Parag J. Parikh
MD
Medicine
Radiation Oncology
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Director, Senior Staff Physician
Dr. Parag Parikh specializes in the management of gastrointestinal cancers and serves as Director of the MR Guided Radiation Program at the Henry Ford Cancer Institute. He is thrilled to lead the longest-running clinical MRI linear accelerator program in the world. Dr. Parikh has been researching and implementing methods for the prevention of over-irradiation of the stomach or intestines while treating deadly tumors of the upper abdomen.
He is currently leading a multi-center prospective clinical trial planned for inoperable pancreatic cancer using MR-guided adaptive radiation. This novel trial is exploring new opportunities to improve survival and quality of life for patients with this devastating disease. He also researches methods to decrease the duration of radiation therapy - often decreasing treatments to fit into 1 week.
Dr. Parikh received his medical degree and completed his post-graduate training in radiation oncology at Washington University, as well as served on faculty to the level of Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Biomedical Engineering with a tenure of 12 years.