Nilesh U. Patel Md's Online Review Report Card

The best heart surgeon at St Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, NJ. He did a triple by-pass open heart surgery on me with great success. He was on top of everything even long after surgery.

5/5

Dr. Patel did an open heart surgery on my mom and replaced one of her valves. I must say he is one of the best doctors. I am glad he was the one who performed a surgery on her. No complications and very informative, honest and caring. I highly recommend. He is very professional 👏

I was the first patient in the office yet he had me wait for him on several occurrences. He told me any information I gave him about my condition would be rendered useless because he would need to run tests to solve my problem.He told me he could save me money by not asking me to get an MRI because I don't need one. Meanwhile Dr. Patel's office took my insurance card and accepted my co-pay but later charged me over $300 for literally looking into my ears and for running a basic auditory test! By the way, I did not get the bill until months after my appointment. Beware.

I was at Dr. Patel's office today, together with my girlfriend who had an appointment. Since May she has had issues with her ears, and this was the second time she saw Dr. Patel. During her meeting with the doctor, he was rushed, nonchalant and dismissive without hardly explaining anything. In fact, he was so rushed he didn't even bother to stay in the room to give a full answer to one of my girlfriend's questions. He also interrupted her on multiple occasions. All this was after he let her wait almost thirty minutes past her appointment time. The appointment was over with in five minutes. All he did was take out a little earwax, with no clarification or even educated guessing on what the issue could be. Then charged her $50. We will not go back. I hope this reaches someone in search of a doctor, so that they know not to go to Dr. Patel.

I was Dr Patel's patient when I was 5 years old and I recently visited him at his own practice and I am impressed on how he approached my new concern, nasal congestion. His caring nature has not changed one bit!

I am writing this on behalf of my husband who went to see Dr Nilesh Patel a few weeks ago. My husband was complaining about his ear (thinking he had an infection) and I found Dr Nilesh on Google. I booked an appointment for my husband using their user friendly website in no time. It was a breeze and for that, I gave them 5 star.However this is when 5 star becomes 2. My husband came back home asking me if the reviews I read was recent and legit. He told me that Dr Patel was very rushed and was not interested to know the background of his hearing at all. Dr Nilesh did use a metal tool to insert in his ear to extract some dry wax but as soon as he extracted "some" of it (I say some as there is more to this below) he was done. My husband said it was very brief with no advise on follow up. He came back home still complaining about his ear.Today my husband asked for a cotton bud which we hardly ever use as we know it's not good for your ear. But he said he still can feel something in his ear. To my surprise he managed to pull out some more dry hard wax from him ear which honestly, is not pleasant. Photo attached. Our question is "how soon do you get another big hard solid earwax after your ear is properly cleaned by your doctor?" or "is it too soon to be getting hard solid earwax and the only explanation to this is that the doctor didn't clean it properly 2 weeks ago?"In my experience I had an ear vacuuming when my doctor (not Dr Patel) told me I had some earwax build up that blocked my hearing. I experienced this after I went scuba diving and I had water in my ear left. This was 5 years ago and I have no problems with my ear since then and I don't think I need any micro suction at all. My hearing is perfect (touch wood). But my husband's experience with Dr Patel was rather different and the hard earwax that he extracted today is more than enough to justify his feelings when he left Dr Patel's clinic. This is a big red flag hence the 2 stars. Not recommended.

Update as I went back to DR Patel this year due to sinus issues which are related to allergies. He was very helpful and gave me a great starting regiment to help me over the past month. He ended up giving me a referral to an allergist who agreed with everything Dr Patel did and with these additional skin tests I might be able to figure out my allergy issues now. Thanks again to this staff for being patient with me during the crazy times of COVID and having a very clean and sanitized office. Even the little step of having a jar for clean pens and used pens was the extra little step that made me realize this office understands me ;)

They charge you for services they do not perform and then lie to insurance carriers or anyone that investiaged their claim. DO NOT GO to this office, as you will end up in the same boat with high charges for the privilege of sitting with this Dr. for five minutes and paying for services that simply were not performed. There is informaiton online how ENT's are charging for servce as a scam to get money for the higher charge a particular code comes with vs. a basic exam. This Dr. is involved with this scam based on my experience with him.

For many many many years I suspected I had a deviated septum, which was causing problems for my sinuses and causing me to have trouble breathing. Also for many years, I avoided going to an ENT as I did not want to endure the lengthy/painful surgery that is often accompanied with septum correction. After a particularly difficult year of not being able to breathe through my nose, I finally visited Dr. Patel, and my life and breathing have improved significantly ever since. Dr. Patel recommended Balloon Sinuplasty and Bilateral Inferior Turbinate Reduction which took less than 20 minutes in his office, and after a few difficult days of some nasal leakage, my breathing has never been better. I HIGHLY recommended anyone that has been delaying going to the doctor for septum issues to visit Dr Patel. He explained the process thoroughly and answered any questions I had. My one regret is not being aware of these procedures earlier in life. Do not hesitate to visit Dr. Patel immediately if you are having trouble breathing, it has improved my sleep, my workouts, and my overall quality of life.