Karishma Parikh, MD

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.