Biography of Anand K. Parekh, MD, MPH

Anand K. Parekh, MD, MPH is the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Science & Medicine) in the Office of Public Health & Science at the Department of Health & Human Services. In this capacity, and previously as Senior Medical Advisor, he provides oversight, direction and coordination of activities pertaining to (1) a range of emerging public health and science issues, (2) the continuum of medical research – including clinical science and health services research and (3) issues requiring expert medical analysis and advice, particularly those concerning policy, planning, formulation, and presentation of public health issues affecting the Department. Previously, Dr. Parekh served as Special Assistant to Dr. William Raub, Science Advisor to the Secretary. His duties involved the formulating, implementing, and evaluating of federal policy related to public health emergency preparedness for bioterrorism and other medical threats, including pandemic avian influenza.

Dr. Parekh completed his undergraduate studies in political science as well as his graduate school training in medicine and public health at the University of Michigan. He subsequently completed his residency training in the Osler Medical Training Program of the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In addition to engaging in health services research at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Parekh has completed separate stints as a research fellow at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and at the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Dr. Parekh maintains a Medical Staff position at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland and practices at the Holy Cross Health Center– a low-cost adult medicine clinic for the uninsured. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He also serves on the Board of Governors of the University of Michigan School of Public Health Alumni Society and is an active member of the Presidential Scholars Alumni Society and the American College of Physicians.