About Dr. Parikh
Dr. Manish A. Parikh, one of the top ten interventional cardiologists in the New York State Angioplasty Registry, joined the Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular team in July of 2007 to become the Co-Director of the Coronary Intervention Division and the Co-Director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program.
Previously, he spent tens years at the New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University where he performed nearly 5,000 complex coronary interventions with one of the lowest complication rates in New York State. He has been nominated to the Best Doctors in America for the last several years, and has won numerous local and clinical awards. His former titles include Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program at the New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Dr. Parikh enjoys a national and international reputation for excellence and expertise in clinical interventional cardiology, medical education, and scientific innovation. He has lectured extensively on complex coronary intervention throughout the US, Europe and India, and has dedicated his career to clinical education for trainees in cardiovascular medicine. He has directed the development of the Interventional Fellows Institute, a unique and comprehensive electronic core-curriculum (virtual textbook) currently used by nearly all 126 ACGME accredited interventional cardiology fellowship programs in the United States and available to practicing physicians worldwide. Also a biomedical/electrical engineer, Dr. Parikh has collaborated in the development of several new interventional devices and technologies, and has championed the use of medical simulation to train and strengthen procedural skills for physicians in training and practice.
Raised in Northern New Jersey, Dr. Parikh holds a BS in Biomedical/Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and an MD from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell University. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society) and Alpha Omega Alpha (Medical Honor Society). Dr. Parikh is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine with specialty certification in Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Coronary Angiography and Intervention. He resides in Manhattan with his wife and son.
