Facility Santa Clara Medical Center Heart Transplant Services Address Homestead Hospital 3rd Floor, Dept 342 700 Lawrence Expy Santa Clara CA 95051 710 Lawrence Expressway 3rd Floor, Dept 342 San Clara CA 95051 Map & Directions Telephone Office: (408) 851-3870 Office: (408) 851-3870 To Contact On-Call Transplant Cardiologist: (408) 851-1000 FOR EMERGENCIES CALL 911 E-mail your doctor

Department Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Closed	9:00 am 5:00 pm	9:00 am 5:00 pm	9:00 am 5:00 pm	9:00 am 5:00 pm	9:00 am 5:00 pm	Closed
Closed during lunch, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

“My practice philosophy entails 1) providing quality health care, 2) treating my patients as if they were my own family, and 3) educating patients on the nature of their illness so they may be well equipped to regain or preserve their health.”

Dr. Hemal H. Parekh was born in India but has lived in the U.S. for most of her life. She was a history major at Duke University (home of the Blue Devils and Coach K). She went back to Ohio, where her family is, for her medical degree at the University of Cincinnati and then to University of Alabama at Birmingham for internal medicine. For her cardiology fellowship, she went to the University of Maryland. Dr. Parekh then moved to California for a fellowship in heart failure/heart transplant at Stanford University. She joined the staff at Kaiser Santa Teresa in 1999. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology as well as UNOS certified in Cardiac Transplant.

Her professional interests include staying informed of new technology and treatment recommendations. During her free time she enjoys traveling, reading, theater, movies, tennis, Duke Basketball, nature, cooking, and history/politics. She also has two cats that like sunny weather as much as she does.

My Credentials

Medical school	University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Internship	University of Alabama At Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Residency	University of Alabama At Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Fellowship	Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA
Fellowship	University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MD
Board certification	Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Board certification	Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine

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