Dergham Alzubaidy, M.D. Clinical Assistant Professor School Medical School Department Internal Medicine You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dergham Alzubaidy, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Division of Hospital Medicine. He also serves as Director of the Hospital Medicine Procedure Service and Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS). Dr. Alzubaidy earned his medical degree from the University of Baghdad College of Medicine in Iraq. He began his medical training in anesthesiology at Medical City Center in Baghdad, but shifted his focus to internal medicine, completing his internal medicine residency training at John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County in Chicago. He also served as a Health and Medical Advisor for the U.S. Department of Defense, where he developed training courses in upper airway management and resuscitation. Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Alzubaidy joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2014. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine. Outside of medicine, Dr. Alzubaidy enjoys outdoor activities and overseas travel. Education Medical School Baghdad University (2001) Residency Baghdad Medical City (2011), Internal Medicine Residency John H. Stroger Hospital, Jr of Cook County (2014), Internal Medicine Research Interest Clinical research and evidence based medicine Quality improvement projects Publications Rapid Learning of Focused Cardiac Ultrasound for Early Identification of COVID-19 Complications: A Collaborative Effort Sertich AP, Singh K, Alzubaidy D, Warsi M, Lonergan K Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2021 Jun 34 704-705 Association of a Novel Protocol for Rapid Exclusion of Myocardial Infarction with Resource Use in a US Safety Net Hospital Vigen R, Diercks DB, Hashim IA, Pandey A, Zhong L, Kutscher P, Fernandez F, Yu A, Bertulfo B, Molberg K, Metzger JC, Soto J, Alzubaidy D, Thibodeaux L, Joglar JA, Das SR, De Lemos JA JAMA Network Open 2020 Apr 3 Evaluation of a novel rule-out myocardial infarction protocol incorporating high-sensitivity troponin T in a US hospital Vigen R, Kutscher P, Fernandez F, Yu A, Bertulfo B, Hashim IA, Molberg KH, Diercks D, Metzger JC, Soto J, Alzubaidy D, Thibodeaux L, Joglar JA, de Lemos JA, Das SR Circulation 2018 138 2061-2063 Results 1-3 of 3 1 Honors & Awards Award for ExcellenceU.S. Army (2010) Professional Associations/Affiliations American College of Physicians (2011) Iraq Medical Association (2003)
