Jim McDonough, MDPsychiatry

Dr. James McDonough, MD is a full-time physician and principal investigator at Compass Research. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Central Florida in 1993, and his medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine. While in medical school, he participated in multiple research trials at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

Upon graduation from medical school, Dr. McDonough completed his residency in Psychiatry at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. McDonough is a Florida licensed physician and is Board Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

He worked in a community mental health facility in Virginia before moving back to Orlando in 2004. He then became a Unit Director at South Seminole Hospital Behavioral Health, part of the Orlando Health system of hospitals. While there, he treated both inpatients and outpatients with a wide variety of psychiatric illnesses including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and Alzheimer’s disease. He joined Compass Research in July 2009.

Ira Goodman, MDNeurology

Dr. Ira Goodman, MD, is an investigator at Compass Research and the Medical Director of The Compass Clinic, a private neurology practice. Conducting clinical research since 1995, Dr. Goodman is an integral part of the clinical trials of the past and future.

Dr. Goodman is a board certified neurologist specializing in Parkinson's Disease and memory disorders such as Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease. He is also Associate Professor of Neurology for the University of Central Florida, College of Medicine as well as Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology for the University of Florida, College of Medicine. Dr. Goodman was voted "Top Neurologist in Central Florida" for 12 consecutive years by readers of Orlando Magazine and he was named "Top Neurologist in the Country" by US World News & Report.

Judi Chalykoff, MDInternal Medicine

Dr Chalykoff was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

She completed her undergraduate and graduate degree in Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. She then completed her postgraduate training in Family Medicine at the University of Toronto, Wellesley Hospital.

For the next thirteen years she worked for the Ontario Cancer Foundation and Princess Margaret Cancer Hospital, as a Clinical Associate, participating in Phase 2 and Phase 3 Clinical Trials in both Oncology and Radiation Oncology.

Through the Ontario Cancer Foundation she started a Palliative Care Program providing consultations in symptom management for both outpatient and inpatient cancer patients.

In 1988, Dr Chalykoff entered private practice in Family Medicine and continued to consult on cancer patients in hospital and in the community.

In 1997, she and her husband moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan when her husband was recruited to a Bariatric Surgery practice and she continued to practice Family Medicine.

They moved permanently to West Pam Beach, Florida in 2008 and to Orlando, Florida in 2011.

Dr Chalykoff joined Compass Research in April 2012 as a Sub Investigator.

Neel Patel, MDCardiology

In 2006, Dr. Neel Patel received his fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine from Georgetown University/ Washington Hospital Center, one of the premier cardiology fellowship programs in the United States. Dr. Patel is board certified in cardiovascular disease, echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography and internal medicine. He was recently inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Cardiology in 2012 and holds clinical teaching positions at Florida State University and University of Central Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Patel was awarded one of America's Top Cardiologist's Award in 2009 and 2010 by an independent research council honoring his excellence in the field. 

Dr. Patel's cardiovascular studies included advanced training in echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, vascular imaging, nuclear SPECT (cardiac stress test), adult congenital heart disease, invasive angiography, cardiac CT angiography and cardiac MRI. 

Dr. Patel is one of the first formally trained fellows in cardiac coronary CT in the United States and is the founding associate member for the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. He has authored and coauthored many peer review medical abstracts and has served as a presenter at numerous national and international medical symposiums. Dr. Patel's interests include complex valvular heart disease, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure management, adult congenital disease, cardiac risk stratification and cardiovascular imaging. 

Prior to opening his own practice in Central Florida, Dr. Patel started his career in South Carolina for three years and transitioned to Florida to be closer to his family. He enjoys traveling, exercising and spending time with his wife, Sejal Patel, MD and his two young children.