CUIMC/Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute
622 W 168th Street
Vanderbilt Clinic Building, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10032
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Dr. Rupin N. Parikh is an oculofacial plastic and reconstructive surgeon and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology practicing at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Albany Medical College and completed his fellowship in Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Iowa.
Dr. Parikh is active in the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma, and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. His professional interests focus on oculofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery, orbital disease, eyelid and lacrimal surgery,...
Board Certifications
- Ophthalmology
Expertise
- Botox Treatment
- Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery
- Eyelid Dermatitis
- Eyelid Surgery
- Eyelid tumors
- Facial Trauma
- Graves' Disease
- Lacrimal Gland Surgery
- Oculoplastic Surgery
- Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery
- Ptosis (Eyelids) Surgery
- Reconstructive Facial Surgery
- Thyroid Disease
Education
- Fellowship: Scheie Eye Institute/University of Pennsylvania
- Fellowship: University of Iowa
- Fellowship: Wilmer Eye Institute/Johns Hopkins University
- Internship: Columbia-Bassett Medical Center
- Medical School: Albany Medical College
- Residency: University of Oklahoma
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at CUMC
Education
- Fellowship: Wilmer Eye Institute/Johns Hopkins University
- Internship: Columbia-Bassett Medical Center
- Fellowship: Scheie Eye Institute/University of Pennsylvania
- Fellowship: University of Iowa
- Residency: University of Oklahoma
- Medical School: Albany Medical College
Awards & Honors
- 2024: ASOPRS Advocacy Ambassador for AAO Mid-Year Forum
- 2024: Selected Advocacy Ambassador Participant in AAO Ambassador Mentor Program
- 2024: University of Iowa Fellow Teaching Award 2024 ASOPRS Foundation Fellowship Travel Grant
- 2022: Inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society
- 2020: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Member-InTraining Outstanding Poster Award Finalist
- 2019: Wilmer Eye Institute Jim Handa Research Award
- 2018: Excellence in Learning to Teach/Teaching to Learn, Albany Medical College
- 2018: Albany Medical College Robert D. Reinecke Prize for Research in Ophthalmology
- 2017: Albany Medical College Else Miller Scholarship
- 2017: Albany Medical College Haskell Marsh Scholarship
- 2017: Albany Medical College MD Trustee Scholarship
- 2016: Albany Medical College Alumni Travel Grant
- 2016: Albany Medical College Slowe Zuckerman Scholarship
- 2016: Albany Medical College Beatrice Claudine Scholarship 2016
- 2013: Cum Laude, Northwestern University
- 2012: Northwestern School of Communication Summer Undergraduate Research Grant
- 2010 & 2011: Northwestern School of Communication Award for Academic Excellence
- 2010: Selected as HCS Representative in Northwestern Viewbook
- 2010: Selected Member of Northwestern Communication Century Scholars Program
- 2010 2013: Northwestern Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society Member
- 2009 2013: Northwestern Undergraduate Deans List Honors
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at CUMC
Board Certifications
- ophthalmology