Dr. Patel specializes in spinal surgery. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Dr. Patel attended the Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Patel was the recipient of the Reader’s Digest Fellowship and the Tufts University School of Medicine Prize in Family Medicine. He did his internship in General Surgery and residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York. He completed a one year fellowship in Spine Surgery at the Lakewood Orthopaedic Clinic in Colorado.

Dr. Patel has served as Chief of Surgery at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Chief Spine Consultant, Spinal Cord Injury Center at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, Sarasota, FL; and Spine Consultant, Children’s Medical Clinic of Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL. He has also served as a spine consultant for Sarasota Therapy Center and Bollettieri Sports Medicine Center. He enjoys teaching and has been a member of the Sarasota County Medical Society, Committee on medical education. Dr. Patel is a Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences at The Florida State University School of Medicine and is an Orthopaedic clerkship director for third and fourth year FSU medical students at the Sarasota Campus.

He has lectured frequently on various disorders of the spine. Dr. Patel enjoys attending national meetings on spinal disorders and learning the latest techniques of spinal surgery. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, North American Spine Society, and AO North America. Dr. Patel has recently been accepted as an active member to the highly prestigious Cervical Spine Research Society. Dr. Patel is widely published in orthopaedic journals and text books. Most recently he contributed Evaluation and Treatment of Fractures of the Spine in Hoppenfeld, S. (Editor): Treatment and Rehabilitation of Fractures: Lippincott-Raven. Philadelphia, PA, 2000; and the chapter on The Spine in O’Neil, K and Peterson, R (Editors), Optimal Aging Manual: Your Guide from Experts in Medicine, Law, and Finance. Asia Pacific Offset, New York, NY, 2004.

In his free time, Dr. Patel enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, and playing sports. He was an avid B level squash player who now plays tennis in the Florida USTA 4.0 Doubles Leagues. Dr. Patel also swims regularly and enjoys hiking, biking, and skiing in Summit County, Colorado.

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