Gyan Pareek MD, FACS has been named Chief of Urology in the Department of Surgery at Brown / Lifespan Hospitals and President of Brown Urology, Inc. Dr. Pareek is Professor of Surgery (Urology) and Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

He joined Lifespan and the faculty of Brown in 2005 and led the team that performed the first robotic surgery in Southeastern New England in 2006.  Dr. Pareek serves as director of The Miriam Hospital’s Kidney Stone Center.  In 2014, Dr Pareek developed the Minimally Invasive Urology Institute at The Miriam Hospital which has led to The Miriam being ranked nationally as one of the top 50 urology programs in the United States. 

Dr. Pareek is an internationally recognized expert in robotic surgery and kidney stone disease.  He is board certified by the American Board of Urology and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.  He is actively involved in graduate medical education and serves on the admissions committee at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He has received multiple Dean’s Excellence Awards in Teaching and in 2019 he was the recipient of The Miriam Hospital’s Riesman Family Excellence in Teaching Award. 

Dr. Pareek serves as director of New England’s only Endourological Society recognized fellowship program.  He also served as president of the Rhode Island Urological Society, board member of the New England American Urological Association, and on the State of Rhode Island Health Commissioner’s Advisory Committee on Health Care Cost. Dr Pareek is an established researcher, having published over 100 peer reviewed publications and served as principal investigator on numerous clinical trials. In 2021, he received a grant from The Miriam Hospital Foundation to establish the Innovation Center for Urologic Research and Education (iCURE). 

Dr. Pareek earned his medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine and completed his residency at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. He also completed his Minimally Invasive Urology fellowship at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Pareek earned an honorary master’s degree from Brown and is an alumni of Harvard University’s Surgical Leadership program.

Dr. Pareek’s commitment to high quality patient care, research, and teaching as well as his clinical expertise and leadership is a tremendous benefit to our patients and the entire BPI community.