Longtime Lifespan surgeon and Brown University faculty member Gyan Pareek MD, FACS has undertaken a new appointment as Chief of Urology in the Department of Surgery at Brown / Lifespan Hospitals and President of Brown Urology, Inc. Arthur Sampson , Lifespan’s Interim President and CEO, and William Cioffi, MD , Chairman of both the Department of Surgery and Brown Physicians Inc., informed Dr. Pareek of his expanded role earlier this month.
Longtime Lifespan surgeon and Brown University faculty member Gyan Pareek MD, FACS has undertaken a new appointment as Chief of Urology in the Department of Surgery at Brown / Lifespan Hospitals and President of Brown Urology, Inc. Arthur Sampson , Lifespan’s Interim President and CEO, and William Cioffi, MD , Chairman of both the Department of Surgery and Brown Physicians Inc., informed Dr. Pareek of his expanded role earlier this month.
“I’m humbled and honored to be appointed as Chief of Urology at an academic institution where I have spent my entire career,” Dr. Pareek remarked upon receiving the news. “We’re also lucky because we have the greatest faculty and staff in Urology. I look forward to building on our excellence in patient care, research, and education and continuing to represent a program that has been recognized as one of the best in the country.”
In 2005, Dr. Pareek joined Lifespan and the Brown faculty as a Professor of Surgery (Urology) and Medicine at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School. A year later, he led the team that performed the first robotic surgery in Southeastern New England. In addition, he runs The Miriam Hospital’s Kidney Stone Center and developed the Minimally Invasive Urology Institute at The Miriam Hospital in 2014, helping Miriam achieve national status as one of the top 50 ranked urology programs in the United States.
“Dr. Pareek is an internationally recognized expert in robotic surgery and kidney stone disease, as well as board certified by the American Board of Urology and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons,” Dr. Cioffi observed. “He is actively involved in graduate medical education and serves on the admissions committee for Warren Alpert Medical School. Over the years, he’s received multiple Dean’s Excellence Awards in Teaching, along with The Miriam Hospital’s 2019 Riesman Family Excellence in Teaching Award.”
Dr. Pareek oversees New England’s only Endourological-Society-recognized fellowship program. His previous distinctions include president of the Rhode Island Urological Society, board member of the New England American Urological Association, and member of the Rhode Island Health Commissioner’s Advisory Committee on Health Care Cost. An established researcher, Dr Pareek has published more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and was principal investigator on numerous clinical trials. In 2021, he received a grant from The Miriam Hospital Foundation to establish iCURE, the Innovation Center for Urologic Research and Education.
“Dr. Pareek’s commitment to high quality patient care, research, and teaching, as well as his clinical expertise and leadership, are tremendous benefits to our patients and the community,” said Sampson. “We are fortunate to have Dr. Pareek in this role.”
After earning his medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine, Dr. Pareek completed his residency at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital and his Minimally Invasive Urology fellowship at the University of Wisconsin. An alumnus of Harvard University’s Surgical Leadership program, Dr. Pareek has also received an honorary master’s degree from Brown.
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