Dr. Parekh is an Assistant Professor Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care. She received both her B.A. and M.D. degrees from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, as part of the 8-year Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME). She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Parekh is dedicated to providing excellent care to patients with pulmonary disease and critical care needs. She is a clinician educator and serves as the Medical Director of Critical Care Education in the Medical Intensive Care Unit. Her clinical expertise includes pulmonary diseases, critical care, respiratory failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and critical care ultrasound.