Dr. Karishma Parikh is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Child Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
She completed her Pediatrics Residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, her Pediatric Neurology Fellowship at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medicine, and Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) and American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) in Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology.
Dr. Parikh cares for children and young adults with primary pediatric neurology conditions like migraines, neurodevelopmental delay, neurovascular disorders such as pediatric stroke and neurovascular malformations, and neurocutaneous disorders such as Neurofibromatosis (NF). Additionally, she takes care of pediatric patients with brain and spinal cord tumors, neurological complications of cancer and associated neurotoxicities of oncological therapy. She also has experience and interest in taking care of patients with neurometabolic conditions receiving cellular and gene therapies.
She feels privileged to be part of the multi-disciplinary Pediatric Neurology team at The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH and the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology team at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Alongside her colleagues at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, she is actively involved in clinical trials and clinical research for her patients. She is also passionate about teaching and mentoring the next generation of physicians and health care providers at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
Philosophy of Care:
I am passionate about caring for patients with a breadth of neurological disorders. I strive to provide the best care for my patients and am committed to the optimization of their neurodevelopment. It is a privilege to help take care of some of our most complex pediatric patients in the Tristate area, while helping children and their families through vulnerable times. I feel fortunate to be serving in my homestate of New Jersey and I always want to deliver the highest quality care to all my patients in our community.
New York University
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2007
New York,
NY
Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, Dutch Caribbean
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2013
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
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2017
Brooklyn,
NY
New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medicine - Pediatric Neurology
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2020
New York,
NY
Memorial Sloan Kettering - Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
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2021
New York,
NY
Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN)
| Title: | Upfront Molecular Targeted Therapy for the Treatment of BRAF-Mutant Pediatric High Grade Glioma |
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| Description: | Rosenberg T, Yeo KK, Mauguen A , Alexandrescu SA , Prabhu SP, Tsai JW, Malinowski S, Joshirao M, Parikh K, Sait SF, Rosenblum MK, Benhamida JK, Michaiel G, Tran HN, Dahiya S, Kachurak K, Friedman G, Krystal JI, Huang MA, Margol A, Wright K, Aguilera D, MacDonald T, Chi SN, Karajannis MA. Upfront Molecular Targeted Therapy for the Treatment of BRAF-Mutant Pediatric High Grade Glioma. Neuro Oncol. 2022 Nov 2;24(11):1964-1975. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noac096. PMID: 35397478. |
| Title: | Pediatric Hydrocephalus in Northwest Tanzania |
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| Description: | Aukrust CG, Parikh K, Smart L, Mdala I, Fjeld HE, Lubuulwa J, Hartl R, Winkler AS. Pediatric Hydrocephalus in Northwest Tanzania: a descriptive cross-sectional study of clinical characteristics and early surgical outcomes from the Bugando Medical Centre. World Neurosurg. 2022 May;161:e339-e346. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.02.003. Epub 2022 Feb 5. PMID: 35134579. |
| Title: | Automated Identification and Quality Measurement for Pediatric Convulsive Status Epilepticus. |
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| Description: | Hess-Homeier DL, Parikh K, Basma N, Vella A, Grinspan Z. Automated Identification and Quality Measurement for Pediatric Convulsive Status Epilepticus. Epilepsia. 2020 Dec 20; epub, online ahead of print. PMID: pending. |
| Title: | Radiographic and Clinical Outcome of Silicate-substituted Calcium Phosphate |
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| Description: | Alimi M, Navarro-Ramirez R, Parikh K, Njoku I, Hofstetter CP, Tsiouris AJ, Härtl R. Radiographic and Clinical Outcome of Silicate-substituted Calcium Phosphate (Si-CaP) Ceramic Bone Graft in Spinal Fusion Procedures. Clin Spine Surg. 2016 Sep 10. PMID: 27623299 |
| Title: | Lumbar Juxtafacet Cyst Resection: The Facet Sparing Contralateral Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach |
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| Description: | James A, Laufer I, Parikh K, Nagineni VV, Saleh TO, Härtl R. Lumbar Juxtafacet Cyst Resection: The Facet Sparing Contralateral Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2011 Sep 8. PMID:21909035 |
| Title: | C/3-dimensional neuronavigation versus conventional fluoroscopy for minimally invasive pedicle screw placement in lumbar fusion. |
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| Description: | Fraser J, Gebhard H, Irie D, Parikh K, Härtl R.Iso-C/3-dimensional neuronavigation versus conventional fluoroscopy for minimally invasive pedicle screw placement in lumbar fusion. Minim Invasive Neurosurg. 2010 Aug;53(4):184-90. Epub 2010 Dec 7. PMID:21140333 |
| Title: | The vertebral artery and the cervical pedicle: morphometric analysis of a critical neighborhood. |
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| Description: | Tomasino A, Parikh K, Koller H, Zink W, Tsiouris AJ, Steinberger J, Härtl R.The vertebral artery and the cervical pedicle: morphometric analysis of a critical neighborhood. J Neurosurg Spine. 2010 Jul;13(1):52-60. PMID:20594018 |
| Title: | Results and risk factors for recurrence following single-level tubular lumbar microdiscectomy |
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| Description: | Moliterno JA, Knopman J, Parikh K, Cohan JN, Huang QD, Aaker GD, Grivoyannis AD, Patel AR, Härtl R, Boockvar JA. Results and risk factors for recurrence following single-level tubular lumbar microdiscectomy. J Neurosurg Spine. 2010 Jun;12(6):680-6. PMID:20515355 |
| Title: | Bioabsorbable instrumentation for single-level cervical degenerative disc disease: a radiological and clinical outcome study |
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| Description: | Tomasino A, Gebhard H, Parikh K, Wess C, Härtl R. Bioabsorbable instrumentation for single-level cervical degenerative disc disease: a radiological and clinical outcome study. J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Nov;11(5):529-37. PMID:19929354 |
| Title: | Neuronavigation in the minimally invasive presacral approach for lumbosacral fusion |
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| Description: | Luther N, Tomasino A, Parikh K, Härtl R.Neuronavigation in the minimally invasive presacral approach for lumbosacral fusion. Minim Invasive Neurosurg. 2009 Aug;52(4):196-200. Epub 2009 Oct 16. PMID:19838976 |
| Title: | Tubular microsurgery for lumbar discectomies and laminectomies in obese patients: operative results and outcome |
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| Description: | Tomasino A, Parikh K, Steinberger J, Knopman J, Boockvar J, Härtl R.Tubular microsurgery for lumbar discectomies and laminectomies in obese patients: operative results and outcome. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Aug 15;34(18): E664-72. PMID: 19680093 |
| Title: | Operative results and learning curve: microscope-assisted tubular microsurgery for 1- and 2-level discectomies and laminectomies |
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| Description: | Parikh K, Tomasino A, Knopman J, Boockvar J, Härtl R.Operative results and learning curve: microscope-assisted tubular microsurgery for 1- and 2-level discectomies and laminectomies. Neurosurg Focus. 2008;25(2): E14. PMID:18673043 |
| Title: | Periodic sedimentation in a Stokesian fluid |
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| Description: | Jung S, Spagnolie SE, Parikh K, Shelley M, Tornberg AK. Periodic sedimentation in a Stokesian fluid. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2006 Sep;74(3 Pt 2):035302. PMID: 17025696 |
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