Chen, Michele K NP

While growing up in India, Dr. Parikh developed an interest in ancient traditions of yoga, meditation and started practicing at a very young age. She moved to the United States as a teenager and graduated as a valedictorian from New Jersey Institute of Technology.After college, she embarked on a solo spiritual journey through Southeast Asia, where she advanced her interest in eastern medicine. She went on to graduate as an AOA scholar from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed her internal medicine residency at New York Presbyterian – Weill Cornell Medical Center.Dr. Parikh is now an assistant professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, where she plays an active role in medical education, research, and patient care. As a board-certified Internist and Diplomate of the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine, she has co-founded Integrative Health at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medicine. This program provides integrative modalities such as acupuncture, meditation, yoga, nutrition, psychotherapy, guided imagery, Reiki, Ayurveda, and functional medicine to patients and employees.Dr. Parikh is an integrative medicine physician, and a consultation with her does not replace a primary care visit.

Ning Lin, MD, is an award-winning neurosurgeon who brings a unique combination of neurosurgical and endovascular experience to treating vascular disease. He is an assistant professor of neurological surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and an expert in cerebrovascular disorders including aneurysms, AVMs, carotid stenosis, cavernous malformations, Moyamoya disease, intracranial atherosclerotic disease, and intracranial hemorrhage. Dr. Lin specializes in interventional neuroradiology and has a clinical focus on cerebrovascular disease and brain and spinal tumors, pituitary tumors, and Chiari malformations. He is a recipient of the prestigious Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation Fellowship Award and the Research Updates in Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons Award. Dr. Lin graduated cum laude from Harvard Medical School and served his neurosurgery residency and chief residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital. He completed his fellowship training in endovascular neurosurgery and interventional neuroradiology at Gates Vascular Institute at SUNY Buffalo. He performs surgeries at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and Weill Cornell Medical Center and is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese