About
- Dr. Keyur Parikh is an interventional cardiologist by profession having over more than 30 years of experience.
- Dr. Keyur Parikh completed MBBS with 3 gold medals from Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, India. He completed Internship in Internal Medicine at Case Western University, Cleveland, USA; residency in Internal Medicine at University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA and Cardiovascular Fellowship including Invasive and Noninvasive Cardiology at Kaiser Permanent Medical Center (UCLA/ USC), Los Angeles, USA.
- Dr. Keyur Parikh started practicing as a Clinical Cardiologist and Cardiovascular Interventionist from 1987 onwards. He was the Chief of Medicine (1991-1993) at St. Rose Hospital, Hayward, California and Chief of Cardiology/Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (1990-1991) at St. Rose Hospital, Hayward, California.
- For good reasons he migrated back to India in 1993 and was associated with various hospitals. Between 2001 and 2005, Dr. Keyur Parikh was the Director at Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad. He holds a chairmanship of CIMS Hospital Pvt. Ltd, a 350 bedded multi-super speciality state-of- the-art “Green Eco-friendly” Hospital. CIMS Hospital has created a history by performing First Heart Transplant Surgery in Gujarat, and first Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
- Dr. Keyur Parikh is a Fellow of Cardiac Society of India (FCSI), Fellow of American College of Cardiology (FACC), Fellow of European Society of Cardiology (FESC), Fellow of Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (FSCAI), Fellow of International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences (FIACS), Member of American Medical Association (AMA), USA, Member of working group on Pathogenosis of Atherosclerosis of the ESC and Academy of TCT, USA.
- Dr. Keyur Parikh is a recipient of several awards, the most prestigious one has been is the 2004 International Service Award by the American College of Cardiology in recognition of the contribution to the ACC and to the international cardiovascular community as well as listed for many years in “Who’s Who”/ Marquis.
- He also received the “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND SURGERY” by the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Winnipeg, Canada in year 2011. He is considered amongst the “100 Ratno (jewels) of Gujarat” (2011).