Dr. Armani Patel was born and raised in Ann Arbor, MI. She studied public health and biology at Saint Louis University and stayed in St. Louis for medical school. Dr. Patel moved to Chicago for her Internal Medicine residency, then back home to Detroit for her Gastroenterology training. While she has been in the Midwest her whole life, Dr. Patel is excited to join Providence and enjoy the California sunshine. Her clinical interests include inflammatory bowel disease and the prevention of colon cancer through colonoscopy. In her free time, Dr. Patel enjoys hiking, OrangeTheory fitness, eating all the food LA offers, traveling, and spending time with her close friends and family.