Dr Nirav Patel
Dr Nirav Patel completed his Paediatric Surgery training in 2019 through the University of the Witwatersrand.
He is currently a consultant at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, the busiest hospital in Africa, world-renowned for its training excellence. Dr Patel’s training at Chris Hani Baragwanath and Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospitals afforded him the opportunity to gain substantial experience in the management of congenital anomalies, neonatal surgery, general paediatric surgery, paediatric urology, paediatric oncology, paediatric colorectal surgery, paediatric hepatobiliary surgery, paediatric endoscopy and paediatric burns and trauma.
Dr Patel holds a post as a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand and has a strong interest in academic research, with multiple peer-reviewed publications in local and international journals and textbook contributions. Dr Patel has a strong commitment to surgical education, serving as the President of the South African Society for Surgeons in Training (SASSiT) during his registrarship.
DR PATEL’S QUALIFICATIONS
BA(Hons) (Canada), MA (Wits), MBBCh (Wits), Mmed (Wits), FC Paed Surg (SA)
PUBLICATIONS
2021
S CONNOR, G BRISIGHELLI, N PATEL, M LEVITT
Clinical Quiz—A Rare Case of Anal Canal Duplication in the Context of Currarino Syndrome.
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports. 09. e68-e71. 10.1055/s-0041-1735595.
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports 09(01):e68-e71
A ZANINI, N MAISTRY G BRISIGHELLI, T GABLER, D.S HARRISON, C WESTGARTH-TAYLOR A WITHERS, J LOVELAND, N PATEL
The Burden of Disease and Pathology at a Rapidly Expanding Tertiary Paediatric Surgical Unit in South Africa.
World Journal of Surgery 45(6)
N PATEL, G BRISIGHELLI, A WITHERS, K CRONIN, M MABASO, T GABLER, D.S. HARRISON, C WESTGARTH-TAYLOR, J LOVELAND
Neonatal surgical outcomes: a prospective observational study at a Tertiary Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Pediatric Surgery International 37(3):1-8
J Jacob, N Patel
Massive left upper abdominal cyst: how to diagnose and what to do.
South African journal of surgery. Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir chirurgie 59(1):28a-28c
DOI:10.17159/2078-5151/2021/v59n1a3415
N PATEL, C KURONEN-STUART, T GABLER, I KHOFI-PHIRI
Applicability of the Revised Trauma Score in Paediatric Patients Admitted to a South African Intensive Care Unit- A Retrospective Cohort Study.
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery 18(18):150-154
A ZANINI, C.O. VON SOCHACZEWSKI, S BASSON,G BRISIGHELLI, T GABLER, A DI CESARE, V GENTILINO, M GOPAL, A GRIEVE, D.S. HARRISON, N PATEL, C WESGARTH-TAYLOR, A WITHERS, J LOVELAND
Globalization in Pediatric Surgical Training: The Benefit of an International Fellowship in a Low-to-Middle- Income Country Academic Hospital.
2020
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