Nadia Merchant, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate 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 Nadia Merchant, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology. She joined UT Southwestern in February 2024. She earned her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. She did her pediatric residency at Dayton Children's/Wright State University, genetics residency and pediatric endocrine fellowship at Texas Children's Hospital. Her clinical and research interests include bone health, skeletal dysplasia, genetic growth disorders, endocrinopathies in neuromuscular disorders, the intersection of genetics and endocrinology. Education Medical School Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar - Qatar (2011) Residency Wright State University/Dayton Children's Hospital (2014), Pediatrics Fellowship Baylor College of Medicine (2016), Medical Genetics Fellowship Baylor College of Medicine (2019), Pediatric Endocrinology Research Interest Achondroplasia Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Endocrinopathies in genetic disorders Genetic skeletal disorders Skeletal dysplasia Publications Adrenal Suppression in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Management Strategies Incorporating Novel Steroid Vamorolone Author Collaboration OD, Sbrocchi AM, Kinnett K, Lautatzis ME, Mcmillan HJ, Selby KA, Veerapandiyan A, Weber DR, Apkon S, Bharucha-Goebel DX, Bharill S, Bansal S, Clemens PR, Fiscaletti M, Halloun R, Lam C, Merchant N, Mcadam L, Nasomyont N, Nicolau S, Ochoa Molina MF, Phung K, Rutter MM, Scavina M, Surampudi PN, Tamaroff J, Tian C, Ward LM, Wood CL, Wong SC, Ahmet A, Furlong P, McMillan HJ, Manesh RP, Wang M, Ahmet A, Veerapandiyan A, Schrader R, Lam CK, Babalola F, Crane JL, Sorbara JC, Benjamin R, Molina MF, Renthal NE, Appel AM, Vargas G, Bratland LE, Truba N, Hoskin J, Werth C Journal of the Endocrine Society 2026 Feb 10 Phase 2 Trial of Vosoritide Use in Patients with Hypochondroplasia: A Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Analysis Galetaki D, Zhang A, Qi Y, Merchant N, Kanakatti Shankar R, Boucher K, Shafaei N, Seaforth R, Dham N, Dauber A Hormone Research in Paediatrics 2026 99 131-137 Clinical and economic burden of achondroplasia in the United States: results from a retrospective, observational study Merchant N, Alvir J, Ericksen PN, Loftus J, Cara JF, Slade A, Wajnrajch MP, Baker CL Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2025 Dec 20 Health Supervision for Children With 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: Clinical Report Author Collaboration Co, Scheuerle AE, Geleske TA, Merchant N, Goldenberg PC, Vergano S, Holm IA, Jones K, Kalish J, Monteil DC, Pritchard AB, Rasmussen SA, Russell B, Santoro SL, Trapane P, Weaver KN Pediatrics 2025 Aug 156 Approach to the Patient with Achondroplasia - New Considerations for Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment Merchant N, Hoover-Fong J, Carroll RS Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2025 Jul 110 e2309-e2316 International consensus guidelines on the implementation and monitoring of vosoritide therapy in individuals with achondroplasia Savarirayan R, Hoover-Fong J, Ozono K, Backeljauw P, Cormier-Daire V, DeAndrade K, Ireland P, Irving M, Llerena Junior J, Maghnie M, Menzel M, Merchant N, Mohnike K, Iruretagoyena SN, Okada K, Fredwall SO Nature Reviews Endocrinology 2025 May 21 314-324 Evaluating Young Children With Fractures for Child Abuse: Clinical Report Author Collaboration SO, Author Collaboration SO, Author Collaboration tS, Author Collaboration tC, Haney S, Scherl S, DiMeglio L, Perez-Rossello J, Servaes S, Merchant N, Wintergerst KA, Lynch JL, Mastrandrea LD, Barker JM, Bethin KE, Ebo C, Jelley DH, Marshall BA Pediatrics 2025 Feb 155 Parental Perception of Quality of Life and Impact of Short Stature in Children with Hypochondroplasia and Other Genetic Causes of Short Stature Galetaki D, Zhang A, Rangos N, Merchant N, Shankar RK, Pitner K, Shafaei N, Seaforth R, Dauber A Hormone Research in Paediatrics 2025 A Clinical Trial of High-Dose Growth Hormone in a Patient With a Dominant-Negative Growth Hormone Receptor Mutation Merchant N, Houchin L, Boucher K, Dauber A Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2024 Nov 109 2937-2942 Is endocrine surveillance important in the care of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy? Results from a national survey to patients and families on endocrine complications Galetaki D, Szymczuk V, Shi M, Merchant N eNeurologicalSci 2024 Sep 36 Results 1-10 of 27 1 2 3 Next Last Books Featured Books The hypocalcemic disorders.. In Vitamin D Merchant N, Gafni RI. (2024). Academic Press Disorders of Bone Formation.. In Rudolph's Pediatrics Merchant N, Root A, Mendiratta M, Bacino CA. (2018). McGraw Hill Calcium, Phosphorus, and Magnesium. In Rudolph's Pediatrics Merchant N, Root A, Lin Y, Bacino CA (2018). McGraw Hill Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Pediatrics American College of Medical Genetics Clinical Genome International Society of Children Bone Health International Society of Skeletal Dysplasia Pediatric Endocrine Society Rare Disease Clinical Activity Protocol Program
