Sanjay Parikh, MD, FACS

It is a privilege to be a surgeon at Seattle Children's Hospital and professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine. I collaborate with an extra-ordinary team of clinicians and caregivers to provide special care for children with challenging problems. I aspire to combine science, teaching, and medicine every day to provide the best possible care for our children and their families

Sanjay R. Parikh, MD FACS, is a board certified pediatric otolaryngologist at Seattle Children's Hospital and professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Washington.  He is currently associate surgeon-in-chief at Seattle Children's Hospital.

Dr. Parikh attended medical school at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver followed by residency training in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Toronto. He then went on to fellowship training in pediatric otolaryngology at Boston Children's Hospital - Harvard Medical School. 

Dr. Parikh has published over 150 scientific articles, book chapters, and reviews in the field of pediatric otolaryngology.  He has had held leadership roles in the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), American College of Surgeons, American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology and Northwest Academy of Otolaryngology (NWAO).  He is a past chair of the Board of Governors of the AAO-HNS and a past president of the NWAO.  Dr. Parikh has given over 200 domestic and international invited lectures with an emphasis on improving pediatric otolaryngologic surgical care.

Undergraduate Education: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

Medical School: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

Internship: St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto

Residency: University of Toronto

Fellowship: Harvard Medical School - Boston Children's Hospital

Board Certification: Otolaryngology - HNS 2000

Memberships: American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Inter-American Association of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Society for Ear Nose and Throat Advances in Children, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American College of Surgeons, American Rhinologic Society, Northwest Academy of Otolaryngology

Board of Directors, American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Chair, Advisory Council for Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American College of Surgeons

Past President, Northwest Academy of Otolaryngology

Past Chair, Board of Governors, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Seattle Metropolitan Magazine and Seattle Magazine Top Doctors Lists

Past International Guest Speaker for the Asian Pediatric Otolaryngology Group, Australian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, British Association of Pediatric Otolaryngology,  Inter-American Association of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, and Royal Society of Belgium.

Distinguished Service Award, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Cohen Research Award, American Broncho-Esophagological Association

Ferguson Clinical Research Award, American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Potsic Scientific Research Award, American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Poliquin Clinical Research Award, Canadian Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

Dr. Parikh's clinical interests include major airway and reconstructive surgery in children, computer-assisted sinus and skull base surgery, advanced sleep surgery for persistent sleep disturbance after tonsillectomy, and pediatric thyroid and head/neck cancer surgery.