Dr. Patel is board-certified and he has a professional interest in cervical spine surgery, cervical myelopathy, herniated discs, minimally invasive surgery, spine trauma, spinal stenosis, spine cancers, arthritis of the spine and spinal cord injuries. He is involved in genetics research and advanced MRI techniques for spinal conditions. He also performs motion preserving spine surgery including disc replacements and other innovative techniques.
“Traditionally a lot of spine research has been on surgical techniques and on new or innovative surgical products, and I think that is still important, but a greater degree of impact will come out of research that looks at spine research as health outcomes research,” said Dr. Patel in a Becker’s Spine Review article. “We need to really look at the patient-based outcomes for what we do. A lot of that is still in a black box, and not everyone understands how patients are doing after surgery.”
Dr. Patel earned his medical degree at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis and has completed an orthopedic and neurosurgery spine surgery fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.
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