Bhavika Patel, M.D., receives Mayo Clinic Investment for Extramural Grants Award (MEGA)

Bhavika Patel, M.D. (R-D ’15), Division of Breast Imaging, Department of Radiology at Mayo Clinic Arizona, received a Mayo Clinic Investment for Extramural Grants Award (MEGA). The program is an intramural investment mechanism to provide pilot support to junior Mayo Clinic faculty on the Arizona campus who plan to pursue subsequent funding through competitive extramural mechanisms.

Dr. Patel’s project is “Assessment of Tissue Mechanical Properties as a Prognostic Biomarker of Breast Cancer Using MR Elastography.”

Dr. Patel is an associate professor of medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.