Dr. Himanshu Patel is the Joe D. Morris Collegiate Professor of Cardiac Surgery. In August 2016, he became Head of the Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery. He received his undergraduate degree at The Johns Hopkins University in 1988 and completed medical school at The Johns Hopkins University in 1993. His general surgery training was completed at University of Rochester School of Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester New York in 2000 and his Thoracic Surgery residency was completed at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2002. He then completed a fellowship in Thoracic Transplantation/Adult Cardiac Surgery and joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Surgery in 2003 at the University of Michigan. From 2004 to 2010 he was Chief of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Service at the Ann Arbor Veterans Health System. He also completed an Endovascular Surgery Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in 2005.
His clinical interests include the field of adult cardiac surgery with emphasis on aortic valve disease including both open and percutaneous approaches, thoracic aortic disease including aortic aneurysms, and thoracic aortic endovascular surgery. His research interests revolve around outcomes of open and endovascular thoracic aortic procedures, conventional and catheter-based aortic valve surgery, and development of catheter based endovascular devices. In addition, he collaborates extensively with bioengineers and radiologists at the Frankel Cardiovascular Center to evaluate the impact of catheter-based therapy on cardiac function and aortic and cerebrovascular blood flow hemodynamics. He is a member of all major cardiac and vascular surgical societies.