Dr. Tushar Patel, MD

Dr. Patel, caring, knowledgeable and kind

I am not saying this because Dr. Patel is my doctor but because Dr. Patel is MY doctor I can say this with 100% confidence that he is a Doctor who cares about his patients first and foremost. I have been so happy with the way he takes care of me and his other patients that even when my insurance changed and he wasn’t a provider to my HMO I still continue to go to him regardless because my health and well being is my first priority. While in my opinion other doctors I have known over my 25 year medical career care more about the profit line. Not all but some seem to put profit over patients in my opinion. Dr. Patel doesn’t he cares about the person he is treating on a very personal level. Prime example was this past week I was transported to the hospital by ambulance and then to another one because I needed a higher level of care than the first hospital could provide. I sat in the triage area on my stretcher at RI hospital in the ambulance bay for almost 11 hours before ever seeing… a Dr. Then once I did finally see a doctor they performed a series of tests and wanted to admit me for the weekend. I signed myself out AMA and went to Dr. Patel. I saw him right away without waiting and he performed a minor surgical procedure to relieve me of the extreme pain I was in, right there in his office. He gave me an anti biotic to ward off any infection and allowed me to go home all within 25 minutes. I left feeling a lot more comfortable that day. The next day even though I was soar from the procedure I felt 80% better and within 48Hrs I was back to myself. When I told other doctors of what had happened they couldn’t believe that a primary care physician would be willing to do so much for a patient and told me straight out that they would never do that. Again that is what brings me back to what I said at the beginning that he is a doctor who truly cares about his patients first. If you’re looking for a Dr. or want to change your PCP because your not being treated the way you should then I highly recommend calling his office. He accepts most insurances with the exception of a few. If you’re like me and care about your health then I would call his New Bedford Office you won’t regret making that call.

After his 4 attempt at removing my lipoma I'm left with horrible scarring r.and the limpoma is still there. Please stay away from this Dr.