Nirzar Parikh, MD
Fellow (Class of 2025)
Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship
Pronouns: he/him/his
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About
Dr. Nirzar Parikh is originally from Mumbai, India and that is also where he earned his medical degree from K.J. Somaiya Medical College. Nirzar’s interest in the field of Neonatology began during his research stint in the IVH lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY. This further grew during his pediatric residency training at Marshfield Clinic, WI.
In his free time, Nirzar enjoys traveling, hiking, playing cricket, watching movies, and exploring new restaurants.
“I wanted practice the highest quality of neonatal medicine in a friendly environment and be exposed to a wide range of pathologies. Peoria has wonderful mentorship where the fellows are well supported. The NICU here is really open to new innovations/technologies and is always pushing the bar in the field to give the best care to the newborns.”
Research:
Work in the area of health disparities
Selected Grants
UIC-OSF Community Health Advocacy (CHA) program, Neonatal Birth Trauma, Neonatal Fellow
Selected Publications
- Khan M, Delgoffe B, Gabor R, Chauhan N, Parikh N, Ketana N, Joshi A. A National Survey of
Neonatologists’ Perspectives on Probiotics Use in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the U.S.A. Clin Med
Res. 2024;22(1):1-5.
- Sharma DR, Cheng B, Jaiswal MK, Zhang X, Kumar A, Parikh N, Singh D, Sheth H, Varghese M,
Dobrenis K, Zhang X, Hof PR, Stanton PK, Ballabh P. Elevated insulin growth factor-1 in dentate gyrus
induces cognitive deficits in pre-term newborns. Cereb Cortex. 2023;33(10):6449-6464.
- Baker KM, Parikh NS, Salsbery KT, Shaw GR, Steiner RD, Oelstrom MJ, Manalang MA. A 17-Month-old
Boy with Pancytopenia Caused by a Rare Genetic Defect of Vitamin B12 Malabsorption. J Pediatr
Hematol Oncol. 2022 Mar 1;44(2):e444-e446.
- Parikh NS, McClellan N, Koehn M, Ganguli S. Torticollis as a Sole Presentation of Spondyloarthritis in a
4-Year-Old Child. Clin Med Res. 2021 Dec;19(4):203-207.
- Coleman KD, Benz P, Parikh NS, Thomas DG, Segar D, Block J, Schultz ML. Five days of fever and
myocardial inflammation. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2021 Oct 8;9:2050313X211050891.
- Ahlawat R, Parikh NS, Jhaveri A. Triple Diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease, Celiac Disease, and Eosinophilic
Esophagitis in a Child with Siderius-Hamel Syndrome. WMJ. 2019.
- Nagral A, Jhaveri A, Sawant S, Parikh NS, Nagral N, Merchant R, Gandhi M. Treatment of Chronic
Hepatitis C infection with Direct Acting Antivirals in adolescents with Thalassemia Major. Indian J Pediatr.
2019 Feb;86(2):148-153.
- Panda S, Dohare P, Jain S, Parikh N, Singla P, Mehdizadeh R, Klebe DW, Kleinman GM, Cheng B,
Ballabh P. Reduced Parvalbumin and Excess Somatostatin Expressing 5 Cortical Interneurons in
Premature Infants and Reversal with Estrogen Treatment. J Neurosci. 2018. 38(34): 7378-7391.
Professional Leadership
Rising Neonatology Chief Fellow (2024), Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship, OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria
Clinical Associate (2022-Present), Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria
Education
- Fellowship (current): Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship, OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria, Peoria, Illinois
- Residency: Marshfield Clinic, WI
- Medical School: K.J. Somaiya Medical College Mumbai, India
Licensures and Certifications
- (2022-Present) Board Certified, Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics: General
- (2022-Present) Medical Board of Illinois
- (2019-Present) Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification
Professional Memberships
- AAP Trainees and Early Career Neonatologists (TECaN)
- Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Research Currently in Progress
- Racial and economic disparities amongst pregnant women affecting neonatal birth trauma