
The Parekh Lab

Pictured: Immunofluorescent image of an airway with obliterative bronchiolitis. The stylized image shows keratin 8 staining in cyan, Ki67 staining in red, S100A12 staining in green, and nuclei are shown in grey.
Kal R. Parekh, MBBS, FACS

Nicholas P. Rossi Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Research Focus
Physician-scientist Kal R. Parekh studies lung transplantation and the role of epithelial stem cells in preventing the development of progressively fatal chronic lung allograft dysfunction.
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