Penn Medicine Provider
Vikram Ravindra Paralkar, MD
He/Him
Sees patients age 18 and up

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine in Cell and Developmental Biology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Seth G. S. Medical College
  • Residency: Temple University Hospital
  • Residency: Temple University Hospital
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Paralkar is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Pawar AS, Somers P, Alex A, George SS, Antony C, Verner R, White-Brown SK, Khera M, Mendoza-Figueroa MS, Liu KF, Morrissette JJD, Paralkar VR Leukemia-mutated proteins PHF6 and PHIP form a chromatin complex that represses myeloid leukemia stemness. , BioRxiv: 2024,2024.11.29.625909


Jalnapurkar SS, Pawar AS, George SS, Antony C, Somers P, Grana J, Feist VK, Gurbuxani S, Paralkar VR PHF6 suppresses self-renewal of leukemic stem cells in AML. , Leukemia, 38(9): 2024,1938-1948


Paralkar VR Transcription factor regulation of ribosomal RNA in hematopoiesis. , Current Opinion in Hematology, 31(4): 2024,199-206


Antony C, Somers P, Gray EM, Pimkin M, Paralkar VR FISH-Flow to quantify nascent and mature ribosomal RNA in mouse and human cells. , STAR Protocols, 4(3): 2023,102463


George SS, Pimkin M, Paralkar VR Construction and validation of customized genomes for human and mouse ribosomal DNA mapping. , Journal of Biological Chemistry, 299(6): 2023,104766


Antony C, George SS, Blum J, Somers P, Thorsheim CL, Wu-Corts DJ, Ai Y, Gao L, Lv K, Tremblay MG, Moss T, Tan K, Wilusz JE, Ganley ARD, Pimkin M, Paralkar VR Control of ribosomal RNA synthesis by hematopoietic transcription factors. , Molecular Cell, 82(20): 2022,3826-3839


Lv K, Gong C, Antony C, Han X, Ren J, Donaghy R, Cheng Y, Pellegrino S, Warren AJ, Paralkar VR, Tong W HectD1 controls hematopoietic stem cell regeneration by coordinating ribosome assembly and protein synthesis. , Cell Stem Cell, 28(7): 2021,1-16


Xu P, Palmer LE, Lechauve C, Zhao G, Yao Y, Luan J, Vourekas A, Tan H, Peng J, Scheutz JD, Mourelatos Z, Wu G, Weiss MJ, Paralkar VR Regulation of gene expression by miR-144/451 during mouse erythropoiesis. , Blood, 133(23): 2019,2518-2528


Paralkar VR, Taborda CC, Huang P, Yao Y, Kossenkov AV, Prasad R, Luan J, Davies JO, Hughes JR, Hardison RC, Blobel GA, Weiss MJ Unlinking an lncRNA from Its Associated cis Element. , Molecular Cell, 62(1): 2016,104-10