Aparna R. Parikh MD, MS

Aparna R. Parikh, MD, MS, is a GI Oncologist at the Mass General Cancer Center and Medical Director of the Center for Young Adult Colorectal Cancer. She is also Director of the Global Cancer Care Program.

Dr. Parikh also leads the clinical liquid biopsy efforts for the GI Oncology group and is an international expert on liquid biopsies, helping to develop tools in the setting of residual disease after curative intent surgeries, to understand response to treatment and drug resistance as well as early cancer detection. She also oversees the CRC clinical trial portfolio at MGH.

Dr. Parikh also has a passion for cancer care in low- and middle-income countries. As the Director of the Global Cancer Care Program at MGH, she works to support access, equity, and education in these geographic areas and has spent time in several African countries. She co-founded and co-leads the Program for Enhanced Training in Cancer (POETIC). This fellowship exchange program trains clinical oncology fellows from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and Ocean Road Cancer Center in Tanzania. POETIC fellows attend multidisciplinary conferences, clinics, and teaching sessions in hopes of further building capacity for oncology care in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Dr. Parikh is a member of the NCCN Colon/Rectal/Anal Cancers Panel.