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Kalpaj R. Parekh, MBBS, is the Nicholas P. Rossi Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chair and Departmental Executive Officer of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. He holds appointments as Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, and Surgical Director of the Lung Transplant Program. His clinical practice includes cardiothoracic surgery, lung transplantation, thoracic robotic surgery, thymectomy, and bronchoscopy. Parekh earned his MBBS from Seth G.S. Medical College, University of Mumbai, India, and DG from Ruparel College, University of Mumbai. He completed residencies in otolaryngology at Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals, University of Mumbai; general surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York; and cardiothoracic surgery at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Fellowships followed in cardiothoracic surgery and lung transplantation at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, and thoracic surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City.