Barbara V. Parilla, MD, is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Kentucky, College of Medicine and serves as the Gloria W. Singletary Endowed Chair of Women's Health. She is the Medical Director of the UK HealthCare Perinatal Assistance and Treatment Home (PATHways) program which provides comprehensive prenatal care, prenatal education, as well as treatment and support for pregnant persons with substance use disorders. She is also the Program Director for the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship at the University of Kentucky.

Dr. Parilla is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and Addiction Medicine.

She was the recipient of the March of Dimes Jonas Salk Health Leadership Physician Award for her leadership in opioid use disorders in pregnancy.

Dr Parilla received her MD degree with Distinction in Research from the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in New York. She completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYU Langone Hospital Long Island and completed her Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship at Northwestern University.