Toral Patel

Toral Patel is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center's School of Medicine, specializing in neuro-oncology and radiosurgery. With medical training from UT Southwestern Medical School (2006), surgical residency at Yale New Haven Hospital (2013), and neuro-oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2014), Patel leads cutting-edge research at the intersection of brain tumor therapy and advanced imaging.

Patel's research focuses on neuro-oncology, particularly glioma molecular profiling through MRI-based deep learning, radiosurgery optimization for brain metastases, and convection-enhanced drug delivery systems. Their work bridges clinical neurosurgery with AI-driven diagnostics, evidenced by numerous high-impact publications in journals like Nature Communications and Neuro-Oncology. Key projects include the international PROPS-BM cohort study on preoperative radiosurgery and development of deep learning frameworks for non-invasive IDH mutation detection.

Patel contributes to major clinical guidelines as a co-author of the NCCN CNS Cancer Guidelines and leads multicenter trials like the 186Re convection-enhanced delivery phase 1 study. Their publication record shows consistent leadership in neuro-oncology research, with 85+ publications spanning

• Advanced MRI techniques for tumor molecular characterization
• Radiosurgical toxicity modeling
• Generative AI for medical imaging data harmonization

Patel actively collaborates with multidisciplinary teams across institutions including Memorial Sloan Kettering, Yale, and UT Southwestern's medical imaging departments, driving innovation in brain tumor diagnostics and targeted therapies.