Miral Mahesh Patel, M.D.
Department of Breast Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
About Dr. Miral Mahesh Patel
Dr. Patel received her combined MD/BLA degree and completed an Internal Medicine internship at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Afterward, Dr. Patel completed her radiology residency at UT Houston. She then finished a year of fellowship in Diagnostic Imaging with a focus on Breast/Body Imaging at MD Anderson. Dr. Patel’s clinical focus is on advancing our mission in the early diagnosis and management of breast cancer in the community through a multidisciplinary approach to obtain optimal treatment outcomes. Her current areas of research include primary angiosarcoma of the breast and imaging of the breast post breast conservation therapy. She also has an interest in resident and fellow education. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling.
Research Interests
Tomosynthesis utilization to improve patient experience and cancer detection/characterization
Clinical Interests
Multimodality breast imaging
Tomosynthesis
MRI
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2010 | University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, US, MD |
Postgraduate Training
| 2015-2016 | Clinical Fellowship, Breast/Body Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2012-2015 | Clinical Residency, Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas |
| 2011-2012 | Clinical Residency, Diagnostic Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 2010-2011 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine Preliminary Year, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri |
Board Certifications
| 2016 | American Board of Radiology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Breast Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2023
Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2019
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Patient Experience Officer, Department of Breast Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2022
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Zaveri, S, Sun, SX, Zaghloul, T, Bevers, TB, Albarracin, C, Patel, MM, Bedrosian, I. Trends in Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia Diagnosis and Upgrade. Annals of surgical oncology 32(5):3244-3251, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39875718.
- Zaveri, S, Sun, SX, Zaghloul, T, Bevers, TB, Albarracin, C, Patel, MM, Bedrosian, I. ASO Visual Abstract. Annals of surgical oncology 32(5):3339-3340, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40080363.
- Xu, Z, Zhou, Z, Son, JB, Feng, H, Adrada, BE, Moseley, T, Candelaria, RP, Guirguis, MS, Patel, MM, Whitman, GJ, Leung, J, Le-Petross, H, Mohamed, R, Panthi, B, Lane, DL, Chen, H, Wei, P, Tripathy, D, Litton, J, Valero, V, Huo, L, Hunt, KK, Korkut, A, Thompson, A, Yang, W, Yam, C, Rauch, GM, Ma, J. Deep Learning Models Based on Pretreatment MRI and Clinicopathological Data to Predict Responses to Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancers 17(6), 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Patel MM, Adrada BE, Guirguis MS, Whitman G, Moseley TW, Rauch GM. Current concepts on molecular breast imaging. Journal of Breast Imaging 7(1):104-118, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39692400.
- Yam, C, Patel, MM, Hill, H, Sun, R, Bassett Jr, R, Kong, EK, Damodaran, S, Koenig, KB, Abouharb, S, Saleem, S, Bisen, AK, Murthy, RK, Ramirez, DL, Rauch, GM, Adrada, BE, Candelaria, RP, Wang, X, Mittendorf, EA, Thompson, A, White, JB, Ravenberg, EE, Clayborn, A, Ding, Q, Booser, DJ, Oke, OC, Brewster, A, Hortobagyi, GN, Ibrahim, NK, Litton, J, Valero, V, Arun, BK, Tripathy, D, Chang, J, Chen, K, Korkut, A, Moulder, S, Huo, L, Lim, B, Ueno, NT. Targeting the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Pathway in Chemotherapy-Resistant Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancer Research Communications 4(10):2823-2834, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39356138.
- Sharma, N, Mehta, TS, Wahab, RA, Patel, MM. Facilitating Culturally Competent Breast Imaging Care in South Asian Patients. Journal of Breast Imaging 6(5):529-538, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Mohamed, RM, Panthi, B, Adrada, BE, Boge, M, Candelaria, RP, Chen, H, Guirguis, MS, Hunt, KK, Huo, L, Hwang, K, Korkut, A, Litton, JK, Moseley, T, Pashapoor, S, Patel, MM, Reed, BJ, Scoggins, ME, Son, JB, Thompson, A, Tripathy, D, Valero, V, Wei, P, White, JB, Whitman, GJ, Xu, Z, Yang, W, Yam, C, Ma, J, Rauch, GM. Multiparametric MRI–based radiomic models for early prediction of response to neoadjuvant systemic therapy in triple-negative breast cancer. Scientific reports 14(1), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38992094.
- Sharma N, Mehta TS, Wahab RA, Patel MM. Facilitating culturally competent breast imaging care in South Asian patients. J Breast Imaging, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38787594.
- Everidge SA, Sun J, Teshome M, Tamirisa N, Sun S, Adesoye T, Nia E, Bevers T, Bedrosian I, Patel M, Singh P. Lobular neoplasia diagnosed by MRI-Guided breast biopsy: Identifying upgrade rate to malignancy and outcomes of clinical and surgical management. Ann Surg Oncol 31(4):2224-2230, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38117388.
- Guirguis, MS, Arribas, E, Kapoor, MM, Patel, MM, Perez, F, Nia, ES, Ding, Q, Moseley, T, Adrada, BE. Multimodality Imaging of Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Nipple-Areolar Complex. Radiographics 44(4), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38483829.
- Guirguis MS, Arribas E, Kapoor MM, Patel MM, Perez F, Nia, ES, Ding Q, Moseley TW, Adrada BE. Multimodality imaging of benign and malignant pathologies of the nipple areolar complex. Radiographics, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Everidge, S, Sun, J, Teshome, M, Tamirisa, N, Sun, SX, Adesoye, T, Nia, ES, Bevers, TB, Bedrosian, I, Patel, MM, Singh, P. ASO Visual Abstract. Annals of surgical oncology 31(4):2276-2277, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38263369.
- Musall BC, Rauch DE, Mohamed RMM, Panthi B, Boge M, Candelaria RP, Chen H, Guirguis MS, Hunt KK, Huo L, Hwang KP, Korkut A, Litton JK, Moseley TW, Pashapoor S, Patel MM, Reed BJ, Scoggins ME, Son JB, Tripathy D, Valero V, Wei P, White JB, Whitman GJ, Xu Z, Yang WT, Yam C, Adrada BE, Ma J. Diffusion tensor imaging for characterizing MRI changes in triple-negative breast cancer during neoadjuvant systemic therapy. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 60(4):1367-1376, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38294179.
- Patel MM, Adrada BE, Nia ES, Kapoor MM, Khazai L, Guirguis MS, Perez F, Moseley TW, Arribas EM. Multimodality imaging of breast cancer recurrence post breast conservation therapy. Current Radiology Reports, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Nia, ES, Patel, MM, Kapoor, MM, Guirguis, MS, Perez, F, Bassett Jr, R, Candelaria, RP. Comparing the performance of full-field digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis in the post-treatment surveillance of patients with a history of breast cancer. Radiography 29(6):975-979, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37572571.
- Adrada BE, Moseley TW, Kapoor MM, Scoggins ME, Patel MM, Perez F, Nia ES, Khazai L, Arribas E, Rauch GM, Guirguis MS. Triple-Negative breast cancer: A review of histopathology, genomics, and treatment. RadioGraphics 43(10), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37792593.
- Nia E, Patel M, Guirguis M, Perez F, Bassett R, Candelaria R. Comparing the performance of full-field digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis in the post-treatment surveillance of patients with a history of breast cancer: A retrospective study. Radiography, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Zhou, Z, Adrada, BE, Candelaria, RP, Elshafeey, N, Boge, M, Mohamed, RM, Pashapoor, S, Sun, J, Xu, Z, Panthi, B, Son, JB, Guirguis, MS, Patel, MM, Whitman, GJ, Moseley, T, Scoggins, ME, White, JB, Litton, J, Valero, V, Hunt, KK, Tripathy, D, Yang, W, Wei, P, Yam, C, Pagel, MD, Rauch, GM, Ma, J. Predicting pathological complete response to neoadjuvant systemic therapy for triple-negative breast cancers using deep learning on multiparametric MRIs. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference 2023:1-4, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38083160.
- Akpolat, YT, Dryden, MJ, Scoggins, ME, Patel, MM, Yalniz, C, Hassid, VJ, Whitman, GJ. Imaging Features Following Breast Explant Surgery. Diagnostics 13(13), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37443566.
- Akpolat YT, Dryden MJ, Scoggins ME, Patel MM, Yalniz C, Hassid VJ, Whitman GJ. Imaging features following breast explant surgery: A pictorial essay. Diagnostics (Basel), 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Shin J, Kapoor M, Patel MM, Krishnamurthy S, Diagnostic Radiology WGCBHTBAAIBRCPI. Comparing breast hemangiomas to breast angiosarcomas: an imaging based review. Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology 52(3):212-219, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36804401.
- Kapoor MM, Yoon EC, Yang WT, Patel MM. Breast Angiosarcoma: Imaging features with histopathologic correlation. Journal of Breast Imaging 5(3):329-338, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Kapoor, MM, Yoon, EC, Yang, WT, Patel, MM. Breast Angiosarcoma. Journal of Breast Imaging 5(3):329-338, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38416884.
- Panthi B, Adrada BE, Candelaria RP, Guirguis MS, Yam C, Boge M, Chen H, Hunt KK, Huo L, Hwang K, Korkut A, Lane DL, Le-Petross HC, Leung J, Litton JK, Mohamed RM, Musall BC, Pashapoor S, Patel MM, Perez F, Son JB, Thompson A, Valero V, Wei P, White J, Xu Z, Pinksy L, Tripathy D, Yang W, Ma J, Rauch GM. Assessment of response to neoadjuvant systemic treatment in triple-negative breast cancer using functional tumor volumes from longitudinal dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI. Cancers 15(4):1025, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36831368.
- Zhou Z, Adrada BE, Candelaria RP, Elshafeey NA, Boge M, Mohamed RM, Pashapoor S, Sun J, Xu Z, Panthi B, Son JB, Guirguis MS, Patel MM, Whitman GJ, Moseley TW, Scoggins ME, White JB, Litton JK, Valero V, Hunt KK, Tripathy D, Yang W, Wei P, Yam C, Pagel MD, Rauch GM, Ma J. Prediction of pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant systemic therapy in triple negative breast cancer using deep learning on multiparametric MRI. Sci Rep 13(1):1171, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36670144.
- Andring LM, Diao K, Sun S, Patel MM, Whitman GJ, Schlembach P, Arzu I, Joyner MM, Shaitelman SF, Hoffman K, Stauder MC, Smith BD, Woodward WA. Locoregional management and prognostic factors in breast cancer patients with ipsilateral internal mammary and axillary lymph node involvement. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 113(3):552-560, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35248602.
- Candelaria RP, Spak DA, Rauch GM, Huo L, Bassett RL, Santiago L, Scoggins ME, Guirguis MS, Patel MM, Whitman GJ, Moulder SL, Thompson AM, Ravenberg EE, White JB, Abuhadra NK, Valero V, Litton J, Adrada BE, Yang WT. BI-RADS ultrasound lexicon descriptors and stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in triple-negative breast cancer. Acad Radiol 29 Suppl 1:S35-S41, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34272161.
- Patel MM, Parikh JR. Education of radiologists in healthcare disparities. Clin Imaging 81:98-102, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34678654.
- Patel MM, Le- Petross HT. Baseline FDG PET-CT imaging is necessary for newly diagnosed inflammatory breast cancer patients: A narrative review. Chin Clin Oncol 10(6):56, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Patel MM, Moseley TW, Nia ES, Perez F, Kapoor MM, Whitman GJ. Team science: A practical approach to starting collaborative projects. J Breast Imaging 3(6):721-726, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34805982.
- Chang Sen LQ, Ko A, Patel MM, Leung JWT. Time to development and imaging features of new calcifications in the treated breast after breast-conserving therapy. Breast J 27(10):761-767, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34363281.
- Patel MM, Kapoor MM, Whitman GJ. Transitioning to practice: Getting up to speed in efficiency and accuracy. J Breast Imaging 3(5):607-611, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34545352.
- Patel, MM, Parikh, JR. Patient Diversity in Breast Imaging. Journal of Breast Imaging 3(1):98-105, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 38424834.
- Patel MM, Parikh J. Patient diversity in breast imaging: Barriers and potential solutions. J Breast Imag 3(1):98-105, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Gerlach K, Phalak K, Patel M, Leung JWT. COVID-19: Current and future crisis planning in breast imaging. Breast J 26(8):1615-1617, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32683734.
- Kapoor MM, Patel MM, Scoggins ME. The wire and beyond: Recent advances in breast imaging preoperative needle localization. Radiographics 39(7):1886-1906, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31560614.
Invited Articles
- Patel MM, Le-Petross HT, Kapoor MM, Farag JA, Whitman G, Guirguis MS. Current imaging approaches in inflammatory breast cancer. Current Breast Cancer Reports 16:142-149, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Ferrera Dalla Pria HR, Scoggins ME, Moseley TW, Vishwanath SJ, Vuong S, Diaz V, Elhatw A, Patel MM, Guirguis MS. Current status of imaging for breast cancer staging. Current Breast Cancer Reports 16(1), 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Patel MM, Adrada BE, Fowler AM, Rauch GM. Molecular Breast Imaging and positron emission mammography. PET Clinics, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37258343.
- Elhatw A, Chung HL, De Jesus C, Jean S, Vlshwanath V, Ferreira Dalla Pria HR, Patel MM, Guirguis MS, Moseley TW. Advanced breast imaging modalities - DBT, CEM, MBI, PEM. Current Breast Cancer Reports, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Chung HL, Joiner J, Pria HR, Jean S, Vishwanath V, De Jesus C, Elhatw A, Guirguis MS, Patel MM, Moseley TW. Breast imaging considerations in symptomatic young, pregnant, and lactating women. Current Breast Cancer Reports 15:119-126, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- De Jesus C, Moseley TW, Diaz V, Vlshwanath V, Jean S, Elhatw A, Pria HR, Chung HL, Guirguis MS, Patel MM. Supplemental screening for breast cancer. Current Breast Cancer Reports 15:97-102, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
Other Articles
- Xu Z, Zhou z, Son JB, Feng H, Adrada BE, Moseley T, Candeleria RP, Guirguis M, Patel MM, Whitman GJ, Leung JWT, Le-Petross HT, Mohamed RM, Panthi B, Lane DL, Chen H, Wei P, Tripathy D, Litton JK, Valero V, Huo L, Hunt KK, Korkut A, Thompson A, Yang W, Yam C, Rauch GM, Ma J Deep learning models based on pretreatment MRI and clinicopathological data to predict response to neoadjuvant systemic therapy in triple-negative breast cancer. Cancers (Basel), 2025. PMID: 40149299.
- Patel, MM, Adrada, BE Hereditary Breast Cancer. Radiologic Clinics of North America 62(4):627-642, 2024. PMID: 38777539.
- Patel, MM, Le-Petross, H, Kapoor, MM, Farag, JA, Whitman, GJ, Guirguis, MS Current Imaging Approaches in Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Current Breast Cancer Reports 16(2):142-149, 2024.
- Pria, HD, Scoggins, ME, Moseley, T, Vishwanath, V, Jean, S, Vuong, S, Diaz, V, Elhatw, A, Patel, MM, Guirguis, MS Current Status of Imaging for Breast Cancer Staging. Current Breast Cancer Reports 16(2):126-133, 2024.
- Patel, MM, Adrada, BE, Fowler, AM, Rauch, GM Molecular Breast Imaging and Positron Emission Mammography. PET Clinics 18(4):487-501, 2023. PMID: 37258343.
- De Jesus, C, Moseley, T, Diaz, V, Vishwanath, V, Jean, S, Elhatw, A, Pria, HD, Chung, H, Guirguis, MS, Patel, MM The Benefits of Screening Mammography. Current Breast Cancer Reports 15(2):103-107, 2023.
- De Jesus, C, Moseley, T, Diaz, V, Vishwanath, V, Jean, S, Elhatw, A, Ferreira Dalla Pria, HR, Chung, H, Guirguis, MS, Patel, MM Supplemental Screening for Breast Cancer. Current Breast Cancer Reports 15(2):97-102, 2023.
- Chung, H, Joiner, J, Ferreira Dalla Pria, HR, Jean, S, Vishwanath, V, De Jesus, C, Elhatw, A, Guirguis, MS, Patel, MM, Moseley, T Breast Imaging Considerations in Symptomatic Young, Pregnant, and Lactating Women. Current Breast Cancer Reports 15(2):119-126, 2023.
- Elhatw, A, Chung, H, Kamal, RM, De Jesus, C, Jean, S, Vishwanath, V, Ferreira Dalla Pria, HR, Patel, MM, Guirguis, MS, Moseley, T Advanced Breast Imaging Modalities — DBT, CEM, MBI, PEM, MRI, AI. Current Breast Cancer Reports 15(2):108-113, 2023.
- Nia ES, Patel MM, Chang EI, Legha RS, Kapoor MM The post-operative mammographic appearance of lymphovenous bypass and vascularized lymph node transfer. Radiol Case Rep 17(10):3760-3762, 2022. PMID: 35965918.
- Patel, MM, Le-Petross, H Baseline FDG PET-CT imaging is necessary for newly diagnosed inflammatory breast cancer patients. Chinese clinical oncology 10(6), 2021. PMID: 34806397.
- Moseley TW, Adrada BE, Arribas E, Chung H, Kapoor MM, Patel MM, Ghannam S, Guirguis MS Solitary dilated ducts 2.0 – Multimodality imaging detection, assessment, and management. Journal of Breast Imaging.
Abstracts
- Le-Petross, HT, Son, JB, Ma, J, Kai, M, Whitman, GJ, Guirguis, MS, Patel, MM, Kapoor, MM, Sun, SX, Lim, B, Alexander, A, Lucci, A, Woodward, WA. Quantitative diffusion weighted imaging for predicting response to neoadjuvant therapy in patients with inflammatory breast cancer. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Rauch GM, Adrada BE, Guirguis MS, Patel MM, Candelaria RP, Mohamed R, Moseley TW, Le-Petross HT, Leung J, Whitman GJ, Lane D, Scoggins M, Perez F, Sun J, Pashapoor S, Xu Z, White JB, Wei P, Reed B, Son JB, Hwang K, Panthi B, Korkut A, Huo L, Hunt KK, Clayborn A, Litton JK, Valero V, Tripathy D, Yang WT, Ma J, Yam C. Early prediction of response to neoadjuvant immunotherapy (NICT) in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) with DCE-MRI. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2023, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Chung HL, Moseley TW, Whitman GJ, Patel MM, Guirguis MS, Wolverton DC. Ductal Carcinoma in Situ: Beyond first impressions. Proceedings of Radiological Society of North America 109th Annual, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Ghanan S, Guirguis MS, Adrada BE, Kapoor MM, Arribas EM, Patel MM, Chung HL, Nia ES, Moseley TW. Swipe left or right? The multimodality imaging detection and assessment of the Solitary Dilated Duct. Proceedings of Radiological Society of North America 109th Annual, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Patel M, Sweeney K, Perez, F, Kapoor MM, Guirguis MS, Nia ES, Arribas EM, Moseley TW, Adrada BE. The many faces of invasive lobular carcinoma. Proceedings of Radiological Society of North America 109th Annual, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Kapoor MM, Arribas EM, Guirguis MS, Sweeney KJ, Perez F, Nia ES, Patel MM, Adrada BE, Moseley TW. More than just gynecomastia: Spectrum of male breast pathologies. Proceedings of 2023 Society of Breast Imaging/American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Symposium, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Nia ES, Kapoor M, Guirguis M, Perez, F, Adrada B, Moseley T, Arribas E, Patel M. Gadgets and gizmos a-plenty: Foreign bodies encountered in breast imaging. Proceedings of 2023 Society of Breast Imaging/American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Symposium, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Patel MM, Checka C, Nia E, Kapoor M, Guirguis MM, Khazai L, Adrada B. Management of bleeding complications after image guided breast biopsy: A case-based review. Proceedings of American Roentgen Ray Society 123rd Annual Program, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Cameiro AT, Sun JS, Kai M, Patel M, Saleem S, Whitman G, LePetross H. Effect of FDG-Avid nodal disease at initial presentation on survival in patients with inflammatory breast can. Proceedings of American Roentgen Ray Society 123rd Annual Program, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Patel MM, Kapoor M, Scoggins M. Imaging findings of 3-dimensional bioabsorbable breast implant device. Proceedings of American Roentgen Ray Society Program, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Patel MM, Dawson D, Adrada BE, Lane D, Santiago L. Troubleshooting on combined 2D/3D stereotactic/tomosynthesis breast biopsy units. Association of University Radiologists 66th Annual Meeting Program. e-Pub 2018.
- Patel MM, Dawson D, Adrada BE, Lane D, Santiago L. Troubleshooting on combined 2D/3D stereotactic/tomosynthesis breast biopsy units. Association of University Radiologist 66th Annual Meeting Program.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified June 02, 2025