St. Joseph’s Health Add a New Cardiac Surgeon to its Award-Winning Team

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— (February 10, 2023) St. Joseph’s Health is pleased to announce Krishna Patel, MD, has joined its award-winning cardiac surgery team. Dr. Patel is a welcomed addition to the team of nationally recognized surgeons and staff at the St. Joseph’s Health Cardiovascular Institute.

A highly skilled surgeon, Dr. Patel returns to Central New York following a three-year Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency at Texas Heart Institute, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

“I am excited to be a part of the cardiovascular team at St. Joseph’s Health,” said Dr. Patel. “I’m looking forward to contributing to St. Joseph’s tradition of cardiac excellence.”

“St. Joseph’s Health has a long-standing reputation as a national leader in cardiac services,” said Dr. Philip Falcone, Chief Medical Officer at St. Joseph’s Health. “Having Dr. Patel as a part of our team further contributes to the high level of safe care our heart patients have come to expect from us.”

Dr. Patel earned his medical degree from Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey, and his undergraduate degree in Biology from the College of New Jersey. He completed a Fellowship in Immunotherapy and Surgical Oncology at the Surgery Branch of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD and a Categorical Surgery Residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY. During his time in Rochester, Dr. Patel served on the Graduate Medical Education Committee and Joint Committee on Quality of Care. He is also a contributing author of several research publications.

Dr. Patel is accepting new patients at St. Joseph’s Cardiovascular Institute, located at 104 Union Avenue, Suite 806, Syracuse. To schedule an appointment, please call (315) 423-7192.

About St. Joseph’s Health

St. Joseph’s Health is non-profit health care system based in Syracuse, NY. St. Joseph’s has been an innovative leader in health care since our founding in 1869 as the first hospital open to the public in the city of Syracuse. Offering primary, specialty and home care, a Magnet-recognized hospital, and collaboration with community partners, St. Joseph's Health advances the well-being of the communities we serve through an expanding range of services to ensure our patients achieve optimum long-term health. St. Joseph’s is one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery and one of America’s 100 Best for Spine Surgery and Coronary Intervention according to Healthgrades. It is a designated Stroke Center and a U.S. News “Best Regional Hospital.” St. Joseph’s Health is affiliated with St. Joseph’s Physicians, and is a member of Trinity Health. For more information, visit www.sjhsyr.org/legacy.

About Trinity Health

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 25 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 88 hospitals, 131 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 125 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, its annual operating revenue is $20.2 billion with $1.2 billion returned to its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.