Sadia Malik, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English Urdu,Hindi
Biography
Sadia Malik, M.D., M.B.B.S., M.P.H., is a pediatric cardiologist at Children’s Health℠ who specializes in caring for children diagnosed with genetic heart conditions. She is an associate Professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center, where she also serves as the program director for the pediatric cardiology fellowship program.
I am passionate about children’s health and enjoy interacting with parents to help guide them through the life-long, unique and complex care their child will require when facing a congenital heart condition.
After receiving her medical degree from Aga Khan University, she completed an internship at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and a residency in pediatrics at University of Texas Medical School. She completed an advanced fellowship in pediatric cardiology at UT Southwestern.
“I am passionate about children’s health and enjoy interacting with parents to help guide them through the life-long, unique and complex care their child will require when facing a congenital heart condition,” says Dr. Malik.
Dr. Malik’s areas of expertise include the diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart conditions including cardiomyopathy, Marfan syndrome, valvular heart disease, pulmonary hypertension and more. She participates in research to uncover the possible causes of congenital heart disease, including genetics, and a mother’s exposure to pesticides and tobacco use during pregnancy. Her goal, throughout her career, is to help prevent and identify these conditions to improve children’s heart health.
During her free time, Dr. Malik enjoys traveling and spending time with her family. She speaks English, Urdu and Hindi.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Aga Khan University (1993)
- Internship
- National Institute of Child Health (1994), Pediatrics
- Residency
- University of Texas Medical School at Houston (1998), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2001), Pediatric Cardiology
- Graduate School
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2002)
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology
Conditions
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Genetic causes of congenital heart disease
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Publications
- Clopidogrel and Aspirin in Acute Ischemic Stroke and High-Risk TIA. Johnston SC, Easton JD, Farrant M, Barsan W, Conwit RA, Elm JJ, Kim AS, Lindblad AS, Palesch YY N. Engl. J. Med. 2018 07 379 3 215-225
- Rationalising the use of cardiac catheterisation before Glenn completion. James L, Tandon A, Nugent A, Malik S, Ramaciotti C, Greil G, Zabala L, Forbess J, Hussain T Cardiology in the young 2018 Mar 1-6
- Estimated Maternal Pesticide Exposure from Drinking Water and Heart Defects in Offspring. Kim J, Swartz MD, Langlois PH, Romitti PA, Weyer P, Mitchell LE, Luben TJ, Ramakrishnan A, Malik S, Lupo PJ, Feldkamp ML, Meyer RE, Winston JJ, Reefhuis J, Blossom SJ, Bell E, Agopian AJ Int J Environ Res Public Health 2017 Aug 14 8
- Association of Antegrade Pulmonary Artery Diastolic Velocity with Spontaneous Closure of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants. Weiss DM, Kaiser JR, Swearingen C, Malik S, Sachdeva R Am J Perinatol 2015 Nov 32 13 1217-24
- Genetic variation affects congenital heart defect susceptibility in offspring exposed to maternal tobacco use. Tang X, Hobbs CA, Cleves MA, Erickson SW, MacLeod SL, Malik S Birth Defects Res. Part A Clin. Mol. Teratol. 2015 Oct 103 10 834-42
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Professional Activities
- Texas Medical Board (1999)
- American Board of Pediatrics (1998)
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Awards and Honors
- D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialist (2020)
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