Samir Parikh, MD

Ruth W. and Milton P. Levy, Sr. Chair in Molecular Nephrology

Robert Tucker Hayes Distinguished Chair in Nephrology

Professor & Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Dept. of Internal Medicine

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Research focus

Turning back kidney frailty by targeting metabolism

Faculty host

Lori O’Brien, PhD

Samir Parikh earned his medical degree at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in nephrology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in nephrology, he joined the University of Texas at Southwestern faculty in 2021. He specializes in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease, and his research team investigates the mechanisms of aging and resilience to stress in the kidney. His research discoveries have earned him numerous awards, including the Sir William Osler Award from the Interurban Clinical Club in 2018, the Donald Seldin Award from the American Society of Nephrology and the American Heart Association in 2019, and a faculty STARs Award from UT Southwestern in 2021. Original research from the group has appeared in Nature, Nature Medicine, Science Translational Medicine, Cell Metabolism, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, and PNAS, among other leading journals.