Samip Patel, M.D.

When others focused on loss, Mayo Clinic focused on possibility

Dr. Samip Patel in the operating room. After receiving a serious diagnosis, one patient turned to several medical institutions in search of answers. Where other institutions saw limitations, Mayo Clinic's interdisciplinary team saw a way forward.  When Kyle Collett was diagnosed with an advanced tumor affecting approximately 65% of his tongue, life changed overnight.  At 39 years old, he was a soon-to-be husband and a strategic finance professional. "Like many people my age, cancer was…