Biographical summary
Samip Patel, M.D., FACS is a board-certified Otolaryngologist-Head & Neck Surgery with expertise in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction. He is also an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery. He completed his fellowship in Head & Neck Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Toronto following the completion of an Otolaryngology residency at the University of South Florida. He completed medical school at Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown, Ohio.
Dr. Patel was previously the Chief for the Division of Head & Neck Surgical Oncology at the University of North Carolina Department of Otolaryngology. He was the medical director of the Head & Neck Surgical Oncology Clinic at the North Carolina Cancer Center at UNC as well. He has over 3 dozen publications since graduating fellowship in 2013 and is a renowned educator among academic
otolaryngologists both in and out of the Mayo Enterprise.
His clinical focus includes:
- Transoral robotic surgery/transoral laser surgery
- HPV related tonsil and base of tongue cancer
- Microvascular reconstructive surgery of the head and neck
- Parotid and salivary gland surgery
- Oral cavity and oropharynx cancer
- Surgical management of advanced skin cancer of the head, face, and neck
- Thyroid surgery
Conditions treated
Procedures performed
- Facial nerve rehabilitation
- Free flap
- Head and neck cancer surgery
- Head and neck reconstruction
- Microvascular reconstruction
- Neck dissection
- Neck surgery
- Parotid gland surgery
- Parotidectomy
- Sentinel node biopsy
- Transoral laser microsurgery
- Transoral robotic surgery
Interests
- Transoral robotic surgery/transoral laser surgery
- HPV related tonsil and base of tongue cancer
- Microvascular reconstructive surgery of the head and neck
- Parotid and salivary gland surgery
- Oral cavity and oropharynx cancer
- Surgical management of skin cancer of the head, face, and neck
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy
- Thyroid surgery
- Facial Nerve Reanimation Surgery
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2013
Fellowship - Advanced Head & Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular ReconstructionUniversity of Toronto
- 2012
Residency - Otolaryngology/Head & Neck SurgeryUniversity of South Florida
- 2007
Predoctoral Fellowship - T32 Training Grant, Otolaryngology (Mentor: Theodoros N. Teknos, MD)University of Michigan Medical School
- 2007
MDNortheast Ohio Medical University
- 2002
BSPurdue University
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2013
Otolaryngology - Head & Neck SurgeryAmerican Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Awards and honors
- 2019
UNC Health Care and UNC Faculty Physician Award for Carolina Care ExcellenceUniversity of North Carolina School of Medicine
- 2016
UNC Health Care and UNC Faculty Physician Award for Carolina Care ExcellenceUniversity of North Carolina School of Medicine
- 2015
Best Doctors in America 2015-2016University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Professional memberships
- 2023 - present
FacultyMayo Clinic in Florida
- 2023 - present
FacultyMayo Clinic
- 2023 - present
FacultyMayo Clinic in Florida
- 2022 - present
FacultyMayo Clinic in Florida
- 2022 - present
FacultyMayo Clinic in Florida
- 2022 - present
ExaminerAmerican Board of Otolaryngology (ABOHNS) - Head and Neck Surgery
- 2019 - 2022
MemberAmerican Board of Otolaryngology (ABOHNS) - Head and Neck Surgery
- 2017 - present
Candidate MemberTriological Society
- 2016 - present
Active FellowAmerican College of Surgeons (ACS)
- 2014 - present
Active FellowAmerican Head and Neck Society
Publications
Research activities