Nadia Merchant, M.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor School Medical School Department 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 Assistant 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 Featured Publications Evaluating Young Children With Fractures for Child Abuse: Clinical Report. Haney S, Scherl S, DiMeglio L, Perez-Rossello J, Servaes S, Merchant N, Pediatrics 2025 Feb 155 2 Approach to the Patient with Achondroplasia - New Considerations for Diagnosis, Management and Treatment. Merchant N, Hoover-Fong J, Carroll RS, J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2025 Jan 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, Nat Rev Endocrinol 2025 Jan 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, Horm Res Paediatr 2024 Oct 1-16 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 100513 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, J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2024 Apr Shedding New Light: Novel Therapies for Achondroplasia and Growth Disorders. Merchant N, Dauber A, Pediatr Clin North Am 2023 Oct 70 5 951-961 Vosoritide treatment for children with hypochondroplasia: a phase 2 trial. Dauber A, Zhang A, Kanakatti Shankar R, Boucher K, McCarthy T, Shafaei N, Seaforth R, Castro MG, Dham N, Merchant N, EClinicalMedicine 2024 May 71 102591 Iodine deficiency hypothyroidism in children in recent years: a re-emerging issue? Patel T, Longendyke R, Kanakatti Shankar R, Merchant N, Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep 2024 Apr 2024 2 What is the Role for Pediatric Endocrinologists in the Management of Skeletal Dysplasias? Merchant N, Polgreen LE, Rosenfeld RG, J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2023 Dec Results 1-10 of 19 1 2 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
