Dr. Rajiv Parakh
Experience: Over 38 years
Medanta – The Medicity, Sector 38, Gurugram (Also at Medanta Mediclinic Defence Colony, New Delhi)
Gurugram, India
Introduction
Dr. Rajiv Parakh chairs Peripheral Vascular & Endovascular Sciences at Medanta. Fixes blocked leg arteries, aortic aneurysms, carotid artery disease, varicose veins, diabetic feet turning gangrenous, vascular trauma, and dialysis access that stopped working. Takes on simple varicose vein fixes all the way to emergency aortic aneurysm repairs and saving limbs in diabetic patients when amputation looked like the only way out.
About Dr. Rajiv Parakh
Dr. Rajiv Parakh has thirty-eight years of experience in vascular surgery. Set up one of India’s very first standalone vascular surgery departments way back in 1990, when nobody in the country was treating this as its own speciality. Ran the vascular surgery show at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for over ten years before shifting to Medanta.
He got the first government-recognized vascular surgery teaching program going through the National Board in North India. Held the positions of Vice President and Secretary at the International Society for Vascular Surgery, based in New York, which tells you about his standing globally in this field.
Qualifications
- MBBS — Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi.
- MS (General Surgery) — Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi.
- FRCS — Royal College of Surgeons, UK.
- Vascular Surgery Training — United Kingdom.
Awards & Recognition
- Built one of India’s first independent vascular surgery departments (1990).
- Got the first NBE-recognized vascular surgery teaching program running in North India.
- Vice President and Secretary of the International Society for Vascular Surgery, New York.
- Founder member of the Vascular Society of India and EISI.
- Prof. Hari Vaishnava Oration — Delhi Medical Association (2008).
Specialities & Expertise
- Carotid artery surgery and stenting
- Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair
- Peripheral arterial bypass for diabetic foot
- Varicose vein treatment laser RFA Venaseal
- Dialysis access creation and salvage
- Vascular trauma management
Patient Experience & Approach
Diabetic patients whose legs were basically scheduled for amputation at other hospitals say Dr. Parakh opened up the blocked arteries when every other surgeon had written it off. People dealing with varicose veins mention the laser and glue treatments meant walking out the same day — no painful stripping, no weeks of lying around recovering. Dialysis patients whose fistulas kept clotting over and over say he fixed access points that previous surgeons had completely given up trying to salvage.