Meet the Team | Midwest Ketamine Center

Our Mission

Chronic disease is a difficult journey that can steal time, comfort, and quality of life from patients and their families. At Midwest Ketamine, our goal is to provide empathy and a path back to normalcy through treatment. Because we have taken care of many patients with disabling mood disorders and pain syndromes, we understand that recovery is often a complex process, and our team is dedicated to supporting you however we are able. Leveraging years of experience and cutting-edge medical solutions, helping you feel better is our mission.

Vikas Patel, MD

Dr. Vikas Patel MD is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician and also a veteran of the US Navy. He served as a Flight Surgeon for the majority of his military career and has seen firsthand the devastation that depression, PTSD, and chronic pain can bring to the lives of military service members. Through his clinical and administrative roles, he has witnessed the hurdles that hospitals and patients must overcome to obtain care and treatments such as ketamine. As ketamine treatments are off-label for this purpose, there are many legal obstacles, necessitating the existence of stand-alone clinics.

Dr. Patel is passionate about bridging this gap to provide hope for people searching for another option, often when everything else has failed. He is well-versed in the safe use of ketamine due to his inpatient experiences and will work with your providers to develop a comprehensive treatment plan that includes ketamine delivery. Ketamine may be an important step in rebuilding your life, and Dr. Patel would like to help make that a reality.

Vickie Shah

PHYSICIAN’S ASSISTANT

Colleen Hanna

REGISTERED NURSE

Isabel Huerta

PATIENT CARE LIAISON

Ketamine Treatment

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“Ketamine has been a blessing for me. Midwest Ketamine Center and Dr. Patel have also been blessings. The thing that sets Dr. Patel apart from most of the physicians I have dealt with in my life is that he listens. He will spend as much time as he needs to with you to make you feel better. He is not interested in running out the door. He understands the loss most of us chronically depressed patients have gone through and explains clearly what the path to recovery looks like. I can’t say enough positive things about my experience with ketamine, or Midwest Ketamine Center.”

Testimonials

“Ketamine has been a blessing for me. Midwest Ketamine Center and Dr. Patel have also been blessings. The thing that sets Dr. Patel apart from most of the physicians I have dealt with in my life is that he listens. He will spend as much time as he needs to with you to make you feel better. He is not interested in running out the door. He understands the loss most of us chronically depressed patients have gone through and explains clearly what the path to recovery looks like. I can’t say enough positive things about my experience with ketamine or Midwest Ketamine Center.”

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“The change in my daughter after the fourth infusion was nothing short of miraculous. This is a young woman whose depression made it difficult for her to stay in school, to hold a job, and to socialize. Within one day of the fourth infusion, she had applied for several jobs and interviewed for one of them. She now holds three (three!) jobs and is making plans, for the first time since she left high school, for a future we thought she might never have.”

Testimonials

“The change in my daughter after the fourth infusion was nothing short of miraculous. This is a young woman whose depression made it difficult for her to stay in school, to hold a job, and to socialize. Within one day of the fourth infusion, she had applied for several jobs and interviewed for one of them. She now holds three (three!) jobs and is making plans, for the first time since she left high school, for a future we thought she might never have.”

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“Through the entire process, Dr. Patel was available by phone if I needed him, offering suggestions on course of treatment, general feedback, and support as my son endured the infusions. He has since completed 6 infusions and is smiling and laughing for the first time in a very long time. He is going out in public and seems like he is enjoying life again.”

Testimonials

“Through the entire process, Dr. Patel was available by phone if I needed him, offering suggestions on course of treatment, general feedback, and support as my son endured the infusions. He has since completed 6 infusions and is smiling and laughing for the first time in a very long time. He is going out in public and seems like he is enjoying life again.”

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"This treatment has truly changed my life. After four initial infusions I noticed a drastic change in my functioning. My productivity and motivation sky-rocketed, and I took care of chores that had been piling up for years and immediately found a new job, which I had previously felt too ill to manage. I now find myself able to approach all aspects of my life in a positive manner and engage with the world in a way I never thought possible. I truly can’t say enough about what an amazing, life-changing impact this treatment has had on me."

Testimonials

"This treatment has truly changed my life. After four initial infusions I noticed a drastic change in my functioning. My productivity and motivation sky-rocketed, and I took care of chores that had been piling up for years and immediately found a new job, which I had previously felt too ill to manage. I now find myself able to approach all aspects of my life in a positive manner and engage with the world in a way I never thought possible. I truly can’t say enough about what an amazing, life-changing impact this treatment has had on me."

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“The morning after my second infusion, I woke up at 7 AM, a time of day I had only seen through bloodshot eyes still awake from the day before. I cleaned up the kitchen. I walked my dog. I got coffee and breakfast for my wife. At some point on my way home it dawned on me. For the first time that I could remember, I was living! After spending years trying and failing with different medications, all of which take up to a month to reach efficacy, I just woke up a different person.”

Testimonials

“The morning after my second infusion, I woke up at 7 AM, a time of day I had only seen through bloodshot eyes still awake from the day before. I cleaned up the kitchen. I walked my dog. I got coffee and breakfast for my wife. At some point on my way home it dawned on me. For the first time that I could remember, I was living! After spending years trying and failing with different medications, all of which take up to a month to reach efficacy, I just woke up a different person.”

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