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Niki Parikh, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Urology

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  • Biography

    Dr. Niki Parikh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in andrology, male infertility, prosthetic urology, and reproductive and sexual health, with expertise in microsurgery, fertility preservation, fertility care, quality-improvement initiatives, and general urology.

    Dr. Parikh earned a Bachelor of Science (summa cum laude) from Texas Tech University. She then completed a Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Business Administration specializing in Health Organization Management at the Rawls College of Business. She obtained her medical degree from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, followed by a urology residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She then completed a fellowship in andrology and infertility at Baylor College of Medicine before joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2025.

    Dr. Parikh is an active member of numerous professional societies, including the American Urological Association, Sexual Medicine Society of North America, Society for the Study of Male Reproduction, and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. She has served on various committees for the SMSNA and SSMR, co-edited a special issue of Urology (Gold Journal) on global trends in male infertility, and reviews manuscripts for several leading journals.

    Dr. Parikh has received multiple honors, including Alpha Omega Alpha membership, Mayo Clinic’s “Surgeon of the Month,” and the SSMR/SMSNA Men’s Health Traveling Fellowship. She has presented her work nationally and internationally—from the American Urological Association and SMSNA to the European Society for Sexual Medicine—and is widely published on topics ranging from male reproductive surgery to fertility preservation and prosthetic outcomes.

    Her academic interests include translational research in male infertility, innovation in prosthetic and reconstructive urology, access to fertility care, and teaching/mentoring the next generation of urologists.

  • Education
    Medical School
    (2019), Medicine
  • Research Interest
    • Health Services and Economics
    • Hypogonadism
    • Male Infertility
    • Male Sexual Health
    • Peyronies Disease
    • Prosthetic Urology
    • Quality Improvement
    • Six Sigma Methodologies
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Exploring the link between muscle quality and erectile dysfunction: assessing the impact of mass and strength.
    Duan M, Hernandez B, Kronstedt S, Donato J, Saffati G, Parikh N, Khera M, Lyon G, Sex Med Rev 2025 Jul
    Editorial Comment on "Hispanic Ethnicity and Fertility Outcomes".
    Dash M, Parikh N, Urology 2024 Aug 190 32-33
    Editorial Commentary.
    Parikh NN, Thompson RH, Urol Pract 2022 Nov 9 6 603
    Editorial Commentary.
    Parikh NN, Koo K, Urol Pract 2021 Nov 8 6 660
    Fertility Preservation: A Tale of Two Testicles.
    Parikh N, Chattha A, Gargollo P, Granberg C, Urology 2021 Jul 153 298-300
    Single-port robotic Mitrofanoff in a pediatric patient.
    Parikh N, Findlay B, Boswell T, Granberg C, Gargollo P, J Pediatr Urol 2021 Jun 17 3 424-425
    A modern review of penile traction monotherapy and combination therapy for the treatment of peyronie's disease.
    Bole R, White L, Parikh N, Helo S, Kohler T, Ziegelmann M, Int J Impot Res 2021 Apr 33 3 251-258
    Frailty as a prognostic indicator in the radical cystectomy population: a review.
    Parikh N, Sharma P, Int Urol Nephrol 2019 Aug 51 8 1281-1290
    Three-Dimensional Printing in Urology: History, Current Applications, and Future Directions.
    Parikh N, Sharma P, Urology 2018 Nov 121 3-10
  • Honors & Awards
    • CREST Scholar, ASRM
      (2025)
    • Special Editor, Urology, Global Trends in Male Infertility
      (2025)
    • Gold Journal Reviewer of the Month
      (2024)
    • AUA Quality Improvement Summit Scholar
      (2021)
    • Mayo Clinic Surgeon of the Month
      (2021)
    • Top Associate Editors & Top Reviewers, Urology Gold Journal
      (2020)
    • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
      (2018)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Medical Association
    • American Society for Reproductive Medicine
    • American Urological Association
    • Sexual Medicine Society of North America
    • Society for the Study of Male Reproduction
    • Texas Medical Association