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John Hollowell is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Mckinney, Texas. Dr. Hollowell has been practicing medicine for over 41 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Shwartzman Phenomenon. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Angina, Coronary Heart Disease, and Atherosclerosis.

Ghassan Elkadi is a Cardiologist and a Vascular Surgeon in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Elkadi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Shwartzman Phenomenon. His top areas of expertise are Peripheral Artery Disease, Arterial Insufficiency, Idiopathic Edema, and Primary Intestinal Lymphangiectasia. Dr. Elkadi is currently accepting new patients.

Parin Parikh, M.D., FACC, is a native Texan, having grown up in Plano and attended Plano Senior High School. He graduated from Yale University in New Haven, Conn., with honors and obtained his medical degree at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. He stayed in New York to complete his general and interventional cardiology fellowship at NYU Langone Medical Center, where he served as chief fellow in interventional cardiology.Parikh is one of the only cardiologists in North Texas to obtain six board certifications: interventional cardiology, cardiovascular medicine, internal medicine, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, and registered physician in vascular interpretation. He also has advanced training in complex coronary and peripheral stenting and interventions. Parikh has special training in performing cardiac catheterization procedures from the wrist (radial artery catheterization), which can be safer and more comfortable for patients than the traditional femoral (groin) approach. Currently, less than five percent of the procedures in the United States are being performed using this new, innovative approach.Parikh also has specialty training in non-invasive cardiac and vascular imaging, including echocardiography, stress tests, nuclear medicine and peripheral vascular ultrasound studies. His areas of clinical expertise include coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease (including diabetic ulcers), critical limb ischemia, valvular heart disease, venous disease, cardiac arrhythmias, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Parikh is also conversant in Spanish.Parikh and his wife live in Dallas, and feel blessed to be close to over 40 extended family members in the DFW Metroplex. Dr. Parikh is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Shwartzman Phenomenon. His top areas of expertise are Necrosis, Pediatric Myocarditis, Aortic Regurgitation, Angioplasty, and Heart Bypass Surgery.