Faisal Ghulam Qureshi, MD
Pediatric Surgeon
Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Faisal Qureshi, M.D., is a pediatric general and thoracic pediatric surgeon at Children’s Health℠. He is a Professor of Surgery at UT Southwestern and is the director of the Adolescent Bariatric Surgical Center. His other clinical interests are chest wall disorders, cancer and foregut surgery.
Dr. Qureshi completed a research fellowship in surgery with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and at Johns Hopkins University. He completed his general surgical residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, a minimally invasive surgery fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh and a pediatric surgical fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Dr. Qureshi is a reviewer for the Journal of Pediatric Surgery and has published about 60 peer-reviewed articles and nine book chapters. He lectures all over the world on pediatric surgery topics. Dr. Qureshi has been recognized in D Magazine's list of Best Doctors multiple years.
He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Surgeons, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the Association for Academic Surgery, and the Society of University Surgeons.
Dr. Qureshi is married with three children and his interests include hiking and cycling.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Aga Khan University Medical College (1993)
- Residency
- New York Hospital Medical Center (2002), General Surgery
- Fellowship
- Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles (2008), Pediatric Surgery
USC University Hospital (2006), Surgical Critical Care
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh - UPMC (2005), Laparoscopic Surgery - Graduate School
- George Washington University (2015)
- Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery/Pediatric Surgery
Conditions
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Abdominal tumors
- Achalasia
- Anorectal malformation (imperforate anus or ARM)
- Appendicitis
- Biliary tract problems
- Branchial cleft cysts
- Chest tumors
- Childhood obesity
- Choledochal cysts
- Cloacal anomaly
- Cloacal exstrophy
- Collapsed lung (pneumothorax)
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
- Congenital lung lesions
- Cystic hygroma (CH)
- Dermoid cyst
- Esophageal or bronchogenic cyst
- Gallbladder disease
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Gastroschisis
- Hepatoblastoma (liver cancer)
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Inguinal hernia (groin)
- Intestinal atresia
- Intestinal disorders
- Intestinal malrotation and volvulus
- Intussusception
- Kidney tumors
- Lipomas (skin lesions)
- Liver (hepatic) tumors
- Liver cysts
- Lung cysts
- Lymphangioma
- Meckel's diverticulum (MD)
- Neck cysts and enlarged lymph nodes
- Neck tumors
- Neuroblastoma
- Omphalocele
- Ovarian cysts and tumors
- Ovarian tumor
- Pancreatic csts
- Pancreatic tumors
- Pancreatitis
- Parathyroid Mass
- Pelvic masses
- Pelvic tumors
- Phimosis
- Pilomatrixoma
- Pilonidal disease
- Pyloric stenosis
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Spleen Cyst
- Thymus tumors
- Thyroglossal duct cyst
- Ulcerative colitis
- Umbilical hernia (belly button)
- Undescended testes (cryptorchidism - UDT)
- Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma)
Treatments
- Pediatric circumcision
- Pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Fetal and ex-utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure
- Pediatric laparoscopic pull-through procedure for Hirschsprung disease
- Pediatric laparoscopic pull-through procedure for anorectal malformations (ARM)
- Pediatric laparoscopic surgery
- Pediatric posterior sagittal anorectal vaginal urethroplasty (PSARVUP)
- Pediatric posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PSARP)
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Role of metabolic and bariatric surgery in children
- Extracorporeal life support in children and newborns
- Predictors of injury after road traffic accidents in children
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Publications
- “Biliary Atresia” in Mastery of Surgery, 5th Edition. Qureshi FG, Ergun O and Ford HR (2005)
- “Burns and Bites” in MCQs in Pediatric Surgery. Qureshi FG, Blanco FC and Newman KD (2011), Radcliffe Publishers
- Burns and Bites” in Extended Questions in Pediatric Surgery. Qureshi FG, Blanco FC and Newman KD (2011), Radcliffe Publishers
- “Lymph Node Disorders” in Pediatric Surgery, 7th Edition. Qureshi FG, Newman KD, Elsevier Press
- pages 197-206 in Management of Gallstones in the Pediatric Patient in Acute Cholecystitis. Ashanti L Franklin, Qureshi FG, Evan P Nadler (2015), Springer International Publishing
- "Pediatric Renal Replacement Therapy" in Spain DS, ed. Scientific American Critical Care of the Surgical Patient. Vaughan NA, Qureshi FG (2018), Hamilton: Decker
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Surgeons
- American Pediatric Surgical Association
- Association for Academic Surgery
- Society of University Surgeons
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Awards and Honors
- D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialist (2018-2021)
- D Magazine Best Doctor (2022)
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