Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)
- Assistant Professor of Medicine in Cell and Developmental Biology
My education and training
- Medical School: Seth G. S. Medical College
- Residency: Temple University Hospital
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Hematology, 2012
- American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), National
- American Society of Hematology, National
- Penn Bone Marrow Transplant and Stem Cell Transplant Program
- Penn Hematological Malignancies (Blood Cancer) Program
- Penn Leukemia Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Pawar AS, Somers P, Alex A, Grana J, Feist VK, George SS, Jalnapurkar SS, Antony C, Verner R, White-Brown SK, Khera M, Mendoza-Figueroa MS, Liu KF, Morrissette JJD, Gurbuxani S, Paralkar VR Leukemia mutated proteins PHF6 and PHIP form a chromatin complex that represses acute myeloid leukemia stemness. , Genes and Development, 39(19-20): 2025,1219-1240
Sams EI, Feist VK, Gray EM, George SS, Antony C, Henrich JA, Wald J, Dunagin MC, Wang Z, Erlitzki N, Raj A, Signer RAJ, Paralkar VR Dynamics of ribosomal RNA transcription and abundance in normal and leukemic hematopoiesis. , BioRxiv: 2025,2025.08.01.668217
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