Aparna Parikh, MD
Dr. Parikh is a medical oncologist with a focus on gastrointestinal malignancies at the Massachusetts General Hospital and faculty at Harvard Medical School. She has a robust clinical practice and is also involved with drug development and translational research, including work with liquid biopsies and the PI of a first of its kind national trial, funded by Stand up 2 Cancer using liquid biopsies in Stage III colon cancer. Despite academically focused on translational research, she has had a long standing commitment to efforts in enhancing the patient experience across all patient populations and particularly for enhancing access to care for otherwise marginalized patient populations. One such effort has been the launching of a training program called POETIC, for sub-Saharan African oncologists to enhance their local training. Trainees come to Boston for an intensive program designed to give them tangible clinical and research skills they can use locally but also to foster connections that will enhance their ability to care for patients in low- and middle-income countries. She also enjoys teaching and mentoring and runs the training program for GI oncology for the Dana Farber/Mass General Cancer Center Oncology fellows at MGH.