Dr. Dipen J. Parekh with Dr. Anurag K. Das, President of the IAUA
Dipen Parekh, M.D., founding director of the Desai Sethi Urology Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has been awarded the Sushruta Award by the Indian American Urological Association (IAUA) for his contributions to the field of urology.
Dr. Parekh was honored for his strong leadership as the chief operating officer of UHealth – University of Miami Health System and as the founding director of the Desai Sethi Urology Institute. Among his many accomplishments, he has supported female hires in a male-dominated field, recruited top minds in urology and other fields such as biomedical engineering and advanced innovations to improve patient care and urology research. He also focuses on training the next generation of urologists who will continue the institute’s mission of advancing the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of urological diseases.
