Salahuddin Kazi, M.D.

Dr. Kazi received his training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at UT Medical School at Houston. He is the Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program at UT Southwestern. Dr. Kazi also works with patient registries and clinical information systems, such as the electronic health record, to improve clinical decision making, promote efficiency and support patient safety and quality of care. He also serves on the American College of Rheumatology Registries and Health Information Technology Committee.

Medical School	University of Karachi-Dow Medical College (1987)
Internship	University of Texas Medical School at Houston (1989), Internal Medicine
Residency	University of Texas Medical School at Houston (1992), Internal Medicine
Fellowship	University of Texas Medical School at Houston (1995), Rheumatology

• Improving Patient Access and Efficiency of Care
• Improving Quality of Care through Disease Registries
• Medical Education
• Predictive Analytics in Clinical Decision Support

Featured Publications

Rheumatoid arthritis disease activity measures: American College of Rheumatology recommendations for use in clinical practice.

Anderson J, Caplan L, Yazdany J, Robbins ML, Neogi T, Michaud K, Saag KG, O'Dell JR, Kazi S Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2012 May 64 5 640-7

Cardiovascular outcomes in male veterans with rheumatoid arthritis

Banerjee S, Compton AP, Hooker RS, Cipher DJ, Reimold A, Brilakis ES, Banerjee P, Kazi S Am J Cardiol 2008 Dec 101(8) 1201-5

The association of race and ethnicity with disease expression in male US veterans with rheumatoid arthritis

Mikuls TR, Kazi S, Cipher D, Hooker R, Kerr GS, Richards JS, Cannon GW J Rheumatol 2007 Jul 34(7) 1480-4

The diffuse infiltrative lylmphocytosis syndrome

Kazi S, Cohen PR, Williams F, Schempp R, Reveille JD AIDS 1996 Apr 10(4) 385-91

Association between biologic therapies for chronic plaque psoriasis and cardiovascular events: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Ryan C, Leonardi CL, Krueger JG, Kimball AB, Strober BE, Gordon KB, Langle RG, de Lemos JA, Daoud Y, Blandenship D, Kazi S, Kaplan DH, Friedewald VE, Menter A JAMA 2011 Aug 24 306(8) 864-71

Featured Books

Behcet's Disease; Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome; Henoch Schonlein Purpura; Lupus Erythematosus, NSAID Theraphy; and Vasculitis. In Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology

(2003). Academic Press

Rheumatology Diagnosis and Therapeutics

Cush JJ, Kavanaugh AF, Olsen NJ, Stein MC, Kazi S, Saag KG (1999). Baltimore, Maryland, Williams and Wilkins

• Best Doctors in Dallas
  D Magazine (2011)
• Texas Super Doctors
  Texas Monthly Magazine (2011)
• Top Doctors
  US News and Health Reports (2011)
• Internal Medicine Housestaff Teaching Award
  UT Southwestern Medical Center (1998)
• Alpha Omega Alpha
  UT Medical School Houston (1992)

• American College of Physicians (2010)
• American College of Rheumatology (1991)