Positions

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Section of Colorectal Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center (Clinic)

O’Quinn Medical Tower at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center’s McNair Campus
1919 Old Spanish Trail
Houston, TX 77054
United States
Phone: (832) 957-6500
Fax: (713) 610-4597
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Education

Fellowship at Baylor Scott & White

Dallas, TX

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Residency at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital

Miami, FL

MD from University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Miami, FL

BS from University of Miami

Miami, FL

Professional Interests

• Robotic and minimally invasive surgery
• Rectal prolapse repair
• Colorectal and Rectal Surgery

Professional Statement

Punam Amin, M.D., (formerly Punam Parikh) is a colorectal surgeon in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Amin completed an accelerated, combined B.S./M.D. track and received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Miami in 2009. She then finished medical school at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in 2014.

During medical school, her interest in research led her to pursue a one-year clinical research fellowship within the DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery. She published a dozen peer-review publications in endocrine and pediatric surgery, focusing on clinical outcomes research and received a General Surgery Clinical Science Research award for her work.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Quiroz HJ, Parikh PP, Lassance-Soares RM, Regueiro MM, Li Y, Shao H, Vazquez-Padron R, Percival J, Liu ZJ, Velazquez OC "Gangrene, revascularization, and limb function improved with E-selectin/adeno-associated virus gene therapy." JVS.; Pubmed PMID: 34617055
• Parikh PP, Lassance-Soares RM, Shao H, Regueiro MM, Li Y, Liu ZJ, Velazquez OC. "Intramuscular E-selectin/AAV Gene Therapy Promotes Wound Healing in an Ischemic Mouse Model." J Surg Res.; Pubmed PMID: 29907232
• Parikh PP, Castilla D, Lassance-Soares RM, Shao H, Regueiro M, Li Y, Vazquez-Padron R, Webster KA, Liu ZJ, Velazquez OC "A Reliable Mouse Model of Hindlimb Gangrene." Ann Vasc Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 29197603
• Parikh PP, Lew JI, Velazquez OC "An Anecdotal Account and Philosophical Construct of the Importance of Mentorship and Leadership in Surgery." Current Vascular Surgery.;

Memberships

American Society for Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Association for Academic Surgery