Dr. Vipul Patel is the Medical Director of the Global Robotics Institute at Florida Hospital.  Dr. Patel has personally performed the most robotic surgeries in the world and has currently performed over 8,000 robotic prostatectomies. Aside from vast surgical experience, he is also committed to sharing his expertise in training robotic urology surgeons around the world.  Since 2007, he and his team of premier specialists have been providing individualized, state-of-the-art patient care with superior results.

• Specializes in the robotic approach to urinary reconstruction, bladder and kidney cancer
• Received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and completed his residency and fellowship at the University of Miami in Miami, Florida
• Served as the Director of the Center for Robotic and Computer-assisted Surgery at The Ohio State University Medical Center for three years, where he was also an Associate Clinical Professor of Urology and Associate Professor of Bioinformatics
• Founder of the Society of Robotic Surgery
• Founder and Editor-in-chief of The Journal of Robotic Surgery
• Received Honorary Professorships from Korean University, the Asian School of Urology and the College of Medicine, and Ricardo Palma University in Lima, Peru
• Teaches advanced courses in robotic surgery for the American Urologic Association
• Performed, or trained other physicians in, robotic surgery and helped establish programs at Cornell New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Yale University, Lahey Clinic, University of Miami, MD Anderson, Duke University, Guys Hospital London (UK), The Royal Melbourne (Australia), Moscow State University (Russia), Beijing Military Hospital (China), Fundacion Puijvert, (Spain) All India Institute (India), Korean University (Korea), Tokyo Medical University (Japan), European Oncology Institute (Italy), Karolinska Swedish Institute (Sweden), Albert Einstein (Brazil), Sirio Linbanese (Brazil), Clinica Marly (Colombia) and Clinicas Caracas ( Venezuela)