13 Facts About Tejas Patel

Tejas M Patel is a cardiologist from Ahmedabad, India and chairman and chief interventional cardiologist at Apex Heart Institute, Ahmedabad.

Tejas Patel was born in the Indian state of Gujarat and did his schooling with a national scholarship.

Tejas Patel obtained a DM from the U N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre where he was the chief resident cardiologist for two years during his period of study.

Tejas Patel continued at the institute to start his career, in 1991, as an assistant professor of cardiology and was promoted in 1997 as an associate professor while he worked as a visiting professor at the Gujarat Research and Medical Institute, a post he held till 2000.

Tejas Patel joined Krishna Heart Institute, Ahmedabad as the director and chief interventional cardiologist in 2000 and worked there till his move to Sterling Hospitals, Ahmedabad in 2004 for a two-year stint.

Tejas Patel is a professor and head of the department of cardiology at institutions such as Smt.

Tejas Patel has published several medical papers and abstracts besides two books, Patel's Atlas of Transradial Intervention: The Basics and Patel's Atlas of Transradial Intervention: The Basics and Beyond, both reference books on the subject.

Tejas Patel has undertaken several clinical trials related to stenting, transradial interventions, low molecular weight heparin, glycoprotein IIb, IIIa inhibitors and mitral balloon valvuloplasties as the chief investigator or co-investigator and has participated in the design and development of guiding catheters for use in transradial route.

Tejas Patel has conducted classes and has performed live demonstrations at many countries such as France, USA, Spain, Japan, Singapore, the Netherlands, and UK.

Tejas Patel has delivered lectures on invitation at American College of Cardiology and Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, USA.

Tejas Patel is a member of the editorial boards of Indian Heart Journal, Journal of American College of Cardiology and Journal of Invasive Cardiology and is a reviewer for American Journal of Cardiology, International Journal of Cardiology and JACC Interventions.

Tejas Patel is the director of TRICO course, an annual course hosted at Ahmedabad since 2005.

Tejas Patel, whose name was listed in the 18th edition of Marquis Who's Who, is a recipient of the Dr K Sharan Cardiology Excellence Award from the Indian Medical Association.