diff --git a/eland/etl.py b/eland/etl.py
index 1700e90..e24b396 100644
--- a/eland/etl.py
+++ b/eland/etl.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 #  under the License.
 
 import csv
-from typing import Union, List, Tuple, Optional, Mapping, Dict, Any
-
+from typing import Generator, Union, List, Tuple, Optional, Mapping, Dict, Any
+from collections import deque
 import pandas as pd  # type: ignore
 from pandas.io.parsers import _c_parser_defaults  # type: ignore
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from eland.field_mappings import FieldMappings, verify_mapping_compatibility
 from eland.common import ensure_es_client, DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE
 from eland.utils import deprecated_api
 from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch  # type: ignore
-from elasticsearch.helpers import bulk  # type: ignore
+from elasticsearch.helpers import parallel_bulk  # type: ignore
 
 
 @deprecated_api("eland.DataFrame()")
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ def pandas_to_eland(
     es_refresh: bool = False,
     es_dropna: bool = False,
     es_type_overrides: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
+    thread_count: int = 4,
     chunksize: Optional[int] = None,
     use_pandas_index_for_es_ids: bool = True,
 ) -> DataFrame:
@@ -95,6 +96,8 @@ def pandas_to_eland(
         * False: Include missing values - may cause bulk to fail
     es_type_overrides: dict, default None
         Dict of field_name: es_data_type that overrides default es data types
+    thread_count: int
+        number of the threads to use for the bulk requests
     chunksize: int, default None
         Number of pandas.DataFrame rows to read before bulk index into Elasticsearch
     use_pandas_index_for_es_ids: bool, default 'True'
@@ -205,33 +208,45 @@ def pandas_to_eland(
     else:
         es_client.indices.create(index=es_dest_index, body=mapping)
 
-    # Now add data
-    actions = []
-    n = 0
-    for row in pd_df.iterrows():
-        if es_dropna:
-            values = row[1].dropna().to_dict()
-        else:
-            values = row[1].to_dict()
+    def action_generator(
+        pd_df: pd.DataFrame,
+        es_dropna: bool,
+        use_pandas_index_for_es_ids: bool,
+        es_dest_index: str,
+    ) -> Generator[Dict[str, Any], None, None]:
+        for row in pd_df.iterrows():
+            if es_dropna:
+                values = row[1].dropna().to_dict()
+            else:
+                values = row[1].to_dict()
 
-        if use_pandas_index_for_es_ids:
-            # Use index as _id
-            id = row[0]
+            if use_pandas_index_for_es_ids:
+                # Use index as _id
+                id = row[0]
 
-            # Use integer as id field for repeatable results
-            action = {"_index": es_dest_index, "_source": values, "_id": str(id)}
-        else:
-            action = {"_index": es_dest_index, "_source": values}
+                action = {"_index": es_dest_index, "_source": values, "_id": str(id)}
+            else:
+                action = {"_index": es_dest_index, "_source": values}
 
-        actions.append(action)
+            yield action
 
-        n = n + 1
+    # parallel_bulk is lazy generator so use deque to consume them immediately
+    # maxlen = 0 because don't need results of parallel_bulk
+    deque(
+        parallel_bulk(
+            client=es_client,
+            actions=action_generator(
+                pd_df, es_dropna, use_pandas_index_for_es_ids, es_dest_index
+            ),
+            thread_count=thread_count,
+            chunk_size=chunksize / thread_count,
+        ),
+        maxlen=0,
+    )
 
-        if n % chunksize == 0:
-            bulk(client=es_client, actions=actions, refresh=es_refresh)
-            actions = []
+    if es_refresh:
+        es_client.indices.refresh(index=es_dest_index)
 
-    bulk(client=es_client, actions=actions, refresh=es_refresh)
     return DataFrame(es_client, es_dest_index)