Nish Harshadkumar Patel, MD
Affiliations
Specialties
About Nish Harshadkumar Patel, MD
Nish Patel, M.D., is an interventional cardiologist and director of the Structural Heart Program at Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. Dr. Patel specializes in catheter-based therapies for valvular heart disease, structural heart disease and coronary artery disease.
Before joining the cardiology team at Baptist Health in 2022, he served as director of the structural heart program at St. Peter’s Health Partners in Albany, NY. Dr. Patel completed both interventional cardiology and structural heart disease fellowships at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine in New York City. Prior to his fellowships, he served as chief resident of internal medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
Dedicated to excellence in patient care and research, he received the Outstanding Internal Medicine Resident award and the Outstanding Cardiology Fellow award. Dr. Patel has also published numerous research articles in journals including Circulation, JACC, JAMA Cardiology, International Journal of Cardiology and Resuscitation.
Through his work, Dr. Patel strives to be a pillar of support to his patients. He uses his medical and clinical expertise to tailor custom heart health plans. He endeavors to be a doctor of the patient, by the patient and for the patient.
When he is not working, Dr. Patel loves keeping his heart healthy by jiving to beats. He particularly enjoys salsa dancing and the American tango. He is fluent in English, Hindi, Gujarati and Urdu.
Male
English
Gujarati
Hindi
Spanish
Urdu
Adults (18+)
Adults (65+)
Baptist Hospital of Miami
Doctors Hospital
Fishermen's Community Hospital
Mariners Hospital
South Miami Hospital
West Kendall Baptist Hospital
In the News:
The Silent Crisis of Aortic Valve Disease
Non-Surgical Treatments for Leaky Heart Valve
Interventional Cardiologist: Catheter-based Procedures Enable Minimal Sedation, Quicker Recoveries
Structural Heart Disease: The Rapid Pace of Advances in Replacing, Treating Heart Valves
Podcast Heart Murmurs
Patient Success Stories:
Longtime Surgeon Trusts His Heart to Baptist Health Colleagues
Cardiac Surgery at Age 103: Saving Abuelita’s Failing Heart
Gravely Ill A Week Before the Wedding, Did This Patient See His Granddaughter Get Married?
Education & Training
Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York)
Fellowship Program, Structural Heart Disease, 2019
Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York)
Fellowship Program, Interventional Cardiology, 2018
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Fellowship Program, Cardiovascular Disease, 2017
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Residency Program, Internal Medicine, 2014
SMT. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College (India)
Medical School, 2009
Locations
Accepted Insurance
Note: Health plans that are currently contracted with Baptist Health are listed below. However, please check with our insurance provider to verify that Baptist Health is part of your provider network.
- Medicare
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- Great West
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- BlueCare
- Medicare HMO
- MyBlue
- Options
- POS
- PPO
- Select
- Railroad
- Select
- HMO
- NHP
- POS
- PPO
Ratings & Reviews
The Patient Satisfaction Rating is an average of all responses to the care provider related questions shown below from our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey. Patients that are treated in outpatient or hospital environments may receive different surveys, and the volume of responses will vary by question.
4.9 / 5
