Ayesha Zia, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research Professor Schools Medical School Departments Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr. Ayesha Zia is a pediatric hematologist at the Children's Medical Center's Hemostasis Thrombosis Center, and the University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine. Previous NHF (National Hemophilia Foundation) clinical fellowship award recipient, her clinical/translational research interests are geared toward pediatric patients with bleeding and clotting disorders. Dr. Zia also leads the multidisciplinary “Young Women’s Blood Disorders Clinic” at Children's Medical Center, focused on improving the care of adolescent girls with menorrhagia and bleeding disorders as well as girls with thrombophilia first and only program in North Texas that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of bleeding and clotting disorders and accompanying reproductive problems in young women. Dr. Zia has a particular interest in the use of global coagulation assays, like thromboelatography and thrombin generation, in the diagnosis and management of congenital bleeding and clotting disorders. Current projects are focused on 1) elucidating the biology of hormonal induced thrombosis and predictors of thrombosis in young girls on oral contraceptives, 2) outcomes of thrombosis in the pediatric population including recurrent thrombosis and post-thrombotic syndrome, 3) Improving diagnostic strategies and quality of life in adolescent females with menorrhagia and bleeding disorders and 4) thromboprophylaxis in pediatric patients undergoing orthopedic surgeries. Dr. Zia is also the institutional co-investigator for several clinical trials investigating new treatments in hemostasis and thrombosis, including new medications for hemophilia, von Willebrand disease, and blood clots. Education Medical School King Edward Medical University, Pakistan (2002) Internship University of Oklahoma Health Science Center (2007), Pediatrics Residency Children's Hospital of Michigan (2009), Pediatrics Fellowship Children's Hospital of Michigan (2012), Pediatric Hematology/oncology Fellowship Childrens Hospital of Michigan (2013), Pediatric Hemostasis/thrombosis Publications Patient-parent perspectives in designing pediatric venous thromboembolism research: A qualitative study Fuksman A, Shliakhtsitsava K, Nguyen G, Umaretiya PJ, Stutzman S, Sida D, Rajpurkar M, Khurram F, Edwards H, Zia A Thrombosis research 2026 Apr 260 Screening, diagnosis, and management of pediatric postthrombotic syndrome following extremity thrombosis Avila L, Betensky M, Klaassen I, Rajpurkar M, Zia A Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2026 Apr 24 1245-1252 Clinically relevant outcomes for research in pediatric pulmonary embolism: communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Pediatric/Neonatal Thrombosis and Hemostasis Zia A, Whitworth H, Avila L, Klok FA, Alqahtani M, Gopalan D, Griffiths M, Rosovsky RP, Williams S, Babb TG, Rajpurkar M Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2026 Feb 24 766-780 Thrombin Generation in Pediatric Haemophilia A Patients on Extended Half-Life FVIII versus Non-FVIII Therapies Garcia J, Yates SG, Sarode R, Young G, Zia A Haemophilia 2026 Efficacy and safety of thrombolysis for pediatric venous thromboembolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis Kawtharany H, Azzam M, Alkhader A, Betensky M, Hamarsha Q, Abou Zeid HK, Mansour R, Tabak C, Patel P, Baghdadi SL, Bercovitz RS, Bhat R, Biss T, Branchford BR, Brandão LR, Chan AK, Faustino EV, Jaffray J, Jones S, Kerlin BA, Kucine N, Kumar R, Male C, Pelland-Marcotte MC, Raffini L, Raulji CM, Sartain SE, Takemoto CM, Tarango C, van Ommen CH, Velez MC, Vesely SK, Wiernikowski J, Williams S, Wilson HP, Woods G, Zia A, Monagle P, Mustafa RA Blood Advances 2025 Nov 9 5512-5527 How I treat pediatric pulmonary embolism Zia A, Goldenberg NA, Rajpurkar M Blood 2025 Oct 146 1643-1653 International Perspectives on Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in Infants: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire-Based Survey Sirachainan N, Komvilaisak P, van Ommen CH, Revel-Vilk S, Ohga S, Zia A, Ochiai M, Takahashi D, Suga S, Labarque V, Amankwah EK, Souvanlasy B, Betensky M, Chan AK, Chuansumrit A, Goldenberg N, Rajpurkar M Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2025 Oct 72 Elevated risk of dyspnea in pediatric patients three months after pulmonary embolism Abulimiti A, Robson LS, Pawelczyk JA, Balmain BN, Zia A, Babb TG Respiratory Medicine 2025 Jul 243 Identifying Microbiota and Immune Host Factors Associated With Bleeding Risk in Children With Immune Thrombocytopenia Saini S, Sabaeifard P, Coughlin L, Poulides N, Gan S, Zhan X, Dang M, Koh AY, Zia A American Journal of Hematology 2025 Jun 100 1090-1093 American Society of Hematology/International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2024 updated guidelines for treatment of venous thromboembolism in pediatric patients Monagle P, Azzam M, Bercovitz R, Betensky M, Bhat R, Biss T, Branchford B, Brandão LR, Chan AK, Faustino VE, Jaffray J, Jones S, Kawtharany H, Kerlin BA, Kucine N, Kumar R, Male C, Pelland-Marcotte MC, Raffini L, Raulji C, Sartain SE, Takemoto CM, Tarango C, van Ommen CH, Velez MC, Vesely SK, Wiernikowski J, Williams S, Wilson HP, Woods G, Zia A, Mustafa RA Blood Advances 2025 May 9 2587-2636 Results 1-10 of 75 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Abnormalities of Fibrinogen- afibrinogenemia and hypodysfibrinogenemia. In Berhardt LV eds. Advances in Medicine and Biology, vol 40 Ayesha N. Zia and Meera Chitlur (2013). Nova Publishers Honors & Awards CCRAC Research Award in Junior Investigator Category (2015-2017) George R. Buchanan Teaching award for excellence in Fellow Education (2014) American Society of Hematology Clinical Research Training Institute Award (2013) Wolf Zuelzer Research AwardAward Recipient for outstanding research during pediatric Hematology/Oncology fellowship (2012) Chief Fellow in Pediatric Hematology Oncology (2011) National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) Clinical Fellowship AwardAward Recipient with $200,000 funded during award period (2011-2013) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Society of Hematology (ASH) (2009) American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO) (2009) Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society (2011) International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2014) National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) (2011) Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (2002)
