Sunil J. Patel, MD
Physician in Mount Pleasant, SC
Specialties:Neurosurgery, Cancer - Brain & Spine Tumors, Spine Surgery
Languages:English
Gender:Male
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Sunil Jayavant Patel, MD
Dr. Sunil Patel is board certified in neurological surgery, with additional fellowship training in skull base surgery, cerebrovascular surgery, and microneurosurgery. He has been in practice for over 20 years and is currently the chair of neurosurgery at MUSC. He has special expertise in minimally invasive neurosurgery of the brain and spine and endoscopic spine surgery.
Board Certifications: Neurological Surgery
Clinical Areas of Interest
- Minimally invasive neurosurgery
- Acoustic tumors and other skull base lesions
- Brain tumors
- Meningioma
- Skull base surgery
- Spine disorders
- Spine & spinal cord tumors
- Trigeminal neuralgia
Education
- Fellowship at UPMC Presbyterian
- Fellowship at NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- Residency at Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center
- Internship at Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center
- Medical School at MUSC College of Medicine
Insurances Accepted
- Absolute Total Care (NEIC)
- Absolute Total Care Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan
- Aetna (PPO)
- AllWell by Absolute Total Care
- Ambetter from Absolute Total Care (Marketplace)
- BCBS Blue Essentials (Marketplace)
- Blue Choice Blue Option (Exchange Plan)
- Blue Choice Medicaid
- Blue Choice MyChoice (Available as individual commercial product)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Choice HealthCare (Group Health Plan)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal (FEP)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Planned Administrators
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Preferred Blue (PPC)
Insurance plans vary by individual. Please contact your insurance provider to check your coverage.
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