Samir Parekh, MBBS
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PROFESSOR | Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology
PROFESSOR | Oncological Sciences
PROFESSOR | Immunology & Immunotherapy
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Specialties
Hematology-Oncology, Cancer (Oncology)
Research Topics
Computational Biology, Drug Resistance, Epigenetics, Lymphoma, Transcriptional Activation and Repression
Multi-Disciplinary Training Area
Cancer Biology [CAB], Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutics (DMT)
Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL)
MCL is a rare and incurable non-Hodgkins lymphoma whose pathogenesis is not clearly understood. The SOX11 transcription factor is overexpressed in the majority of Mantle cell lymphomas. We identified the direct DNA binding targets of SOX11 in several oncogenic pathways using ChIP-sequencing and functional genomics and have now developed an inducible mouse model of SOX11 overexpression that recapitulates the MCL phenotype. We are developing anti-SOX11 small molecules with structural biologist Dr. Aneel Aggarwal at Mount Sinai that could be applicable in MCL and other SOX11 expressing tumors like lung cancer, ovarian cancer and glioma.

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Integrative Genomics for Drug repositioning in Myeloma
With the advent of next-generation sequencing, we have been systematically developing and studying the application of integrative genomics (including methylation, gene expression and exome sequencing) to guide personalized repurposing of FDA approved drugs to overcome chemotherapy resistance in B cell malignancies like non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma. I have an ongoing IRB approved clinical trial for genomic signature guided therapeutic selection in collaboration with Drs. Jagannath and Schadt, Dean for Precision Medicine and the Jean C. and James W. Crystal Professor of Genomics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

MBBS, KJ Somaiya Medical College

Residency, Internal Medicine, John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County

Fellowship, Hematology & Oncology, Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Rheumatology

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

2005

Young Investigator Award

ASCO

Young Investigator Travel Award

ECOG

First Overall and Highest Rank in General Internal Medicine

K.J. Somaiya Medical College

Publications

Selected Publications

CEACAM1 as a mediator of B-cell receptor signaling in mantle cell lymphoma. Serene Xavier, Vivian Nguyen, Vishal Khairnar, An Phan, Lu Yang, Michael S. Nelson, Ravi P. Shukla, Jinhui Wang, Aimin Li, Huimin Geng, Jaewoong Lee, Teresa Sadras, Lan V. Pham, Dennis D. Weisenburger, Wing C. Chan, Karl S. Lang, Geoffrey P. Shouse, Alexey V. Danilov, Joo Y. Song, Samir Parekh, Markus Müschen, Vu N. Ngo. Nature Communications

Erratum: International Myeloma Society/International Myeloma Working Group Consensus Recommendations on the Definition of High-Risk Multiple Myeloma (Journal of Clinical Oncology (2025) DOI: 10.1200/JCO-24-01893). Hervé Avet-Loiseau, Faith E. Davies, Mehmet K. Samur, Jill Corre, Mattia D'agostino, Martin F. Kaiser, Marc S. Raab, Niels Weinhold, Norma C. Gutierrez, Bruno Paiva, Paola Neri, Katja Weisel, Francesco Maura, Brian A. Walker, Mark Bustoros, A. Keith Stewart, Saad Z. Usmani, Jens Hillengass, Wee Joo Chng, Jonathan J. Keats, Joaquin Martinez-Lopez, Adam S. Sperling, Cyrille Touzeau, Fenghuang Zhan, Noopur S. Raje, Michele Cavo, Niccolò Bolli, Irene M. Ghobrial, Madhav V. Dhodapkar, Sundar Jagannath, Andrew Spencer, Samir Parekh, Nizar J. Bahlis, Sagar Lonial, Pieter Sonneveld, Leif Bergsagel, Robert Z. Orlowski, Gareth Morgan, María Victoria Mateos, S. Vincent Rajkumar, Jesus F.San Miguel, Kenneth C. Anderson, Philippe Moreau, Shaji Kumar, Felipe Prósper, Nikhil C. Munshi. Journal of Clinical Oncology

PGV001, a Multi-Peptide Personalized Neoantigen Vaccine Platform: Phase I Study in Patients with Solid and Hematologic Malignancies in the Adjuvant Setting. Mansi Saxena, Thomas U. Marron, Julia Kodysh, John P. Finnigan, Sayali Onkar, Anna Kaminska, Kevin Tuballes, Ruiwei Guo, Rachel Lubong Sabado, Marcia Meseck, Timothy J. O’donnell, Robert P. Sebra, Samir Parekh, Matthew D. Galsky, Ana Blasquez, Gustavo Gimenez, Mesude Bicak, Cansu Cimen Bozkus, Daniela Delbeau-Zagelbaum, Denise Rodriguez, Ana Acuna-Villaorduna, Krzysztof J. Misiukiewicz, Marshall R. Posner, Brett A. Miles, Hanna Y. Irie, Amy Tiersten, Deborah B. Doroshow, Andrea Wolf, John Mandeli, Rachel Brody, Andres M. Salazar, Sacha Gnjatic, Jeff Hammerbacher, Eric Schadt, Philip Friedlander, Alexander Rubinsteyn, Nina Bhardwaj. Cancer Discovery

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Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Parekh during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

  • Genentech, Inc.
  • GRAIL, Inc
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.