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Purvi Parikh, MD, FACAAI, FACP, is an allergist and immunologist at Allergy and Asthma Associates of Murray Hill. She is currently on faculty as a Clinical Assistant Professor in both departments of Medicine and Pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Parikh has published articles on allergy, asthma, and immunodeficiency syndromes in various peer-reviewed journals and textbooks.
She is a champion and spokesperson for the United Nations Foundation’s vaccine initiative Shot@Life and has traveled on their behalf to Zambia.
She is also a national spokesperson for the Allergy and Asthma Network, which is the leading patient advocacy group for patients and their families who suffer from life-threatening allergic and immunologic conditions. She frequently makes appearances as a medical expert on their behalf to NBC, FOX, CNN, Wallstreet Journal, CNBC, and CBS. She also regularly contributes to numerous print magazines and other publications.
She has been passionate about health policy since she was a medical student and sits on committees for the American Medical Association and the Board of Directors of the Advocacy Council of the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. She travels to Washington, D.C., multiple times per year to influence policy, testify before the government, and advocate for her patients.
During the pandemic, in addition to taking care of patients, she is an investigator/researcher in three (Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, and Sanofi) of the COVID-19 vaccine trials at NYU Langone Health’s vaccine center. She is also part of the NIH - Momivax trial, which studies vaccine safety in pregnant and breastfeeding moms and their babies. She is also now involved in COVID-19 long-haul research. Since the early days of the pandemic, Dr. Parikh has volunteered her time daily to tirelessly fight misinformation at the grassroots level through community organizations, in the local and national media, social media, and alongside government officials such as the surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murty, Immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci, and the US department of health and human services.
She was the youngest president of the New York Allergy and Asthma Society in 2018. She was recently named in Emory University's 40 under 40 class. She recently received the Most Distinguished Young Physician award from the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin for 2020-2021 due to her work in vaccine research and on the front lines of the global pandemic. She also received the Dr. I A Modi award in the young physician category for achieving excellence in Medicine in February of 2021 from the Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin.
Valentine’s Day is all about romance—romantic dinners, thoughtful gifts, and, of course, affectionate gestures like kissing.
When winter arrives, many of us retreat indoors to escape the chill. However, this shift often brings a spike in allergy and asthma symptoms.
Dr. Purvi Parikh, a highly respected allergist and immunologist at Allergy and Asthma Associates of Murray Hill, is making waves in both the medical community and the media.