Dr. Patel-Donnelly graduated magna cum laude in biochemistry with honors and independent research from Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York. She received her Doctorate of Medicine from Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York, New York. She completed internal medicine internship/residency at Mt. Sinai Medical Center. She also went on to complete a fellowship in medical oncology and hematology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School. She is board certified in medical oncology, hematology and internal medicine and is co-director of the Inova Fairfax Hospital Stem Cell Transplant Program.