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Vijay Patel
Vijay Surendrakant Patel, M.D.
Background
University of Houston University Park ( B.S. 1985)
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ( M.D. 1991)
University Of Texas Health Science Center at Houston General Surgery Residency (1991-1998)
Texas Heart Institute/SLEH Transplant Clinical/Research Fellowship (1993-1995)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center Thoracic Surgery Residency (1998-2000)
Duke University Medical Center Thoracic Transplant Fellowship (2000-2001)
Duke University Medical Center Minimally Invasive Fellow (2001-2002)
Other Interests
Cardiac transplantation
Adult cardiac surgery
Cardiac assist devices
Minimally invasive/Robotic assisted surgery
Thoracic surgery
Lung transplantation
Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Thoracic
- Basic science
- Cancer
- Cardiac
- Electrophysiology/arrhythmia
- Professional Affairs
- Chest wall
- Heart failure
- Coronary disease
- Diaphragm
- Education
- Endocarditis
- Esophagus
- Extracorporeal circulation
- Great vessels
- Critical Care
- Lung
- Mechanical circulatory assistance
- Mediastinum
- Minimally Invasive
- Pericardium
- Pleura
- Thoracic
- Trachea and bronchi
- Transplant
- Tricuspid valve disease
- Valve disease