About Nilay Patel, MD
Dr. Nilay Patel is an interventional and structural cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Instructor at Harvard Medical School.
He is passionate about the interventional management of patients with complex coronary artery disease and a broad spectrum of structural heart disease. He utilizes cutting-edge tools to perform percutaneous coronary intervention, transcatheter valve replacement and repairs as well as transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO), atrial septal defects (ASD) and paravalvular leaks. He is a member of the multidisciplinary Heart Valve Program at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Patel obtained his BA from Brown University followed by his MD from the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Patel then completed his internal medicine residency and chief medical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School. Thereafter, he completed fellowships in general cardiology, interventional cardiology and structural heart disease at Massachusetts General Hospital. He currently serves as the Associate Program Director for the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship.
Dr. Patel's research interests center around novel device therapy and clinical outcomes following transcatheter valve therapies. He has authored recent publications in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, JAMA Cardiology, Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Aortic valve disease
- Coronary artery disease
- Ischemic heart disease
- MitraClip
- Mitral regurgitation
- Percutaneous treatment of structural heart disease
- Transcatheter PFO closure
- Transcatheter treatment of adult congenital heart disease
- Transcatheter treatment of valvular heart disease
- Transcatheter valve replacement and repair
- Valvular heart disease
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Heart Center
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 866-644-8910
Fax: 617-726-6800
Medical Education
- MD, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
The provider was very friendly, very courteous, and very competent.
I was very pleased with Dr Patel and feel very comfortable moving forward with a TAVR procedure to replace my aorta.
Dr.Patel explained the TAVR procedure clearly and expertly, and confirmed the appropriateness of its use in my case. I couldn't have asked for greater clarity and sense of expertise.
Very pleased with my last visit. Could listen to the doctor all day long if needed.
Absolutely the most informative doctor is Dr. Patel. Spent time with our visit. Answered my questions.
Pure excellence
He explained things so thoroughly that I had to ask very few questions. I left feeling more comfortable and reassured about procedures going forward.
Doctors Patel and [redacted] had obviously done a lot of research into my specific condition including testing various treatment options. They explained everything very thoroughly including what the procedure would entail, various risk factors, the recovery process, and the possible outcomes whether I decided to proceed with the surgery ... Read More
He was fantastic. I felt very comfortable with him. I thought his knowledge of what was going on with me was outstanding. And he answered all my questions, just made me feel really relaxed and good about what was to come. And it wasn't, for me personally, an easy conversation.
excellent