VIPFriendsOnline.com & Dr. Patel Mentioned in Orlando Medical News Articles

Two articles appeared this week in Orlando Medical News, an online professional health care website. Links to the full articles are provided below and comments welcomed!

Paging Dr. Patel
By: LYNNE JETER
Posted: Friday, December 3, 2010 10:30 am
Prostate Cancer Survivor Shares Flip Side of Patient Chart. DUNEDIN—On Jan. 3, 2008, Ralph Jordan, a healthcare professional in his mid-sixties from Dunedin, became the first patient for a robotic-assisted prostatectomy at Florida Hospital’s Global Robotic Institute in Celebration. Six months earlier, a routine test had revealed an elevated PSA of 4.2. A biopsy followed; prostate cancer was detected and confirmed. READ MORE




Raising the Bar
By: LYNNE JETER
Posted: Friday, December 3, 2010 10:30 am
Vipul Patel, MD, Passes 4,000 Mark for Prostate Removal Surgeries via DaVinci Robot. CELEBRATION—Institutions with multiple surgeons have performed more prostate removal surgeries via the daVinci robot, but no single surgeon has come close to the record set recently by Vipul Patel, medical director of Florida Hospital’s Global Robotics Institute in Celebration. In mid-October, the world-renowned surgeon from Central Florida hit the 4,000 mark. READ MORE