Nish Harshadkumar Patel, MD

Nish Patel, M.D., is an interventional cardiologist at Baptist Health. Dr. Patel specializes in catheter-based therapies for valvular heart disease, structural heart disease and coronary artery disease. He is fluent in English, Hindi, Gujarati and Urdu.

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.