VipulPPatelMD

Elbow Surgery, Hand Surgery, Shoulder Surgery

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Office
330 9th St
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Phone+1 718-369-4263

Fax+1 718-369-4265

Dr. Patel is a board-certified Orthopedic surgeon currently practicing in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. He also serves as Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at New York University's Langone Hospital for Joint Diseases.

Dr. Patel did his residency training at NYU/ Hospital for Joint Diseases, one of the nation’s top orthopedic surgery residency programs, and his subsequent fellowship in Hand and Extremity Surgery at Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Patel’s expertise is in complex hand and upper extremity problems with a focused approach in both nonsurgical and surgical solutions. He has extensive experience in the surgical and non-surgical care of General orthopedic conditions, fractures of the elbow, forearm, wrist and hand; arthritis of the wrist, thumb and fingers; flexor and extensor tendon injuries; chronic and acute wrist pain and tendonitis problems; nerve lacerations and compression syndromes (cubital, carpal tunnel); tumors, and infections and reconstruction of arthritic conditions.

Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Hand Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery), 2008 - 2009
NYU Grossman School of Medicine/NYU Langone Orthopedic HospitalResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2002 - 2008
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 2002
Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education - CUNYB.S., 1995 - 2000

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2012
Best Basic Science Paper Award, Senior Resident Research Presentations NYU HJD, 2008
Best Clinical Paper Award, Smith and Nephew Resident Research competition 2005
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society SUNY Downstate, 2001
Mack Lipkin Broaders Horizon Research Fellowship 1998
Dean’s List CUNY Medical School, 1995
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PubMed

344 citations
Factors Associated with Prolonged Wound Drainage After Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Vipul Patel, Michael Walsh, Bantoo Sehgal, Charles F Preston, Hargovind DeWal
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 2007-01-01
137 citations
Risks associated with blood transfusion after total knee arthroplasty.
Matthew R. Bong, Vipul Patel, Eric Y. Chang, Paul S. Issack, Rudi Hebert
The Journal of Arthroplasty. 2004-04-01
5 citations
Complications of distal radius fracture fixation.
Vipul Patel, Nader Paksima
Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. 2010-01-01

Journal Articles

Effect of Anesthesia on Limb Length Discrepancy Following Total Hip Arthroplasty
Sathappan SS, Ginat D, Patel VP, Walsh M, Jaffe W, DiCesare PE, J Arthroplasty, 1/1/2008
Relative risk factors for requirement of blood transfusion after total hip arthroplasty
Walsh M, Preston C, Bong M, Patel V, Di Cesare PE, J Arthroplasty, 1/1/2007
Factors associated with prolonged wound drainage following primary Total hip and knee arthroplasty
Patel, VP., Sehgal, B., Preston, C., Walsh, M., Di Cesare PE, JBJS Am, 1/1/2007
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis Review
Patel, VP., Bong, M.R., Di Cesare, P.E, Am J Orthop, 1/1/2007
Risks Associated with Blood Transfusion after Total Knee Arthroplasty
Bong, M.R., Patel, V., Chang, E.Y., Issack, P.S., Hebert, R., Di Cesare, P.E., J Arthroplasty, 1/1/2004
Comparison of a Sliding Hip Screw with a Trochanteric Lateral Support Plate to an Intramedullary Hip Screw for Fixation of Unstable Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures: A ...
Bong, M.R., Patel, V., Iesaka, K., Egol, K.A., Kummer, F.J., Koval, K.J., J Trauma, 1/1/2004
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Books/Book Chapters

Reoperative Hand Surgery.
Chapter: Reoperative Issues Following Carpal Bone Fracture Surgery.
Patel VP, Jupiter JBEditors: Scott F.M. Duncan.2010
Flap Reconstruction of the Upper Extremity: A Master Skills Publication.
Chapter: Chapter 10: Variants of the Kite flap.
Patel VP, Sang Gil-Lee2009
First Aid for Neurology
Chapter: Introduction to Neuroanatomy
Patel VPMcGraw Hill Companies2006
First Aid for Obstetrics and Gynecology – Clinical Vignettes
Patel VPMcGraw Hill Companies2006
First Aid for Psychiatry – Clinical Vignettes
Patel VPMcGraw Hill Companies2003
Orthopedic Surgery
Chapter: First Aid for Surgery
Patel VPMcGraw Hill Companies
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Abstracts/Posters

Factors Associated with Prolonged Wound Drainage Following a Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Patel V., Sehgal B, Preston C.F., Walsh M, Di Cesare P.E., American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 73rd Annual meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2006
Role of Autologous Blood Donation and Cell Saver on Transfusion Rates after Total Hip Replacement.
Preston, C.F., Bong, M.R., Patel, V., Heibert, R.N., Di Cesare, P.E., American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 72nd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2005
Which Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty Should Predonate Blood?
Bong, M.R., Patel, V., Chang, E., Issack, P.S., Hebert, R., Di Cesare, P.E., American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 70th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2003
Comparison of a Sliding Hip Screw with A Trochanteric Lateral Support Plate to an Intramedullary Hip Screw for Fixation of Unstable Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures.
Bong, M.R., Patel, V., Iesaka, K., Egol, K.A., Kummer, F.J., Koval, K.J., American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 70th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2003
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Lectures

Fracture of the distal ulna metaphysis in setting of a Distal Radius fracture.
San Francisco, CA - 1/7/2008
Cross Locked Cruciate vs Strickland Flexor Tendon Repair: a Biomechanical Study.
San Francisco, CA - 1/7/2008
The role of Estrogen in Osteoarthritis: Is it chondroprotective or chondrodestructive?
1/1/2007
Histological and morphological analysis of a Rat model of osteonecrosis.
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2006
Factors associated with prolonged wound drainage following a Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.
1/1/2006
Factors associated with prolonged wound drainage following a Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty.
Washington, DC - 1/1/2005
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