Dr. Ankit Parakh

Associate Director - Paediatric Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine - Centre For Child Health

Centre For Child Health, Paediatric Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine

BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, Delhi

Experience: 10+ Years

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About Dr. Ankit Parakh

Dr. Ankit Parakh is a leading name when it comes to speciality pediatric pulmonology, allergy and sleep medicine in India. He has been widely acknowledged for his versatile and patient-centric approach.

Work Experience

Presently working as Associate Director - Paediatric Pulmonology (Pulmonologist) in Pediatric department at BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi

Previous Experience:

Assistant Professor (Consultant) at Kalawati Saran Children`s Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi
Lecturer - University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi
Registrar - Lok Nayak Hospital (affiliated to Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi)

Education & Training

MBBS, MD (Pediatrics), DNB (Pediatrics), MNAMS & European Diplomate of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine

Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship RCPCH
Awarded the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) fellowship 2013. Was placed at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom in the Respiratory Medicine division under Dr Paul Aurora.

European Respiratory Society (ERS) Fellowship
Pediatric Sleep Medicine & Non-Invasive Ventilation, from the Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.

Asia Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR) fellowship “Pediatric Sleep Medicine”, Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 2017

Pediatric Allergy Training from the St Mary Hospital and Imperial College, London, UK, 2019

Memberships

Life Member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics
Life member of the IAP Respiratory Chapter
Member of the European Respiratory Society
Member of Indian Medical association (IMA)
Delhi Medical association (DMA) and IMA East Delhi Branch
Registered with Delhi Medical Council

Awards

K. Sridharan gold Medal and merit award for standing first in Anatomy in the first MBBS Examination
Merit award for standing second in pharmacology in the college, University College of Medical Sciences in Second M.B.B.S examination
Dr. L.V. Phatak gold Medal and merit award for highest marks in Obstetrics & Gynecology in Final M.B.B.S examination
Merit award for standing second in Medicine in the college, University College of Medical Science

Speciality Interest

Chronic cough and Asthma
Tuberculosis, drug resistant TB
Pediatric and Neonatal bronchoscopy
Childhood allergies and allergen immunotherapy
Foreign body extraction
Cystic fibrosis and other suppurative lung diseases

Research Papers & Publications

Indexed Journals

Parakh A, Singh V, Subramanium R, Narula MK, Aggarwal SK, Shukla S. Giant Thymolipoma in an infant. Paediatr Int Child Health. (In Press).
Singh H, Parakh A. Tracheobronchial Foreign Body Aspiration in Children. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013 Oct 17.
[Epub ahead of print]
Singh V, Parakh A, Aggarwal SK, Mahto D, Dhingra B, Nagpal A, et al. Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor: A