Vipul Patel, M.D.

Fellowship

Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship Program
08/1/08-07/31/09

Residency

New York University
Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
07/02-07/08

Research Fellowship

Musculoskeletal Research Center, Hospital for Joint Diseases
June, 2004 to June, 2005

Internship

New York University, New York, New York
General Surgery Internship
07/02-07/03

Medical School

State University of New York at Brooklyn, Downstate
7/2000-7/2002

Undergraduate

Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education – CUNY
7 Year B.S/M.D. Program
7/1995-7/2000

• New York State Medical License, 2002
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2011
• American Society for Surgery of the Hand

• Sathappan SS, Ginat D, Patel VP, Walsh M, Jaffe W, DiCesare PE. Effect of Anesthesia on Limb Length Discrepancy Following Total Hip Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2008 Feb;23(2):203-9
• Patel, VP., Sehgal, B., Preston, C., Walsh, M., Di Cesare PE: Factors associated with prolonged wound drainage following primary Total hip and knee arthroplasty. JBJS Am 2007 Jan;89(1):33-8
• Patel, VP., Bong, M.R., Di Cesare, P.E.: Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis. Am J Orthop. 2007 May;36(5):255-60. Review.
• Walsh M, Preston C, Bong M, Patel V, Di Cesare PE Relative risk factors for requirement of blood transfusion after total hip arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2007 Dec;22(8):1162-7
• Bong, M.R., Patel, V., Chang, E.Y., Issack, P.S., Hebert, R., Di Cesare, P.E.: Risks Associated with Blood Transfusion after Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 19(3):281-7, 2004.
• Bong, M.R., Patel, V., Iesaka, K., Egol, K.A., Kummer, F.J., Koval, K.J.: 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 Cadaver Study. J Trauma 56(4):791-794, 2004.
• Vigler M, Palti R, Goldstein R, Patel VP, Nasser P, Lee SK. Biomechanical study of cross-locked cruciate versus Strickland flexor tendon repair. J Hand Surg Am. 2008 Dec;33(10):1826-33.
• Patel VP, Paksima N. Complications of distal radius fracture fixation. Bull NYU Hosp Jt Dis. 2010;68(2):112-8.

• Patel VP, Jupiter JB. Chapter: Reoperative Issues Following Carpal Bone Fracture Surgery. Reoperative Hand Surgery. Edited by Scott F.M. Duncan. 2010
• Patel VP, Sang Gil-Lee. Chapter 10: Variants of the Kite flap. Flap Reconstruction of the Upper Extremity: A Master Skills Publication. Edited by Ghazi M. Rayan, MD and Kevin C. Chung, MD. 2009
• Author: First Aid for Surgery – Chapter: Orthopedic Surgery – McGraw Hill Companies
• Author: First Aid for Psychiatry – Clinical Vignettes throughout, McGraw Hill Companies, 2003
• Author: First Aid for Neurology – Chapter: Introduction to Neuroanatomy, McGraw Hill Companies, 2006
• Author: First Aid for Obstetrics and Gynecology – Clinical Vignettes, McGraw Hill Companies, 2006

• Bong, M.R., Patel, V., Iesaka, K., Egol, K.A., Kummer, F.J., Koval, K.J.: Comparison of a Sliding Hip Screw with A Trochanteric Lateral Support Plate to an Intramedullary Hip Screw for Fixation of Unstable Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures. 2003 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 70th Annual Meeting. Poster Presentation. New Orleans, Louisiana
• Bong, M.R., Patel, V., Chang, E., Issack, P.S., Hebert, R., Di Cesare, P.E.: Which Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty Should Predonate Blood? 2003 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 70th Annual Meeting. Poster Presentation. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2003.
• Preston, C.F., Bong, M.R., Patel, V., Heibert, R.N., Di Cesare, P.E.: Role of Autologous Blood Donation and Cell Saver on Transfusion Rates after Total Hip Replacement. 2005 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 72nd Annual Meeting. Poster Presentation. Washington, DC, February 2005.
• Patel V, Preston CF, Di Cesare PE. Factors associated with prolonged wound drainage following a Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty. 2005 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 72nd Annual Meeting. Podium Presentation. Washington, DC, February 2005.
• Patel V., Sehgal B, Preston C.F., Walsh M, Di Cesare P.E. Factors Associated with Prolonged Wound Drainage Following a Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. 2006 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 73rd Annual meeting: Chicago, IL, February 2006. Poster Presentation.
• Kwon YW, Jarit GJ, Patel V, Fulkerson EF. “Histological and morphological analysis of a Rat model of osteonecrosis.” 2006 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 73rd Annual meeting: Chicago, IL, February 2006. Podium Presentation.
• 20th Smith & Nephew Resident Research Competition. Factors associated with prolonged wound drainage following a Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. 2006
• 21st Smith & Nephew Resident Research Competition. The role of Estrogen in Osteoarthritis: Is it chondroprotective or chondrodestructive?2007
• Vigler M, Palti R, Goldstein RY, Patel V, Nasser P, Lee SK. Cross Locked Cruciate vs Strickland Flexor Tendon Repair: a Biomechanical Study. Podium Presentation at American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, March 7, 2008, San Francisco, CA
• Patel V, Soojian M, Egol KA, Paksima N. Fracture of the distal ulna metaphysis in setting of a Distal Radius fracture. Podium Presentation at American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, March 7, 2008, San Francisco, CA
• Samir Sodha, Vipul Patel. The effect of Pronator Quadratus muscle repair in distal radius fracture fixation – A prospective randomized study. Podium Presentatioj. ASSH 2011
• Walter Sobba, Liana Tedesco, Vaidehi Patel, Lawrence Lin, Sehar Resad-Ferati, Vipul Patel, Jacques H. Hacquebord. Removal of Hardware Following Open Reduction Internal Fixation of Acute Fracture and Chronic Scaphoid Nonunion Using a Volar Locking Plate. Poster Presentation at IFSSH 2025 Washington D.C.
• J. Lee, E. Ucar, V. Patel, J. L. Bass, N. Agrawal. Intramedullary Screw Subsidence Following Metacarpal Fixation. Podium Presentation. ASSH 2025.
• Patel V. Current Status of Nerve Repair and Emerging Technologies. Podium Presentation. APFSSH-APWA-ISSH-SHTI Congress 2025. September 10-13, 2005. Mumbai, India.

• Dean’s List, CUNY Medical School 1995-2000
• Mack Lipkin Broaders Horizon Research Fellowship June 1998
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, SUNY Downstate 2001
• Best Clinical paper Award – 20th Annual Smith and Nephew Resident research competition, Memphis TN Aug 2005
• Best Basic Science paper Award – NYU HJD Senior Resident research Presentations, May 2008

Resident House physician Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Martha Graham Dance Company
Madison Square Garden
12/03-07/08