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Nilesh Patel

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Dr. Patel is nationally recognized for his surgical expertise and has experience in nearly 2000 weight loss procedures (in training and in practice).
Featured in Newsweek magazine (April 11th, 2010 issue) as one of the Best Bariatric Surgeons in Texas
Featured on the cover of NSIDE Md (April issue 2010) magazine Coastal Bend
Associate Director of Bariatric Surgery and Clinical Assistant. Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
National Preceptor for Covidien
Recognized as a Centers of Excellence Surgeon by the American Society of Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Surgery and by the Surgical Review Corporation
Member of the Advisory Board for www.ObesityHelp.com, a Web site offering hope and help for people struggling with obesity.
Featured Expert on Weight Loss WOAI (San Antonio)
Featured Expert on Weight Loss Kristv (Corpus Christi)
Featured Expert on Weight Loss KZTV (Corpus Christi)
Guest editor, Medical Clinics of North America- 2007
Guest editor, Surgical Clinics of North America- 2005
Faculty of the American College of Surgeons, October 2007
Featured guest expert:WOAI-TV's "San Antonio Living"
lifestyle show and Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV news show.
Featured medical expert: WOAI.com (San Antonio), and KVUE.com (Austin)
Chosen by peers as a "2006 Top Doc" (bariatric surgery) in poll of San Antonio doctors conducted by Scene in SA, a regional San Antonio magazine.
Featured expert quoted in San Antonio Business Journal and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette news stories about weight-loss surgery.
Author of over 25 peer-reviewed articles in surgical journals on topics including bariatric surgery and other surgical procedures
Presenter of bariatric and surgical studies at more than 15 international and national meetings.
Actively participates in Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (demonstrates weight-loss surgery techniques and presents outcomes).
Active member of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, American College of Surgeons, and Texas Medical Association.