Tejesh Patel, MD, is the Amonette-Rosenberg Endowed Chair of Dermatology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).

A native of London, England, Dr. Patel completed an internal medicine internship and a dermatology residency with the UTHSC College of Medicine, as well as a dermatopathology fellowship with the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Patel is author and co-author to more than 50 medical publications, book chapters, and presentations. The majority of his past research has centered on pruritus. He has also served as president for both the Tennessee Dermatology Society and Memphis Dermatology Society and currently serves as board member on a number of committees within the American Academy of Dermatology.