Avani Patel is a rising fourth-year medical student at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, in Maywood. Originally from Schaumburg, Ill., she is a proud alumna of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Patel is interested in pursuing a career in physical medicine and rehabilitation, with current interests including pelvic pain.
Chronic pelvic pain is an underdiagnosed yet highly common and challenging condition that affects an estimated 26% of the world’s female