Tenet Florida Physician Services (TFPS) is pleased to announce Nishant Patel, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon, has opened his Tenet Florida Cardiovascular Care practice in Palm Beach Gardens. Dr. Patel is on staff at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center and is a member of the Tenet Florida Heart & Vascular Network. Prior to joining TFPS, Dr. Patel’s work experience included being Chief Resident in the Department of Surgery, Divisions of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD.
For his education and training, Dr. Patel completed a Halsted residency in the department of surgery as well as graduated medical school at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Patel also served as the Howard Hughes Institute Research Fellow at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In 2015, Dr. Patel was trained in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Fundamental for Fellows with Medtronic in Washington, DC. He completed the Edwards Lifesciences TAVR Foundations for Fellows Course in Miami, finished the Atrial Fibrillation Advanced Course with Atricure in Austin, TX and completed a course in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery with Edwards Lifesciences in Irvine, CA. Dr. Patel has also completed extensive studies in Marfan Syndrome, valve-sparing aortic root operations and surgery for heart failure.