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Dr.
Patel is nationally recognized
for his surgical expertise and has experience in over
800 weight loss procedures (in
training and in practice). |
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Associate
Director of Bariatric Surgery
and Clinical Assistant. Professor, Department of Surgery,
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio |
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| Guest editor,
Medical Clinics of North America-
2007 |
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Guest
editor, Surgical
Clinics of North America- 2005 |
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| Faculty of the American College
of Surgeons, October 2007 |
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Recognized as a
Centers of Excellence Surgeon by the
American Society of Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Surgery
and by the Surgical Review Corporation |
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Featured
guest expert:WOAI-TV's
"San Antonio Living"
lifestyle show and Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV
news show. |
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Featured
medical expert: KSAT.com
(San Antonio), WOAI.com (San
Antonio), and KVUE.com
(Austin) |
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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.
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Featured
expert quoted in San
Antonio Business Journal and Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette news stories about weight-loss
surgery. |
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Member
of the Advisory Board for www.ObesityHelp.com,
a Web site offering hope and help for people struggling
with obesity. |
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Author
of over 25 peer-reviewed articles
in surgical journals on topics including bariatric surgery
and other surgical procedures. |
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Presenter
of bariatric and surgical studies at more than
15 international and national meetings. |
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Actively
participates in Society of American
Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (demonstrates
weight-loss surgery techniques and presents outcomes). |
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Active
member of the American Society
of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, American College
of Surgeons, and Texas
Medical Association. |
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