Zahid S. Ahmad MD
Lipid Metabolism
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Southwestern Medical School
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5323 Harry Hines BoulevardDallas, TX 75390
Phone+1 214-645-2800
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Education & Training
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 2007 - 2010- University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2007 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
Clinical Trials
- Novel Therapies for Metabolic Complications of Lipodystrophies Start of enrollment: 2006 Apr 01
- Therapeutic Approaches to HAART-Induced Lipodystrophy Start of enrollment: 2003 Jan 01
- Phase 2 Study of Orlistat and SLx-4090 for the Treatment of Type 1 Hyperlipoproteinemia Start of enrollment: 2015 Nov 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Implementing a specialized cardiogenomics team for lipid disorders: Insights from a single large health system.Natasha Vartak, Dorota Gruber, Bani Azari, Zahid Ahmad, Xueqi Huang
American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2025-09-01 - Performance of the FIND-FH machine learning algorithm for the identification of individuals with suspected familial hypercholesterolemia.Spencer V Carter, Taylor Triana, Mujeeb Basit, Ruth Schneider, Colby R Ayers
Journal of Clinical Lipidology. 2025-07-23 - Lipoprotein X - Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management.Dinesh K Kalra, Matthew Shotwell, Abhimanyu Garg, P Barton Duell, Don P Wilson
Journal of Clinical Lipidology. 2025-06-02
Journal Articles
- The Present and Future JACC Scientific Expert Panel Clinical Genetic Testing for Familial Hypercholesterolemia: JACC Scientific Expert PanelJoshua W Knowles, Seth J Baum, MacRae F Linton, Nathan O Stitziel, Daniel J Rader, Samuel S Gidding, Ray E Hershberger, Zahid S Ahmad, Christie M Ballantyne, ScienceDirect
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