Kavita Parikh, MD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Languages
- English
Gender
FemaleAbout Kavita Parikh
Titles
Hospitalist
About the Provider
Kavita Parikh, MD, MSHS, is a board-certified pediatric hospital medicine physician at Children’s National Hospital. She was promoted to professor of pediatrics with tenure at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2024. Dr. Parikh serves as the research director of the Division of Hospital Medicine and medical director of Quality and Safety Research at Children’s National.
Dr. Parikh completed undergraduate training at Brown University, received her medical degree from Cornell Medical College, and then completed her residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She completed her pediatric hospital medicine fellowship at Children’s National Hospital, and joined the faculty at Children’s National Hospital in 2008. Dr. Parikh is a health services and patient-oriented researcher with expertise in both large database research and patient/family-centered clinical trial design. She is committed to a career as an independent researcher in patient-centered outcomes research and completed a career training award through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Her active research portfolio includes R-level grants funded by AHRQ and NIH to study disparities in pediatric safety events, address disparities in health outcomes for children with asthma and lead a health equity research education. Her interests include improving inpatient care, hospital to home transitions, and addressing disparities to advance healthcare equity.
Dr. Parikh also serves in national leadership roles, including in the National Conference and Exhibition Planning Group for the American Academy of Pediatrics and Executive Council for the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network. She previously served on the steering committee for the Value in Inpatient Pediatrics (VIP) Network and Hospital Pediatrics editorial board. Dr. Parikh is also co-director of the national NIH-funded Health Equity in Academic Research within Pediatric Hospital Medicine (HEAR-PHM) which is a research education program focused on building research capacity within pediatric hospital medicine for advancing health equity.
In recognition of her contributions in quality and safety in pediatric hospital medicine, Dr. Parikh was honored with the 2016 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Award for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, and the 2020 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Outstanding Research Award. In 2023, she was awarded the Mentoring Award for Excellence in the field of Clinical Science at Children’s National. Dr. Parikh is actively involved in mentoring students, trainees and faculty, and has a strong interest in faculty and inter-professional development.
Departments
NPI
1639387699
Research Profile
Locations
- THEARC
- 1801 Mississippi Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC 20020
- phone: 202-436-3060
- CN Shepherd Park
- 7125 13th Place Northwest, Washington, DC 20012
- phone: 202-476-2904
- Main Hospital-Pulmonary Medicine Clinic
- 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20010
- phone: 202-476-3194
- CN Shepherd Park Telemed
- 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Childrens National Telemedicine, Washington, DC 20010
- phone: 888-884-2327
- Impact DC Clinic Telemed
- 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Childrens National Telemedicine, Washington, DC 20010
- phone: 202-476-5000
- CN THEARC Telemed
- 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Childrens National Telemedicine, Washington, DC 20010
- phone: 888-884-2327
- SZ Pulmonary Medicine Clinic Telemed
- 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Childrens National Telemedicine, Washington, DC 20010
- phone: 202-476-5000
- SZ Impact DC Clinic
- 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20010
- phone: 202-476-3970
Expertise
Education
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Resident, Pediatrics, 2007Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Intern, Pediatrics, 2005Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Medical School, 2004Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Undergraduate, 2000Board Certifications
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
American Board of Pediatrics, 2019Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, 2007Insurance
- Aetna
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Alliance Health Plan: Federal Employee Plan
- American Postal Workers Plan (Federal)
- Amerigroup DC
- Amerigroup Maryland
- AmeriHealth DC
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia
- Anthem HealthKeepers Plus (VA)
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan (Federal)
- CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield
- CareFirst Community Plan of Maryland
- ChoiceCare PPO (Humana)
- Cigna Healthcare of the Mid Atlantic (includes Great West Healthcare)
- Claimsbridge PPO
- Conifer Health
- First Health
- Government Employees Health Association (Federal)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (DC)
- Kaiser Permanente Maryland Medicaid: referral required
- Kaiser Permanente Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permanente: referral required
- Mail Handlers (Federal)
- Maryland Physicians Care
- Medicaid Managed Care or Public Health Plans (Military)
- MedStar Family Choice (DC)
- MedStar Family Choice (MD)
- Molina Health Care of VA
- Multiplan/Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- National Association of Letter Carriers (Federal)
- Priority Partners MCO (MD)
- Tricare Humana Military
- U.S. Family Health Plans Johns Hopkins (Federal)
- United Virginia Medicaid
- UnitedHealthcare
- UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Maryland
- Virginia Premiere