Dr. Ashish S. Patel is the Physician in Chief at Phoenix Children's Hospital. He is the Division Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Professor of Pediatrics at University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix. He completed his pediatric GI fellowship at UTSW and Children's Medical Center Dallas where he built the Southwestern Pediatric IBD Program from 2006 to 2020. He joined PCH in 2020 as the Division Chief and was promoted to Physician in Chief in 2024. His primary clinical and research interest is in pediatric IBD where he has invested his career in clinical care and clinical research.