Shailen Patel

Shailen Patel, M.D. The Lacks Cancer Center 200 Jefferson SE Grand Rapids, MI  49503 United States 914-629-4788

Specialty

• General Thoracic Surgery

Background

• University of Aberdeen Medical School (M.D. 1988)
• Yale-Affiliated Surgery Residency at Bridgeport Hospital (1992-1994)
• Yale-New Haven Hospital Surgery Residency (1994-1996)
• Research Fellow, Cornell University Medical College (1996-1998)
• Cornell University Medical College Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (1998-2000)
• Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University (2000-200
• Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, The New York-Presbyterian Hospital (2000-2002)
• Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, New York Hospital Queens (2000-2002)
• Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT(2002-2003)
• Director of Thoracic Surgery, The Lacks Cancer Center, Grand Rapids, MI (2003-present)

Interests

• Gene therapy-induced myocardial angiogenesis
• Transmyocardial laser revascularization
• Total arterial coronary bypass surgery
• Thoracic Oncology