Sohail Zahid, MD PhD
About Sohail Zahid, MD PhD
Sohail Zahid, MD PhD, is an Internal Medicine Resident Physician and Postdoctoral Researcher at NYU Langone Health, with a background in biomedical engineering and a focus on cardiovascular disease.
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Sohail Zahid, MD PhD, is an Internal Medicine Resident Physician at NYU Langone Health.
Current Roles at NYU Langone Health
Since 2021, Sohail Zahid has been serving as an Internal Medicine Resident Physician and Postdoctoral Researcher at NYU Langone Health. In these roles, he is involved in inpatient hospital medicine, primary care, and critical care across NYU Langone, Bellevue Hospital, and Manhattan VA Hospital.
Past Work Experience
Sohail Zahid has accumulated diverse experience in both engineering and medical research. From 2020 to 2021, he worked as an Engineering Consultant at SpectraWAVE, Inc. Prior to that, he served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard from 2018 to 2019. Earlier in his career, he founded Archon Medical Technologies, LLC in Baltimore and worked on biomedical engineering research.
Education and Expertise
Sohail Zahid earned his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from Harvard Medical School between 2017 and 2021. He also holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, obtained between 2013 and 2017. Additionally, he earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biomedical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics from The Johns Hopkins University between 2009 and 2012.
Research Focus
Sohail Zahid's research primarily explores the impact of obesity and anti-obesity medicine on cardiovascular disease. His work integrates artificial intelligence, genomics, proteomics, and biomedical engineering to advance the understanding and treatment of cardiovascular conditions.