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Khashayar Sakhaee, M.D.

Khashayar Sakhaee, M.D.

Professor

Endowed Title
BeautiControl Cosmetics Inc. Professorship in Mineral Metabolism and Osteoporosis; Laura Kim Pak Professorship in Mineral Metabolism Research
School
Medical School
Department
Internal Medicine | Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research

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  • Biography

    Khashayar Sakhaee, M.D., is a Professor with tenure in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a faculty member in the Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research. He holds the Laura Kim Pak Professorship in Mineral Metabolism Research. 

    Originally from Tehran, Iran, Dr. Sakhaee earned his bachelor's degree and medical degree and completed internal medicine residency training at Pahlavi University in Shiraz, Iran. He finished his internal medicine residency as a Senior Resident at University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio. He then completed advanced training through a fellowship in Nephrology at UT Health Science Center in Dallas.

    Dr. Sakhaee is the Director of the Mineral Metabolism Clinic at Parkland Memorial Hospital and a member of the Ambulatory High-Performance Team for the Parkland Health & Hospital System.

    Dr. Sakhee's clinical interests include metabolic bone diseases such as osteoporosis and osteomalacia, magnesium disorders like hypomagnesia, phosphate disorders like hyperphosphatemia, and calcium disorders like hypercalcemia and hypocalcemia. His research interests include uric acid stones, post-renal transplantation hypophosphatemia, and osteoporosis.

    An editorial board member of the journal Urolithiasis, Dr. Sakhaee has published countless academic articles and delivered a number of international, national, and regional invited lectures.

    Dr. Sakhaee is a member of the National Kidney Foundation, the American Urological Association, and the Dallas County Medical Society, among many other professional organizations.

  • Education
    Medical School
    Pahlavi University Medical School (1972)
    Internship/Residency
    Pahlavi University Medical School (1976), Internal Medicine
    Residency
    University Hospitals of Cleveland (1977), Internal Medicine
    Fellowship
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (1979), Nephrology
  • Research Interest
    • Bone Loss
    • Nephrolithiasis
    • Osteoporosis
    • Post-Renal Transplantation
    • Uric Acid Stones
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

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    Metabolic syndrome and uric acid nephrolithiasis
    Sakhaee K, NM Maalouf Sem Nephrol 2008 28 174-180
    Nephrolithiasis as a systemic disorder
    Sakhaee K Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2008 17 304-309
    Osteoporosis following solid organ transplantation
    Vega D, K Sakhaee Future Rheumatol 2007 2 341-345
    The role of RANK/RANKL/OPG: Clinical implications
    Vega D, NM Maalouf, and K Sakhaee J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2007 92 4514-4521
    Increased propensity for calcium phosphate kidney stones with topiramate use
    Vega D, NM Maalouf, and K Sakhaee Expert Opin Drug Saf 2007 6 547-557
  • Honors & Awards
    • Best Doctors in America
      Nephrology, Mineral Metabolism (2007)
    • Best Doctors in America
      Nephrology, Mineral Metabolism (2006)
    • Medicine Housestaff Outstanding Teacher Award
      (1996)
    • Endowed Professorship in Mineral Metabolism and Osteoporosis
      (1994)