Samir Parikh MD

Samir Parikh, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Chief of the Division of Nephrology. He specializes in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. Dr. Parikh earned his medical degree at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He completed both his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in nephrology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in nephrology, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2021.

Dr. Parikh is a member of the American Society of Nephrology and the International Society of Nephrology. He serves on the editorial boards of PLOS One and the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, and he is the associate editor of Kidney 360. He has delivered a wealth of presentations both nationally and internationally and has published widely in scholarly journals. Among many other honors, in 2021, he received a faculty STARs Award from UT Southwestern.