SUHAG PARIKH

 

Suhag Parikh, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, USA. Dr. Parikh is the Clinical Director of Cellular Therapies for Nonmalignant diseases at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Dr. Parikh’s clinical and research focus is bone marrow/stem cell transplantation and gene therapy for non-malignant disorders, including primary immune deficiencies (WAS, CGD and others), hemoglobinopathies, bone marrow failure disorders and inherited metabolic disorders and he has participated in several multicenter clinical trials related to these disorders. He actively participates in the North America based Primary Immune Deficiencies Treatment Consortium (PIDTC) where he is a core member of the chronic granulomatous disease study group. He is interested in studying reduced intensity regimens, alternative donor allogeneic transplantation and autologous gene therapy for these indications. He has also been interested in studying carriers of X-linked diseases such as CGD, WAS and Hyper IgM syndromes.