I would caution anyone who is considering using this surgeon. My experience with him was awful. If I had a choice I would have never used him. Unfortunately, I had to have emergency surgery. Dr. Patel was presented to me in the emergency room of Baylor Scott and White in Irving. I do not feel that I was given a choice in surgeons. His bedside manner is horrible, but I'm not overly concerned with bedside manner in a surgeon. It is the quality of care that I receive that concerns me most. Dr. Patel has a horrible quality of care. He does not follow up or follow through, he does not listen to his patients, his office staff is very disorganized, he and his staff have poor communication skills, he does not display motivation to promote overall wellness and care and he generally has a terrible attitude about patient services. I unfortunately had 2 surgeries with Dr. Patel, both emergencies, and the last surgery was a result of a work injury. Dr. Patel refused to file for payment through my workmen's comp claim, and instead, fraudently filed for payment under my personal insurance (I have an appeal to overturn these payments). Then to make matters worse, when my job terminated me because my FMLA ran out, Dr. Patel's office would not see me anymore (unless I paid out of pocket) because I did not have personal insurance (even though workmen's comp would have paid for my care). At the beginning of my care, in the hospital, I put down my workmen's comp claim number and adjuster for payment. Everyone else (hospital, other surgeon, physical therapy, medications, pain management, labs, imaging, etc.) have been paid through my workmen's comp claim. Dr. Patel's office assured me in the beginning that they were going to file for payment through my claim also, but then went on to secretly, without my knowledge use my personal insurance (which they had on file from a previous surgery). I would not even have known that they were doing this if I had not been terminated and lost my insurance coverage. Today, I am still having back issues and still in physical therapy. This does not matter to Dr. Patel or his staff. He does not care about his patients. Maybe if I could not pay for his services I could see them dropping me. But again, I have an ongoing workmen's comp claim that would pay for any medical services I needed as a result of my work injury. Again, PLEASE do not use this surgeon. read more