adolescent medicine and sports medicine. He has published numerous papers on a wide ranging topics in these areas and has edited several special symposia and books. Dr Patel has presented numerous invited lectures and workshops nationally and internationally. He has received many professional awards including the Adele Hoffmann Visiting Professor Award of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, and the William Weil Endowed Distinguished Pediatric Faculty Award of the Michigan State University.