Omar Dzaye, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Schools: Medical School
Departments: Radiology

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Biography

Omar Dzaye, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Vascular Interventional Radiology Division.

Dr. Dzaye joined our faculty in November 2024.

Education

Medical Education: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (2016), Doctor of Medicine/Doctor of Philosophy
Internship: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (2017)
Residency: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (2021), Diagnostic Radiology
Graduate School: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2022), Master of Public Health
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2023), Interventional Radiology
Residency: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2024), Nuclear Medicine

Publications

The Prognostic Value of Serum Interleukin-6 Concentrations for 9 Cardiovascular and Mortality Outcomes: Yao Z, Dardari ZA, LaMonte MJ, Matsushita K, Ballantyne CM, Lima JA, Vasan RS, Simonsick EM, Appel LJ, Cohen DL, Judd S, Cawthon PM, Shah AM, Weber BN, Cao T, Dzaye O, Tasdighi E, Jelwan Y, Jha KK, Psaty BM, Bis JC, Olson NC, Lash JP, Cushman M, Eaton CB, Blaha MJ Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2026 Jul 88 282-298
Finerenone Prescriptions in the United States (2021–2024) by Physician Specialty: Analysis of Use and Potential in the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Space: Jelwan Y, Cao T, Yao Z, Burka S, Erhabor J, Berning P, Dzaye O, Blaha M Journal of the American Heart Association 2026 Jun 15
US Trends in Prescribing Nonstatin Lipid-Lowering Therapy, 2019-2024: Burka S, Dzaye O, Cao T, Erhabor J, Jelwan Y, Nasir K, Banach M, Blaha MJ JAMA Cardiology 2026 Jun 11 606-608
Modeling Benefit of Aspirin According to Lp(a) and Coronary Artery Calcium: MESA: Razavi AC, Dzaye O, Bhatia HS, Vaccarino V, Mehta A, Rotter JI, Guo X, Taylor KD, Yao J, Li X, Rich SS, Budoff MJ, Tsai MY, Blankstein R, Shapiro MD, Nasir K, Tsimikas S, Blumenthal RS, Whelton SP, Blaha MJ, Sperling LS JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging 2026 Jun 19 774-776
Is there a role for measuring coronary artery calcium progression in 2026?: Dzaye O, Blaha MJ, Razavi AC American Journal of Preventive Cardiology 2026 Jun 27
Prescription Trends of Hydrochlorothiazide vs. Chlorthalidone in the United States (2019-2024): Asante R, Yao Z, Dzaye O, Berning P, Jelwan Y, Burka S, Blumenthal RS, Blaha MJ American Journal of Hypertension 2026 Mar 39 459-465
Family history of premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and lipoprotein(a) levels: a multicohort analysis: Razavi AC, Bhatia HS, Dardari ZA, Mehta A, Nasir K, Blankstein R, Isiadinso I, Quyyumi AA, Vaccarino V, Fialkow JA, Khoury MJ, Coronado F, Budoff MJ, Blumenthal RS, Whelton SP, Mortensen MB, Sperling LS, Matsushita K, Blaha MJ, Dzaye O European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 2026 Feb 33 443-445
Distribution of coronary artery calcium volume and density by age, sex, and race using AI-based quantification algorithm: Gershon G, Zhou K, Yang Y, Yan X, Barr J, Razavi AC, Rapaka S, Dzaye O, Whelton SP, Blaha MJ, Sperling LS, Jacobson TA, De Cecco CN, van Assen M Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography 2026 Jan 20 63-69
Race and Ethnic-Specific Burden of Aortic Valve Calcium and Its Association With Long-Term Aortic Stenosis: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: Grant JK, Jha K, Marrero N, Razavi AC, Boakye E, Anchouche K, Dzaye O, Budoff MJ, Shah S, Czarny MJ, Rotter JI, Guo X, Yao J, Thanassoulis G, Post WS, Blaha MJ, Whelton SP Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging 2026 Publish Ahead of Print 1-8
Coronary artery calcium burden across the pooled cohort equation versus the American Heart Association PREVENT risk calculator: Gershon GS, Barr JR, Razavi AC, Yang Y, Momin E, Dzaye O, Whelton SP, Blaha MJ, Blumenthal RS, Sperling LS, De Cecco CN, van Assen M American Journal of Preventive Cardiology 2025 Dec 24