Jill H.B. Patel

Jill H.B. Patel is a former hospital administrator who worked at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, the former St. Vincent’s Medical Center on Staten Island, Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, and the New York-Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan from which she retired as Director. Prior to working in academic medical centers, she was an educator who taught graduate courses in early childhood education and established the first-day care center at Harvard University. She has served on the Board of Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, the Harvard Schools Committee of New York City, and as a member of the New York State Justice Center Surrogate Decision Making Committee.