Biography

Faisal Qureshi, M.D., is a Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery at UT Southwestern. He sees pediatric surgical patients at Children’s Medical Center Dallas and Plano.

In addition, Dr. Qureshi is Director of the Bariatric Surgical Center for children. He is board certified in surgery, surgical critical care, and pediatric surgery.

After receiving his medical degree from Aga Khan University Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan, Dr. Qureshi completed a research fellowship in surgery with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences at the VA Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and another research fellowship in surgery at Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Qureshi then completed a residency in surgery at New York Hospital and subsequently performed yet another research fellowship, this time in pediatric surgery, at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, followed by a minimally invasive surgery fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. He was a surgical critical care fellow at the University of Southen California and a pediatric surgery fellow at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Prior to joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2015, Dr. Qureshi held a number of leadership positions at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

He is a reviewer for the Journal of Pediatric Surgery and has published nearly 50 peer-reviewed articles and nine book chapters. He lectures all over the world on pediatric surgery topics.

Dr. Qureshi was included in D Magazine's Best Doctors list for 2018 and 2019.

Education

Medical School
Aga Khan University Medical College, Pakistan (1993)
Research Fellowship
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (1996), Surgery
Research Fellowship
Johns Hopkins Hospital (1997), Surgery
Residency
New York-Presbyterian Queens (2002), General Surgery
Research Fellowship
University of Pittsburg Medical Center (2004), Pediatric Surgery
Fellowship
University of Pittsburg Medical Center (2005), Minimally Invasive/bariatric Surgery
Fellowship
University of Southern California (2006), Surgical Critical Care
Fellowship
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (2008), Pediatric Surgery
Other Post Graduate Training
George Washington University (2015)
Graduate School
George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences (2015)