Dr. Kavita Patel is a primary care physician, policy advisor, and author. She is a Senior Policy Advisor at Stanford University. She is also an advisor to the Bipartisan Policy Center at the Brookings Institute.Patel is a former Nonresident Fellow and Managing Director of Clinical Transformation at the Center for Health Policy at at the Brookings Institution. She also served in the Obama Administration as director of policy for the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement in the White House.In addition to research articles for medical journals, Patel has written for MSNBC, The Hill, and The Washington Post.