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Meet Dr. Vipul Parikh
Dr. Vipul Parikh relocated his family from Louisiana to Haymarket, Virginia in the fall of 2008 to start up a new primary care practice. He is a board-certified internist (doctor for adults) and a board-certified pediatrician. He believes strongly in providing medical care that is well thought out and consistent with current, evidenced based guidelines. He believes it is important to spend time listening to patients and to deliver care in a compassionate manner.
Dr. Parikh was born in New Jersey, but spent most of his childhood growing up in southeastern Michigan where he later attended college and medical school at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor as part of a seven year integrated program. He graduated from University of Michigan Medical School in 1999. He completed a rigorous four year combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) in 2003. He received board certifications in both fields in the same year. Dr. Parikh spent the following five years in academic medicine both as a practicing primary care physician and as a teacher. He initially worked for Massachusetts General Hospital near Boston as a primary care physician and as an instructor at Harvard Medical School. He moved to New Orleans in 2005 to join his wife who was completing her medical training. He worked for Tulane University Hospital & Clinic as a primary care physician and as an instructor for Tulane Medical School until summer 2008. Dr. Parikh resides with his wife and two daughters in Haymarket. His wife is also a part-time practicing internist in Manassas, VA. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his family, playing tennis, watching sports, drawing and traveling. 
Meet Kim Pennington 
Kim Pennington joined the Mountain View Internal Medicine and Pediatrics family in May 2011. As a nationally certified Physician Assistant, she is an advocate for the team approach to health care with the PA, physician and patient playing equally important roles. She believes that better health can be achieved by actively listening to her patients' concerns and working together via evidence based medicine to improve quality of life and control disease processes. She also strongly promotes preventative medicine and a healthy lifestyle.
Kim grew up in North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for undergraduate studies in Biology and Anthropology. She moved to the Washington, DC area in 1997 to pursue a Master's Degree in Forensic Science from The George Washington University. She worked as a forensic investigator for 3 years before making the decision to broaden her capabilities to help others. She went back to The George Washington University for her Master's in Health Science/Physician Assistant Studies and graduated in 2002. As a PA, Kim worked in emergency medicine for 7 years at Prince William Hospital and Heathcote Health Center. She served her community in a volunteer position as the Assistant Medical Director for Manassas Park Fire and Rescue and Greater Manassas Rescue squads for 3 years. Ready for more normal hours, Kim left the emergency department to work in orthopedics and spine surgery in Loudoun County. She soon found that she missed working with the patient outside of the operating room and joined Dr. Parikh to deliver primary care to the residents of Haymarket and surrounding areas. Kim and her husband, a special agent for Homeland Security, have lived in the Gainesville/Haymarket area since 2003 and have 2 preschool aged children.
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