Sonal Patil, MD is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at MetroHealth and Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Patil completed her Family Medicine residency at the Emory Family Medicine Residency program, where she received the Family Medicine Resident of the Year award from the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians.

She was a full-time practicing primary care physician at Kaiser Permanente and later at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, which prompted her interest in health services research. Dr. Patil then completed post-graduate coursework in the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (PPCR), earning the Clinical Research Scholar Award for Outstanding Performance in 2013, followed by an academic fellowship with an MSPH at the University of Missouri.

Dr. Patil won the Dr. Barbara Starfield Award in 2015 for her fellowship project at the NAPCRG annual conference and was named 2019 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

Before moving to Cleveland, Dr. Patil was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Missouri and completed her KL2 career development award through the Washington University ICTS KL2 Career Development Awards Program in 2021, with advanced training in comparative effectiveness research, mixed methods, shared decision-making, and human-centered design.

In 2022, Dr. Patil’s work on home BP monitoring was included in the Primary Care Collaborative's "Two Dozen Curated Articles to Shape Primary Care Policy and Practice."

Dr. Patil’s research program bridges evidence synthesis, mixed-methods evaluation, and implementation-focused interventions, including interprofessional team-based interventions and chronic disease self-management, with a particular focus on cardiovascular health.

Her work in chronic disease management addresses the interconnected dimensions of medical management, the day-to-day work of self-monitoring and lifestyle change, emotional management, and maintaining meaningful roles in family and work life. Across projects, she partners with stakeholders, patient advisory teams, and community organizations to tailor interventions, strengthen feasibility, and support sustainability in complex primary care settings.  

PUBLICATIONS

My Bibliography - NCBI (nih.gov)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Ohio Academy of Family Physicians