Milit Patel

Milit Patel

I study how health systems shape who survives cancer, and build AI that clinicians can trust.

Researcher with the MIT Laboratory for Computational Physiology and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. B.S. in Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin.

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Portrait of Milit Patel
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Selected papers

  1. First page of “Health services research and advocacy in US cancer care: pathways from evidence to implementation”Lancet Reg Health Am · 2026Health services research and advocacy in US cancer care: pathways from evidence to implementation
  2. First page of “Interpretable machine learning identifies health system levers for survival outcomes of patients with prostate cancer”Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · 2026Interpretable machine learning identifies health system levers for survival outcomes of patients with prostate cancer
  3. First page of “Disaggregating Gender Inequality Globally: Health Systems, Gender Inequality, and Female Pan-Cancer Outcomes”JCO Glob Oncol · 2026Disaggregating Gender Inequality Globally: Health Systems, Gender Inequality, and Female Pan-Cancer Outcomes
  4. First page of “Artificial Intelligence and the Global Radiotherapy Gap”JCO Glob Oncol · 2026Artificial Intelligence and the Global Radiotherapy Gap
  5. First page of “Wearable-Derived Data for Patient Frailty: Extending Hospital Frailty Risk Score While Confronting Bias and Inequities”J Gen Intern Med · 2026Wearable-Derived Data for Patient Frailty: Extending Hospital Frailty Risk Score While Confronting Bias and Inequities
  6. First page of “Beyond auto-segmentation: the case for planning and dosimetry AI in head and neck radiation oncology”BMJ Oncol · 2026Beyond auto-segmentation: the case for planning and dosimetry AI in head and neck radiation oncology
  7. First page of “The evolution of non-surgical management in stage III non-small cell lung cancer”BJC Reports · 2026The evolution of non-surgical management in stage III non-small cell lung cancer
  8. First page of “Beyond borders: advancing oncology trials”Br J Cancer · 2026Beyond borders: advancing oncology trials
  9. First page of “Hubris in the age of intelligent medicine—from clinical hierarchies to algorithmic amplification”npj Digit Med · 2026Hubris in the age of intelligent medicine—from clinical hierarchies to algorithmic amplification
  10. First page of “The physician as a catalyst: Reimagining medical education for an AI era”Med Teach · 2026The physician as a catalyst: Reimagining medical education for an AI era
  11. First page of “A Health Systems Analysis of Global Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes”Laryngoscope · 2026A Health Systems Analysis of Global Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes
  12. First page of “Integrating epistemic justice in global cancer research”Nature Health · 2026Integrating epistemic justice in global cancer research
  13. First page of “PSMA PET–Guided Secondary Radiotherapy: Leveraging Molecular Imaging for Biologically Informed Treatment”J Natl Compr Canc Netw · 2026PSMA PET–Guided Secondary Radiotherapy: Leveraging Molecular Imaging for Biologically Informed Treatment
  14. First page of “Machine learning reveals country-specific drivers of global cancer outcomes”Ann Oncol · 2026Machine learning reveals country-specific drivers of global cancer outcomes
  15. First page of “Cervical Cancer Screening Beyond Traditional Barriers”Lancet Public Health · 2026Cervical Cancer Screening Beyond Traditional Barriers
  16. First page of “AI and human expertise in cancer care — striving for synergy”Nat Rev Clin Oncol · 2026AI and human expertise in cancer care — striving for synergy
  17. First page of “Beyond the foundation: building on Medicaid expansion to achieve cancer equity”J Natl Cancer Inst · 2025Beyond the foundation: building on Medicaid expansion to achieve cancer equity
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Publications

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Experience

May 2026

The University of Texas at Austin

B.S. in Biochemistry, Special Departmental Honors

Dean’s Honored Graduate (Top 1%) · Distinction in Research
Thesis: “Case-Informed Computational Navigations of Rare-Variant Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Repurposing,” advised by Dr. Jeanne Kowalski-Muegge
Minors: Healthcare Reform & Innovation Business; Statistics & Data Science

University of Texas at Austin

  • Student TechnicianDiscovery to ImpactFeb 2026 – Aug 2026
  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Course Assistant, TUMS MentorBiology and Chemistry Instructional OfficeAug 2024 – Dec 2025
  • Undergraduate Research AssistantDepartment of Information, Risk, and Operations ManagementMay 2025 – Aug 2025
  • Supplemental Instruction LeaderSanger Learning CenterJan 2024 – May 2024
  • Undergraduate Research AssistantMechanisms Underlying Neurocognitive Aging LabJul 2023 – Dec 2023
  • Undergraduate Research AssistantFreshman Research Initiative, Virtual Cures StreamJan 2023 – Dec 2023
  • Student AssociateCollege of Natural Sciences Dean's OfficeSep 2022 – Dec 2023

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Undergraduate Research AssistantLaboratory for Computational PhysiologySep 2025 – Present

Harvard Medical School + Mass General Hospital

  • Undergraduate Research AssistantDepartment of Neuro-OncologyAug 2025 – Jul 2026

MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Undergraduate Research AssistantDepartment of Imaging PhysicsAug 2025 – Oct 2026
  • CPRIT-CURE ScholarDepartment of Cancer Systems ImagingJun 2025 – Aug 2025
  • InternDepartment of Health Disparities ResearchJun 2024 – Dec 2024

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  • Undergraduate Research AssistantDepartment of Radiation OncologyJul 2025 – Present

UViiVE

  • Co-Founder & Chief Technology OfficerJun 2025 – Present

National Institutes of Health

  • GSoC ContributorDevelopmental Therapeutics BranchJun 2025 – Aug 2025

Ascension Dell Seton Medical Center

  • Engagement LeadApr 2025 – May 2026

Dell Medical School

  • Student AssociateOffice of Innovation and EntrepreneurshipMar 2025 – May 2026
  • Undergraduate Research AssistantDepartment of OncologyJan 2025 – May 2026
  • Undergraduate Clinical Research AssistantLivestrong Cancer InstitutesOct 2023 – Oct 2024
  • Undergraduate Research AssistantDepartment of NeurologyAug 2023 – Aug 2024
Earlier experience

Hillcroft Medical Clinic

  • Medical AssistantHillcroft Medical ClinicJun 2024 – Aug 2024

Acadian Ambulance

  • Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)Acadian AmbulanceMay 2024 – Aug 2024

Other Experiences

  • TeacherIdea Labs KidsMay 2023 – Aug 2023
  • InternTexas Pain CentersMay 2023 – Aug 2023
  • InternHouston Regional GastroenterologyJun 2022 – Jul 2022 & May 2023 – Jun 2023
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Recognition

Scholarships & Honors

  • Transpose Award

    Y Combinator GStack Hackathon

    2026

  • George H. Mitchell Student Award for Academic Excellence - Grand Prize

    UT-Austin

    2026

  • Undergraduate Research Fellowship

    UT-Austin Office of Undergraduate Research

    2026

  • Undergraduate Research Travel Scholarship

    UT-Austin Office of Undergraduate Research

    2024, 2026

  • Distinguished College Scholars

    College of Natural Sciences at UT-Austin

    2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

  • Edward Sibley Lewis, M.D. Endowed Presidential Pre-Medical Merit Scholarship

    2024

Invited & General Presentations

  • UT REAL Health AI Symposium

    Oral presentation — A Persistent Fleet of AI Scientists Exhibits Cooperative and Autopoietic Behavior · The University of Texas System

    October 7-8, 2026

  • Global Health Subcommittee

    Invited oral presentation — Machine learning reveals country-specific drivers of global cancer outcomes · Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO)

    September 7, 2026

  • Academic Salon on Large Models and Intelligent Agents & Medical Big Data Academic Exchange and Datathon

    Invited oral presentation · Medical Engineering Professional Committee, Chinese Hospital Association — Beijing, China

    June 12, 2026

  • Gustave Roussy

    Oral presentation — Machine learning reveals country-specific drivers of global cancer outcomes

    May 21, 2026

  • American University of Beirut

    Oral presentation — Machine learning reveals country-specific drivers of global cancer outcomes

    May 20, 2026

  • Y Combinator GStack Hackathon

    Transpose Award Winner · Y Combinator

    May 16, 2026

  • President's Commercial Advisory Board (PCAB)

    Inaugural Invited Student Speaker · UT-Austin Office of the President

    February 10, 2026; May 12, 2026

  • CNS Donor Appreciation Event

    Invited Student Speaker · UT-Austin College of Natural Sciences

    February 21, 2026

  • Undergraduate Research Panel

    Panelist — Undergraduate research experiences and advice for STEM students · UT-Austin College of Natural Sciences

    September 17, 2025

  • Developmental Therapeutics Branch

    Oral presentation — Google Summer of Code Project: Machine learning pipelines for clinical cancer genomics analysis · National Cancer Institute

    August 15, 2025

Poster Presentations

  • UT REAL Health AI Symposium

    Poster presentations (3) · The University of Texas System

    • A Persistent Fleet of AI Scientists Exhibits Cooperative and Autopoietic Behavior
    • Combined values alignment and epistemic verification prevent delusional reinforcement in conversational AI agents
    • VaaS is a Multi-Layer Hallucination Reduction Pipeline for AI-Assisted Science: Production Validation and Prospective Benchmarking

    October 7-8, 2026

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting

    Poster presentations (4)

    • Genomic determinants of metastatic burden and survival in metastatic urothelial carcinoma
    • Interpretable machine learning to identify health system levers for survival outcomes of patients with breast cancer
    • Interpretable machine learning to identify health system levers for survival outcomes of patients with prostate cancer
    • Machine learning approach to identify country-specific drivers of global cancer outcomes

    May 30-31, 2026

  • Case-Informed Computational Navigations of Rare-Variant Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Repurposing

    UT MD Anderson - UT Austin Collaborative Research Summit

    April 9, 2026

  • Atorvastatin Inhibits B7-H3 Dimerization and Clonogenic Growth in Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines

    CPRIT-CURE

    August 8, 2025

  • Insights into rat models for measuring hyperalgesia after withdrawal from opioids

    Waggoner Advance & Technology and Science Undergraduate Research Forum

    April 15, 2024; April 19, 2024

Get in touch at milit@utexas.edu