Dr. Mina Swofford grew up in northeast Ohio.  She graduated with a combined six-year BS/MD degree from Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine.  She then completed an Internal Medicine residency at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio and a Dermatology residency at the Indiana University School of Medicine.  

Mina Desai-Patel, was raised in Dallas, Texas, then moved to Indiana 30 years ago. She is a board certified nurse practitioner, along with working as a Registered Nurse since 1991. Her expertise includes dermatology, pediatrics and acute care/hospitalist. She attended Walden University, earning her Masters of Science in Nursing and graduating with honors in 2019.