

Bariatric Surgery
MD, Professor of Surgery, Director, Laparoscopic/Bariatric Surgery and Chief, Perioperative Services, Bellevue Hospital, USA
Manish Parikh, MD is a Professor of Surgery at New York University School of Medicine and Director of the Bariatric Surgery program at Bellevue Hospital, New York NY. He is also the Chief of Perioperative Services at Bellevue Hospital. Bellevue Hospital is the oldest public hospital in the United States and is the largest safety-net hospital in NYC.
He completed his surgical residency at NYU Medical Center and laparoscopic/bariatric fellowship at NY-Presbyterian Cornell/Columbia. He previously served on the Clinical Issues Committee for the ASMBS. He is currently on the Executive Board of the NY State Chapter of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He is board certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
He currently is on the editorial board for Obesity Surgery and Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. He has co-authored over 65 peer-reviewed publications and 25 book chapters. Research interests include the role of metabolic surgery in less obese (BMI <35 patients) as well as disparities in access to metabolic surgery in underserved patient populations.
Selected publications from PubMed
Impact of Prior Bariatric Surgery Versus Immediate Total Knee Arthroplasty on Knee Function Among Patients Who Have Severe Obesity and Advanced Knee Osteoarthritis: The SWIFT Trial.
Benotti PN, Wood GC, Irving BA, Ricciardi BF, Schwarzkopf R, Parikh MS, Browne JA, Seiler JL, Samuels J, Still CD, SWIFT Writing Committee
J Arthroplasty. 2026 May 24 pii: S0883-5403(26)00549-8. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2026.05.033.
Psychometric properties of the Eating loss of control scale in a sample of Hispanic persons seeking metabolic and bariatric surgery.
Marek RJ, Ivezaj V, Parikh MS, Jayade M, Lawson J, Grilo CM
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2026 Jan;22(1):99-105 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2025.09.009.
Factor structure and measurement invariance of the English- versus Spanish-language Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire: Brief Form (S-EDE-Q-BF) in Hispanic/Latino/a/x persons seeking bariatric surgery.
Marek RJ, Ivezaj V, Parikh MS, Jayade M, Davila-Shiau E, Grilo CM
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2023 Jun;19(6):576-584 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2022.12.015.
Laparoscopic bariatric surgery in super-obese patients (BMI>50) is safe and effective: a review of 332 patients.
Parikh MS, Shen R, Weiner M, Siegel N, Ren CJ
Obes Surg. 2005 Jun-Jul;15(6):858-63.
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