--- title: Vishal R. Patel | TIME description: Vishal R. Patel is a physician and researcher at Harvard Medical School. canonical: https://time.com/author/vishal-r-patel/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/vishal-r-patel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Vishal R. Patel ## Vishal R. Patel Vishal R. Patel is a physician and researcher at Harvard Medical School. ## Vishal R. Patel *  Aug 9, 2026 ### [The Death Toll of a Mass Shooting Doesn’t End at the Scene](https://time.com/article/2026/08/09/the-death-toll-of-a-mass-shooting-does-not-end-at-the-scene/) New research suggests that on the day after the deadliest mass shootings, fatal car crashes rise acr... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":"summary\_large\_image","\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/vishal-r-patel/","name":"Vishal R. Patel"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/vishal-r-patel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/vishal-r-patel/"},"name":"Vishal R. Patel","jobTitle":"","description":"Vishal R. Patel is a physician and researcher at Harvard Medical School.","url":"https://time.com/author/vishal-r-patel/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```