Humanitarian Missions & Continued Research
Dr. Patel has been involved in humanitarian missions to developing countries. He is also actively involved in publishing & presenting research about both the cosmetic and reconstructive aspects of facial plastic surgery, some of which are listed here.
Inverted-V Columellar Incision in Rhinoplasty.
Chapter 77: Rhinoplasty for the Hispanic Nose in Rhinoplasty: The Experts’ Reference. July 2014
Chapter 74: Rhinoplasty for the African Nose in Rhinoplasty: The Experts’ Reference. July 2014
Combining Functional Nasal Surgery with Rhinoplasty. Oral presentation at Austin Oculoplastics Conference; TOC and Seton HealthCare. March 2012
The Management of Alar-Columellar Disproportion. Master Techniques in Rhinoplasty and Nasal Reconstruction. Elsevier.
2011
Hispanic American Rhinoplasty. Facial Plastic Surgery. Thieme. Feb 2010
Local Mucosal Flaps for Closure of Septal Perforations. Grabb’s Encyclopedia of Flaps. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2008
Aesthetics of Eyelid and Orbital Reconstruction. Facial Plastic Surgery. Feb 2008.
Humanitarian Mission to Santa Marta, Colombia. Facial Plastic Times and AAO-HNS Bulletin. 2008
Aesthetic Management of External Skin Paddles Following Microvascular Reconstruction of the Head and Neck. Facial Plastic Surgery.
Feb 2008.