Zahid Ahmad, M.D.

Undergraduate School	Tulane University (2000)
Medical School	Tulane University School of Medicine (2004)
Residency	University of Texas Southwestern (2007), Internal Medicine
Fellowship	University of Texas Southwestern (2010), Endocrinology & Metabolism

• Endocrinology
• Lipid Metabolism Disorders

• Primary Interests
• Cholesterol - Dyslipidemia, Hypercholesterolemia, Hyperlipidemia
• Hyperglycemia
• Hypoglycemia

• Chylomicronemia
• Diabetics unable to get to their LDL-C goals
• Familial Hypercholesterolemia (High cholesterol running in family)
• Genetic/familial disease involving cholesterol or triglycerides
• Invidividuals with very high cholesterol (Cholesterol > 300 mg/dL)
• Metabolic syndrome (Triglycerides > 200 mg/dL with HDL-C < 40 mg/dL)
• Pancreatitis due to high triglycerides
• Patients with cholesterol/triglycerides that has been difficult to treat
• Severely elevated triglycerides (Triglycerides > 1000 mg/dL)
• Statin intolerance
• Transplant patients (heart, lung, kidney, etc) with cholesterol/triglyceride abnormalities.
• Very low cholesterol (LDL-C < 40 mg/dL) - Hypocholesterolemia
• Xanthomas (skin rash/bumps due to high cholesterol or triglycerides)

Featured Publications

Low prevalence of mutations in known Loci for autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia in a multiethnic patient cohort.

Ahmad Z, Adams-Huet B, Chen C, Garg A Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2012 Dec 5 6 666-75

Cholic Acid for Hepatic Steatosis in Patients with Lipodystrophy: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Ahmad Z, Subramanyam L, Szczepaniak L, Simha V, Adams-Huet B, Garg A Eur. J. Endocrinol. 2013 Feb

Lack of cardiovascular disease among old order amish with familial defective apolipoprotein B.

Ahmad Z, Garg A Arch. Intern. Med. 2011 Jun 171 11 1039-40; author reply 1040

Cirrhosis-induced pseudoglucagonoma syndrome in a patient with Type 2 Diabetes: an autopsy study.

Ahmad Z, Shastry S, Vuitch F, Garg A Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf) 2011 May 74 5 658-60

Homozygous null mutations in ZMPSTE24 in restrictive dermopathy: evidence of genetic heterogeneity.

Ahmad Z, Phadke S, Arch E, Glass J, Agarwal A, Garg A Clin. Genet. 2010 Oct

Early onset mandibuloacral dysplasia due to compound heterozygous mutations in ZMPSTE24

Ahmad Z, Zackai E, Medne L, Garg A Am J Med Genet A. September 2010

Mediastinal paragangliomas: association with mutations in the succinate dehydrogenase genes and aggressive behavior.

Ghayee HK, Havekes B, Corssmit EP, Eisenhofer G, Hammes SR, Ahmad Z, Tessnow A, Lazúrová I, Adams KT, Fojo AT, Pacak K, Auchus RJ Endocr. Relat. Cancer 2009 Mar 16 1 291-9

Large-scale analysis of the Alu Ya5 and Yb8 subfamilies and their contribution to human genomic diversity.

Carroll ML, Roy-Engel AM, Nguyen SV, Salem AH, Vogel E, Vincent B, Myers J, Ahmad Z, Nguyen L, Sammarco M, Watkins WS, Henke J, Makalowski W, Jorde LB, Deininger PL, Batzer MA J. Mol. Biol. 2001 Aug 311 1 17-40

• Clinical Nutrition Scholars Program
  Center for Human Nutrition, UT Southwestern Medical Center (2010)
• Endocrine Society Trainee Day
  Travel Award (2009)
• Endocrine Society Clinical Investigators Workshop
  Travel Award (2008)
• Genetics of Complex Disorders, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard in Cambridge MA
  Travel Award (2008)
• Chief Fellow
  UT Southwestern Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Fellowship Program (2007)

• American Heart Association (2012)
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
• American Diabetes Association
• Endocrine Society