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{{Short description|Indian cardiologist}}
{{for|the Indian cricketer|Tejas Patel (cricketer)}}
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| name = Tejas Patel
| image = The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Prof. (Dr.) Tejas Madhusudan Patel, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 30, 2015.jpg
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| birth_place = Ahmedabad, [[Gujarat]], India
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| occupation = [[Interventional cardiologist]]
| spouse = Sonali Patel
| children = 1
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| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<nowiki> (2024)</nowiki><br>[[Padma Shri]]<nowiki> (2015)</nowiki><br>[[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]]<nowiki> (2008)</nowiki><br><nowiki>IMA Dr. K. Sharan Cardiology Excellence Award (2002)</nowiki>
| website = {{Url|http://www.apexheart.in}}
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| known for = Transradial interventions, cardiology, [[Angioplasty]], Robotic Coronary Interventions
| alma_mater = [[B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad|B.J. Medical College]], [[Gujarat University]]
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'''Tejas M. Patel''' is an Indian cardiologist and the chairman and chief interventional cardiologist at Apex Heart Institute, [[Ahmedabad]].<ref name="Transradial world">{{cite web | url=http://www.transradialworld.com/presentations/dr_tejas_patel_cv.pdf | title=Transradial world | publisher=Transradial world | date=2015 | access-date=27 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="Apex">{{cite web | url=https://www.apexheart.in/dr-tejas-patel | title=Apex | publisher=Apex | date=2015 | access-date=27 February 2015}}</ref> Patel has received several honors, including the [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]],<ref name="Best Indian Cardiologists">{{cite web | url=https://bestindiancardiologists.blogspot.ae/2013/07/best-cardiologists-in-india.html | title=Best Indian Cardiologists | publisher=Best Indian Cardiologists | date=2015 | access-date=27 February 2015}}</ref> the [[Padma Shri]] in 2015,<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=16 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |archive-date=28 January 2015 }}</ref> and the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2024, for his contributions to the medical field.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-26 |title=Dr Tejas Patel receives Padma Bhushan, 5 others get Padma Shri |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/dr-tejas-patel-receives-padma-bhushan-5-others-get-padma-shri/articleshow/107159189.cms |access-date=2026-01-24 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

==Early life==
Tejas Patel was born in the Indian state of [[Gujarat]] and did his schooling with a national scholarship.<ref name="Transradial world" /> He graduated in medicine (MBBS) from [[B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad|B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad]] affiliated with [[Gujarat University]]<ref name="Lybrate">{{cite web | url=https://www.lybrate.com/doctor/tejaspatel | title=Dr. Tejas Patel| publisher=[[Lybrate]] | date=2015 | access-date=27 February 2015}}</ref> with the first rank and gold medal, did his residency at the civil hospital of the college and secured his masters studies, (MD) from there.<ref name="Transradial world" /><ref name="Apex" /> He also obtained a DM<ref name="Lybrate"/> from the U. N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre<ref name="Apex" /><ref name="U. N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre ">{{cite web | url=http://www.unmicrc.org/ | title=U. N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre | publisher=U. N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre | date=2015 | access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> where he was the chief resident cardiologist for two years during his period of study.

== Career ==
He 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 also worked as a visiting professor at the Gujarat Research and Medical Institute (GRMI), a post he held till 2000.<ref name="Transradial world" /><ref name="Ebudilla">{{cite web | url=http://www.edubilla.com/award/padma-shri/tejas-patel/ | title=Ebudilla | publisher=Ebudilla | date=2015 | access-date=27 February 2015}}</ref> He joined [[Krishna Heart Institute]], Ahmedabad<ref name="Lybrate" /> 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.<ref name="Transradial world" /><ref name="Ebudilla" /> In 2006, he moved to TCVS, which was rebranded as Apex Heart Institute in 2012<ref name="TCVS">{{cite web | url=http://ahmedabad.citizensindia.com/hospital_medical-centre/apex-heart-institute(a-unit-of-tcvs-pvt-ltd)/id_127368 | title=TCVS | publisher=Citizens India | date=2015 | access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> where is the incumbent chairman and the chief interventional cardiologist.<ref name="Transradial world" /><ref name="Ebudilla" /><ref name="Divya Bhaskar">{{cite web|url=http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/MGUJ-AHM-dr-tejas-patel-cardiologist-ahmedabad-wins-padma-shri-award-2015-4884867-PHO.html|title=Divya Bhaskar|date=2015|publisher=[[Divya Bhaskar]]|access-date=27 February 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131850/http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/MGUJ-AHM-dr-tejas-patel-cardiologist-ahmedabad-wins-padma-shri-award-2015-4884867-PHO.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> During a brief interlude, he also served SBKS Medical Institute and Research Centre,<ref name="SBKS Medical Institute and Research Centre">{{cite web | url=http://www.mciindia.org/View_College_Details.aspx?ID=274 | title=SBKS Medical Institute and Research Centre | publisher=Medical Council of india | date=2015 | access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> Gujarat as a professor of cardiology.<ref name="Transradial world" /><ref name="Ebudilla" /> He is also a professor and head of the department of cardiology at institutions such as [[Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad]], [[Healthcare in Ahmedabad|Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital (VS Hospital)]]<ref name="Apex" /> and Sheth K. M. School of Post Graduate Medicine and Research<ref name="MCI India">{{cite web | url=http://www.mciindia.org/View_College_Details.aspx?ID=147 | title=MCI India | publisher=MCI India | date=2015 | access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> since 2008<ref name="Transradial world" /> and is a visiting faculty at [[Virginia Commonwealth University]] Medical Centre, Richmond USA.<ref name="Apex" /> He is the first Asian to be appointed as visiting professor in Mayo Clinic, USA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/others/ahmedabad-gets-first-coronary-surgery-robot/articleshow/62372473.cms |title=Ahmedabad Mirror |publisher=[[Times Internet]] |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref>

Patel is a pioneer of transradial angioplasty in India.<ref name="Cath Lab Digest">{{cite web | url=http://www.cathlabdigest.com/articles/Announcing-Free-Interactive-Tutorial-Transradial-Intervention-Dr-Tejas-Patel | title=Cath Lab Digest | publisher=Cath Lab Digest | date=2015 | access-date=27 February 2015}}</ref> He has published several medical papers and abstracts<ref name="Ebudilla" /><ref name="Cath Lab Digest" /><ref name="Microsoft Academic Search">{{cite web | url=http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Author/22825715/tejas-v-patel | title=Profile on Microsoft Academic Search | publisher=Microsoft Academic Search | date=2015 | access-date=27 February 2015 | archive-date=19 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219210521/http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Author/22825715/tejas-v-patel | url-status=dead }}</ref> besides two books, ''Patel’s Atlas of Transradial Intervention: The Basics''<ref name="Patel’s Atlas of Transradial Intervention: The Basics">{{Cite book |last=Patel |first=Tejas |title=Patel's Atlas of Transradial Intervention: The Basics |publisher=Seascript Company |year=2007 |isbn=978-0978543631 |page=198}}</ref> and ''Patel’s Atlas of Transradial Intervention: The Basics and Beyond'',<ref name="Patel's Atlas of Transradial Intervention - The Basics and Beyond">{{cite web | url=http://www.patelsatlas-basicsandbeyond.com/node/20 | title=Patel's Atlas of Transradial Intervention - The Basics and Beyond | publisher=Patel's Atlas | date=2015 | access-date=27 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="Patel's Atlas of Transradial Intervention - The Basics and Beyond (2)">{{cite book | title=Patel's Atlas of Transradial Intervention - The Basics and Beyond (2) | publisher=Hmp Communications | author=Tejas Patel | year=2012 | page=242 | isbn=978-1893446052}}</ref> both reference books on the subject.<ref name="Transradial world" /><ref name="Apex" /><ref name="Cath Lab Digest" /> He has undertaken several [[clinical trials]]<ref name="Apex" /> related to stenting, transradial interventions, low molecular weight [[heparin]], [[glycoprotein]] IIb, IIIa inhibitors and mitral balloon [[Valvuloplasty|valvuloplasties]] as the chief investigator or co-investigator and has participated in the design and development of guiding [[catheters]] for use in transradial route.<ref name="Transradial world" />

Patel has conducted classes and has performed live demonstrations at many countries<ref name="Apex" /> such as France, USA, Spain, Japan, Singapore, the Netherlands, and UK.<ref name="Transradial world" /> He has delivered lectures on invitation at [[American College of Cardiology]] and Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, USA.<ref name="Transradial world" /> He is a member of the editorial boards of Indian Heart Journal, Journal of [[American College of Cardiology]] (Indian Edition) and Journal of Invasive Cardiology<ref name="Apex" /> and is a reviewer for [[American Journal of Cardiology]], [[International Journal of Cardiology]] and JACC Interventions.<ref name="Transradial world" /><ref name="Apex" /> He is the director of TRICO (Transradial Intervention) course,<ref name="Trico">{{cite web | url=http://www.transradialworld.com/index.php?pid=5 | title=Trico | publisher=Trico | date=2015 | access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> an annual course hosted at Ahmedabad since 2005.<ref name="Transradial world" /><ref name="Apex" />

In early 2018, Patel-owned Apex Heart Institute<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/others/ahmedabad-gets-first-coronary-surgery-robot/articleshow/62372473.cms|title=Ahmedabad Mirror|date=1970-01-01|access-date=2018-03-27|publisher=[[Times Internet]]}}</ref> became the first hospital outside USA to introduce robotic angioplasty & stenting by acquiring Corindus Corpath Vascular Robotic System GRX200 for $1.5 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/now-a-robot-to-perform-angioplasty-surgery/article10011608.ece|title=Now, a robot to perform angioplasty surgery! - Business Line|date=4 January 2018 |publisher=M.thehindubusinessline.com|access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref> The system is designed to make angioplasty safer, precise and more accurate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/gujarat-doctor-makes-history-performs-worlds-1st-robotic-heart-surgery-30-km-away-from-patient-1961729.html|title=Gujarat Doctor Makes History, Performs World's 1st Robotic Heart Surgery 30 km Away from Patient|last=Sharon|first=Meghdoot|date=5 December 2018|access-date=13 January 2019|publisher=News18}}</ref>

On 5 December 2018, Tejas Patel, Sanjay Shah and the team of doctors at Apex Heart Institute created a history in the field of interventional cardiology by performing world's first-in-man telerobotic coronary intervention from Akshardham temple located in Gandhinagar roughly 32 kilometers away from the patient. The operation used the high speed internet provided by Reliance Jio Infocomm and Corindus Vascular Robotics Corpath GRX 200 which the hospital had acquired in January 2018.
The surgery was broadcast live on the Internet and at the press conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/others/ahmedabad-hospital-pioneers-worlds-first-telerobotic-coronary-intervention-surgery/articleshow/66952971.cms|title=Ahmedabad hospital pioneers world's first telerobotic corona|work=Indiatimes.com|access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref>

==Recognition==
Tejas Patel, whose name was listed in the 18th edition of [[Marquis Who's Who]],<ref name="Transradial world" /><ref name="Apex" /><ref name="Patel's Atlas of Transradial Intervention - The Basics and Beyond" /> is a recipient of the Dr. K. Sharan Cardiology Excellence Award from the [[Indian Medical Association]].<ref name="Transradial world" /><ref name="Apex" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]], the highest Indian medical award, in 2005<ref name="Transradial world" /><ref name="Apex" /> and the [[Padma Shri]] in 2015.<ref name="Ebudilla" /> In 2024, he was further recognized with the [[List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2020–2029)|Padma Bhushan]] and named a Master Fellow of SCAI ([https://scai.org/membership/awards-and-recognition/master-interventionalists-scai-mscai MSCAI]).

==See also==
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* [[Interventional cardiology]]
* [[Bioresorbable stents|Bio-absorbable stents]]
* [[Transradial catheterization|Transradial intervention]]
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{{portal|India|Medicine}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | title=Patel's Atlas of Transradial Intervention: The Basics | publisher=Seascript Company | author=Tejas Patel, Carol Garzona, Gopal Limbad | year=2007 | page=198 | isbn=978-0978543631}}
* {{cite book | title=Patel's Atlas of Transradial Intervention - The Basics and Beyond | publisher=Hmp Communications |author1=Tejas Patel |author2=Samir B. Pancholy |author3=Sanjay Shah | year=2012 | page=242 | isbn=978-1893446052}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY4TbjQFTr0 | title=Life history of Dr. Tejas Patel - Renowned Cardiologist | publisher=Noble Media | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=19 April 2013 | access-date=27 February 2015}}
* {{cite web | url=http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Author/22825715/tejas-v-patel | title=Profile on Microsoft Academic Search | publisher=Microsoft Academic Search | date=2015 | access-date=27 February 2015 | archive-date=19 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219210521/http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Author/22825715/tejas-v-patel | url-status=dead }}
* [https://m.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/now-a-robot-to-perform-angioplasty-surgery/article10011608.ece Apex Heart Institute pioneers robotic angioplasty] - The Hindu Business Line
* [https://www.theweek.in/news/sci-tech/robot-performs-angioplasty-in-ahmedabad-hospital.html Robot performs angioplasty in Ahmedabad Hospital] - The Week

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