{"id":277909,"date":"2026-03-31T12:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/doctors\/nirmal-pathak-md\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T05:12:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:12:49","slug":"nirmal-pathak-md","status":"publish","type":"doctors","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/nirmal-pathak-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Nirmal Pathak MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<p>O Dr. Nirmal Pathak obteve o seu Bacharelato em Biologia com uma especializa\u00e7\u00e3o em Qu\u00edmica e Belas Artes na Universidade de Miami, em Miami, Florida. Em seguida, obteve o seu Doutoramento em Medicina na Escola de Medicina Miller da Universidade de Miami.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Concluiu a sua resid\u00eancia em Medicina Interna e uma bolsa de estudos em Hematologia e Oncologia no SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center em Brooklyn, Nova Iorque.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9 sua convic\u00e7\u00e3o que os doentes s\u00e3o indiv\u00edduos \u00fanicos e nem sempre se enquadram em diretrizes padronizadas e que, embora as diretrizes sejam importantes, servem apenas para orientar a nossa tomada de decis\u00f5es. A sua filosofia \u00e9 que as decis\u00f5es m\u00e9dicas devem ser sempre centradas no doente e respeita a autonomia do doente na tomada de decis\u00f5es. Considera que a sua fun\u00e7\u00e3o como m\u00e9dico \u00e9 informar, educar e aconselhar os seus doentes e ajud\u00e1-los a tomar decis\u00f5es que se enquadrem nos seus objectivos, desejos e cren\u00e7as.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>O Dr. Pathak escolheu exercer Hematologia e Oncologia porque queria ajudar a orientar os doentes atrav\u00e9s dos complexos processos de tomada de decis\u00e3o envolvidos no tratamento de doen\u00e7as malignas. As suas experi\u00eancias pessoais com os diagn\u00f3sticos de cancro de membros da fam\u00edlia ajudam-no a aconselhar os seus doentes como se fossem seus parentes. Esfor\u00e7a-se por prestar cuidados oncol\u00f3gicos de ponta e incentiva os seus pacientes a procurar segundas opini\u00f5es, tendo ele pr\u00f3prio experi\u00eancia na inscri\u00e7\u00e3o de pacientes em ensaios cl\u00ednicos em centros acad\u00e9micos de n\u00edvel superior.  \u00c9 um defensor ac\u00e9rrimo dos direitos dos doentes e far\u00e1 sempre o que considera ser o melhor para os seus doentes, acreditando que, seja qual for o obst\u00e1culo, encontrar\u00e3o juntos um caminho a seguir.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Quando n\u00e3o est\u00e1 a trabalhar, gosta de passar o tempo ao ar livre com a sua mulher, os seus dois filhos e o seu c\u00e3o Noodle. 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