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Dr. Parikh is a clinician scientist who cares for patients and studies inherited (genetic) cardiovascular disease. She is the director of the Stanford Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease (SCICD), the largest center of its kind in the country. SCICD integrates clinical and basic science to provide expert care for patients with genetic cardiovascular conditions, including cardiomyopathies, arrhythmias, and vascular diseases. She is dedicated to providing cutting-edge care for thousands of patients and their families, integrating medical, surgical, and genetic care throughout their lifespan. Her team includes physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, genetic counselors, exercise physiologists, and scientists. Dr. Parikh's clinical practice and laboratory focus on the genetics of cardiomyopathies associated with arrhythmogenic substrates. She completed her clinical cardiology fellowship at Stanford School of Medicine and her medical residency at the University of California, San Francisco. Her research has been funded by multiple NIH grants, aiming to identify novel mechanisms and therapeutic technologies for genetic cardiomyopathy and to understand the natural histories of patients affected by these diseases.
Stanford University • Stanford, CA
Associate Professor at Stanford University, focusing on cardiovascular disease and inherited cardiomyopathies.
Stanford Department of Medicine • Stanford, CA
Responsible for strategic innovation in the Department of Medicine.
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