Positions

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

St. Luke's - The Woodlands (Clinic)

17200 St. Luke's Way
The Woodlands, TX 77384
United States

Education

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

General Surgery

MD from Texas A&M HSC College of Medicine

College Station, TX

BS from University of Dallas

Irving, TX

Certifications

American Board of General Surgery

Professional Interests

• Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery
• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
• TransCatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
• Thoracic Surgery

Professional Statement

Vivek Patel, M.D., is a cardiothoracic surgeon with Baylor College of Medicine and works at St. Luke’s Health- The Woodlands Hospital. Dr. Patel completed general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery training at Baylor College of Medicine over a period of 10 years. During this time, he also completed a two-year fellowship in the Laboratory for Cardiac Regeneration.

He also served as the executive administrative chief cardiothoracic surgery resident. In order to help improve the education of fellow residents, he developed a Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident Guidebook and Operative Casebook.

Dr. Patel has published numerous abstracts, manuscripts and textbook chapters in clinical and basic science research, while also filing a patent for a novel strategy for cardiac regeneration.
His research efforts had led to several national presentations at the Society of Vascular Surgery Conference, South Texas ACS meeting, Cardiovascular Research Institute at Baylor College of Medicine, American Association for Thoracic Surgery and more.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Patel V, Singh VP, Pinnamaneni JP, Sanagasetti D, Olive J, Mathison M, Cooney A, Flores ER, Crystal RG, Yang J, Rosengart TK "p63 Silencing Induces Reprogramming of Cardiac Fibroblasts into Cardiomyocyte-Like Cells." JTCVS.; Pubmed PMID: 29716728
• Patel V, Gray Z, Alam M, Silva GV, Simpson L, Liao K "Peripheral Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support Expands the Application of Robotic Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass." JTCVS Techniques.;
• Patel V, Jneid H, Cornwell L, Kherallah R, Preventza O, Rosengart TK, Amin A, Khalid M, Paniagua D, Denktas A, Patel A, McClafferty A, Jimenez E "Left Ventricle Mass Regression after Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Veterans." Annals of Thoracic Surgery.;
• Patel V, Jimenez E, Cornwell L, Tran T, Paniagua D, Denktas AE, Chou A, Hankins SJ, Bozkurt B, Rosengart TK, Jneid H "Cardiac Surgery During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Perioperative Considerations and Triage Recommendations." JAHA.; Pubmed PMID: 32418460

Intellectual Property

p63 Inactivation for the Treatment of Heart Failure

Method Patent

Docket No.: BAYM.P0154US.P1 International Application Number: PCT/US2016/018735 International Publication Number: WO 2016/134293 A1

Co Inventors: Hongran Wang, Vivek Singh, Erin Lynn Reineke, Megumi Mathison, Xueping Xu, Austin J. Cooney, Todd Rosengart