Dr. Patel is a Clinical Genomics Scientist with many years of hands-on experience in NGS data analysis and clinical variant interpretation across WES, WGS, CMA, GSA, NIPT, and mitochondrial genome sequencing. Specialising in germline and somatic variant analysis in accordance with ACMG/AMP and AMP/ASCO/CAP guidelines, with expertise in rare disease and neurogenetics diagnostics, clinical reporting, and bioinformatics pipeline support. She holds a PhD in Life Sciences from the University of Mumbai and is a first-author published researcher in mitochondrial gene sequencing and phylogenetic analysis, with experience in mentoring junior analysts and supporting clinical genomics workflows.