Patel Plastic Surgery

02/14/2026

Happy Georgia Day & Black History Month, y’all!

Happy Georgia Day! 293 years ago, James Ogelthorpe landed in Savannah, establishing our great state as the 13th of the original U.S. colonies.

02/11/2026

Dr. Patel had so much fun being part of Georgia Symphony Orchestra’s Big Band Jazz Concert 🎶 last weekend, all on his wife and manager’s birthday! 🎂

02/04/2026

Dr. Patel is excited to be on stage and a part of the show, on Erica’s birthday, no less!

This isn’t your typical symphony!​

Big Band & Beyond brings the electrifying energy of jazz to the stage with bold rhythms, iconic big band sounds, and moments that will have you tapping along from your seat.​

Join us for an evening that celebrates the power, style, and excitement of big band music, performed live by the Georgia Symphony Orchestra.​

📅 Saturday, February 7 | 7:30 PM
🎟️ Tickets available at https://www.georgiasymphony.org/event/big-band-beyond/

01/06/2026

Patel Plastic Surgery welcomes Bethany Villa ‘26, a visiting Princeton undergraduate premed student through the “Princeternship” program. 👋🏽

Bethany is from Fresno, California ☀️, studying and soon to earn her A.B. degree in Molecular Biology 🧬 with a minor in Global Health & Health Policy 🌎. She will be with us for two weeks, and already, she has performed monthly autoclave maintenance, assisted with preop planning paperwork, checked in patients and obtained vital signs, observed breast cancer reconstruction follow ups, and learned about preoperative breast markings. 💪🏽 Dr. Patel has also assigned her standard readings from the plastic surgery literature. 📚 We will also be working directly with Bethany on her suturing skills. 🪡 🧵 ✂️

Here’s to a New Year 🥳 and advance congratulations to Bethany on graduating from Princeton! 👩🏽‍🎓🐅

12/23/2025

Patel Family at its happy place—Merry Xmas, y’all! 🌅 🏝️ 🎄

10/25/2025

09/24/2025

The Patels continued their Fall Break college trek in Chicago, stopping by Northwestern University in nearby Evanston, Illinois for a campus tour and mini Atlanta reunion with fellow musicians Eli Zelman and Sunny Kim, both students at the Bienen School of Music in conducting and in violin performance, respectively.

While windy—as they say about the Chicago area!—it was another gorgeous fall day, with impressive, clear views of downtown Chi-Town, and Lake Michigan within spitting distance of campus!
🌬️ 💨 🌊 ⛵️ 💜

09/22/2025

Dr. Patel is excited to be a part of Georgia Symphony Orchestra’s 75th Anniversary season! 🎻 🎶 🍑

By Kim Ellet, GSO Development Director When Dr. Timothy Verville first stepped onto the podium of the Georgia Symphony Orchestra (GSO) ten years ago, he wa ...

09/21/2025

Greetings from the University of Rochester during its annual Meliora Weekend!

Dr. Patel ‘11M (MD) returned to Rochester, New York with his family as part of a whirlwind college tour roadtrip during the kids’ Fall Break.

They kicked off the trip attending standup comedian Trevor Noah’s performance at the Eastman Theatre before touring the River Campus on a perfect Sunday with the help of impromptu tour guide, Sparsh Kumar ‘24 ‘29M (MD), a past intern at Patel Plastic Surgery through U of R’s Meliora Collective.

Rochester’s motto means “Ever Better”, but so far this weekend is tough to beat! 😎


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08/21/2025

The Princeton Club of Georgia (PCGA) was mighty proud to send-off incoming Princeton matriculants hailing from Georgia! 🧡🖤

Dr. Patel ‘00 was honored to congratulate this exceedingly bright and talented group of young men and women as a representative of the PCGA Board and in his final year as a Chair of the Alumni Schools Committee (ASC) for Greater Atlanta. In doing so, he was happy to share some perspectives on the famed 25th Reunions jacket he just acquired at Princeton in May 🐯.

Biggest thanks go to party hosts, Matt Flournoy, Esq. ‘76 and his equally enthusiastic wife, Joanne Flournoy S’76, for hosting everyone in their lovely Marietta, Georgia home and nicely putting together this summary YouTube video of the event. 🙏🏽 🤗

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07/02/2025

Patel Plastic Surgery welcomes its 2nd Summer 2025 intern, Katha Patel from Snellville, Georgia, a current Princeton premed student and proud graduate of the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology.

Katha started her week helping conduct a preoperative evaluation for a breast cancer patient awaiting reconstruction. She is also helping the team out with monthly autoclave maintenance and will be learning radiology and facial trauma management principles as Dr. Patel takes hospital call.

Stay safe and off the roads this July 4th weekend, y’all!

06/26/2025

Dr. Patel was privileged and honored to contribute to ByrdAdatto Law’s regular podcast, Legal123s, where he discussed with partners Michael Byrd, Esq. & Brad Adatto, Esq. some of the unanticipated consequences of non-competes in private practice medicine. 🎙️ 🏥 💡

Do your homework, know local jurisdictional law regarding restrictive covenants, and seek legal counsel before you sign that first physician job contract! ✍️ 📜 ✅