Nilesh Patel, M.D.
Dr. Patel is nationally recognized for his surgical expertise and has experience in over 800 weight loss procedures (in training and in practice).
- Associate Director of Bariatric Surgery and Clinical Assistant. Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
- 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
- Recognized as a Centers of Excellence Surgeon by the American Society of Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Surgery and by the Surgical Review Corporation
- Featured guest expert:WOAI-TV’s “San Antonio Living” lifestyle show and Pittsburgh’s WTAE-TV news show.
- Featured medical expert: KSAT.com (San Antonio), 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.
- Member of the Advisory Board for www.ObesityHelp.com, a Web site offering hope and help for people struggling with obesity.
- 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
