Dhruv Parekh

Dhruv Parekh
ORCID: 0000-0002-1508-8362

Colleges, School and Institutes

External positions

, University Hospitals Birmingham

1 Jun 2014 → …

Education/Academic qualification

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Unknown, University of Warwick

    Is vitamin D a mechanistic driver of acute lung injury

    2011 - 2016

  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Unknown, Barts and The London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry

    1997 - 2003

  • Bachelor of Biomedical science, Unknown, Barts and The London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry

    2001 - 2002

Professional Qualifications

  • Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, FFICM

    2018 -

  • Member of Royal College of Physicians - Respiratory, MRCP (Respiratory)

    2011 -

  • Member of Royal College of Physicians, MRCP

    2007 -

Willingness to take PhD students

Yes

PhD projects

ARDS, Sepsis, Critical Care, Perioperative Medicine,
Ventilation,
Innate Immunity, Macrophage and monocyte biology,
Resolution of Inflammation

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Most downloaded publications

Vitamin D deficiency contributes directly to the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Dancer, R. C. A., Parekh, D., Lax, S., D'souza, V., Zheng, S., Bassford, C. R., Park, D., Bartis, D. G., Mahida, R., Turner, A., Sapey, E., Wei, W., Naidu, B., Stewart, P. M., Fraser, W. D., Christopher, K. B., Cooper, M. S., Gao, F., Sansom, D. M., Martineau, A. R. & 2 othersGavin Perkins & David Thickett, 1 Jul 2015, In : Thorax. 70, 7, p. 617-624

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

195 downloads
Simvastatin to modify neutrophil function in older patients with septic pneumonia (SNOOPI) : study protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial
Hannah Greenwood, Jaimin Patel, Rahul Mahida, Wang, Q., Dhruv Parekh, Rachel Dancer, Khiroya, H., Elizabeth Sapey & David Thickett, 22 Aug 2014, In : Trials. 15, 1, 332.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

142 downloads
Pro-inflammatory effects of e-cigarette vapour condensate on human alveolar macrophages
Aaron Scott, Sebastian Lugg, Aldridge, K., Lewis, K., Bowden, A., Rahul Mahida, Grudzinska, F., Davinder Dosanjh, Dhruv Parekh, Foronjy, R., Elizabeth Sapey, Babu Naidu & David Thickett, Dec 2018, In : Thorax. 73, 12, p. 1161-1169

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

82 downloads
Vitamin D to prevent acute lung injury following oesophagectomy (VINDALOO) : study protocol for a randomised placebo controlled trial
Dhruv Parekh, Rachel Dancer, Sian Lax-Williams, Cooper, M. S., Martineau, A. R., Fraser, W. D., Olga Tucker, Derek Alderson, Perkins, G. D. & Fang Gao Smith, 17 Apr 2013, In : Trials. 14, 1, p. 100 1 p., 100.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

56 downloads
Vitamin D deficiency in human and murine sepsis
Dhruv Parekh, Jaimin Patel, Aaron Scott, Sian Lax-Williams, Rachel Dancer, Vijay D'Souza, Hannah Greenwood, Fraser, W. D., Gao, F., Elizabeth Sapey, Gavin Perkins & David Thickett, Feb 2017, In : Critical care medicine. 45, 2, p. 282-289

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

19 downloads

Recent publications

Dysregulated alveolar function and complications in smokers following oesophagectomy
Sebastian Lugg, Alridge, K. A., Phillip Howells, Dhruv Parekh, Aaron Scott, Mahida, R. Y., Park, D., Tucker, O., Fang Gao Smith, Perkins, G. D., David Thickett & Rachel Dancer, Feb 2019, In : ERJ Open Research. 5, 1, 9 p., 00089.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Pro-inflammatory effects of e-cigarette vapour condensate on human alveolar macrophages
Aaron Scott, Sebastian Lugg, Aldridge, K., Lewis, K., Bowden, A., Rahul Mahida, Grudzinska, F., Davinder Dosanjh, Dhruv Parekh, Foronjy, R., Elizabeth Sapey, Babu Naidu & David Thickett, Dec 2018, In : Thorax. 73, 12, p. 1161-1169

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Vitamin D and critical illness: what endocrinology can learn from intensive care and vice versa.
Amrein, K., Papinutti, A., Mathew, E., Vila, G. & Dhruv Parekh, Dec 2018, In : Endocrine Connections. 7, 12, p. R304–R315 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

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Recent Prizes

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