Before joining RadNet in 2010, Mital Patel was part of the management team at Truxtun Radiology Medical Group in Bakersfield, California. He worked his way up from a clerical position to become Director of Physician Liaison, helping grow practice revenue, manage operational initiatives, and oversee quality compliance measures. More than fifteen years later, in January 2026, the same career reached the chief operating officer’s role at RadNet.
The man in both organizations is Mital Patel, today Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of RadNet.
His path is not a story of sudden leaps. It is a record of steady expansion in scope, each role building on the one before it, beginning with practice-level responsibilities and eventually extending to national financial and operational leadership.
The Truxtun Years
Mital began his career at Truxtun Radiology Medical Group, where he progressed from clerical work into a leadership position as Director of Physician Liaison. He was responsible for growing practice revenue, managing operational initiatives, and overseeing quality compliance measures. Growth, operations, and compliance: the same three subjects that would define the rest of his career.
His work also placed him at the center of Truxtun’s acquisition by RadNet. RadNet completed the acquisition of Truxtun Medical Group in April 2010, bringing its four multimodality imaging facilities in Bakersfield into the company’s network. Mital joined RadNet that year.
The Bakersfield market underwent another significant transition in 2019, when RadNet agreed to acquire the imaging operations of Kern Radiology and combine its existing professional radiology organization with Kern’s. This was part of a later expansion, not an integration of Truxtun operations in 2016.
A Decade of Numbers
In 2016, six years after joining RadNet, Mital became Executive Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis. He held this position until his transition to Chief Operating Officer in January 2026.
The position placed him in charge of national budgets and finance, making financial planning an important part of his contribution to the company’s growth. It was the longest-running executive responsibility of his career, spanning nearly a decade and providing a financial foundation for his broader leadership responsibilities.
The Administrative Chapter
In January 2021, Mital became Chief Administrative Officer while continuing to serve as Executive Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis. He held both responsibilities concurrently through December 2025.
The additional appointment expanded his remit beyond financial planning into the wider administrative requirements of the organization. His responsibilities brought together budgeting, finance, corporate planning, and the coordination of business functions, placing him closer to the operational decisions affecting RadNet’s national imaging network.
He also provided counsel on corporate acquisitions and identified opportunities for the company to deliver cost-effective medical services.
The Operator’s Seat
On January 1, 2026, he became Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, the role he holds today. RadNet formally announced the leadership promotion on January 7, 2026.
The appointment marked a shift from his earlier emphasis on financial and administrative responsibilities toward a broader operational mandate. His role combines oversight of day-to-day operations with financial leadership and advice on corporate acquisitions.
He works with regional operations managers and vice presidents across RadNet’s markets and collaborates with teams responsible for mergers and acquisitions, materials management, information technology, finance, and revenue operations and analytics. His responsibilities also involve working with the company’s Board of Directors.
He continues to direct national budgeting and financial planning, advise on acquisitions, and identify opportunities to improve the cost-effectiveness of the company’s services.
His professional base is in New Jersey, and his responsibilities extend across RadNet’s wider U.S. operations.
A Career Across Financial and Operational Leadership
Laid out in order, the sequence is clear:
- Before 2010: Truxtun Radiology Medical Group, progressing from clerical work to Director of Physician Liaison.
- 2010: Joined RadNet following its acquisition of Truxtun Medical Group.
- 2016–2025: Executive Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, RadNet.
- 2021–2025: Chief Administrative Officer, RadNet, concurrently with his financial planning and analysis position.
- January 1, 2026–present: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, RadNet.
Each step moved him closer to the center of how a radiology business is run: from growing one practice’s revenue, to planning a company’s finances, to administering its wider operations, and ultimately overseeing its day-to-day activities.
The Business Behind Imaging Care
Medical imaging depends on more than advanced scanners and diagnostic expertise. It also relies on financial planning, coordinated operations, effective resource allocation, and the ability to maintain consistent services across multiple locations. Mital’s career has developed around these organizational requirements.
His experience across practice management, financial planning, administration, and national operations gives him a view of the business structures that support diagnostic imaging. As RadNet continues to expand its imaging network and digital health capabilities, the coordination of these functions remains central to its ability to deliver accessible and cost-effective services.
For Mital, the operational side of radiology is inseparable from the quality and accessibility of the services that patients ultimately receive. His progression reflects a career built around making the systems behind imaging work more effectively.
