Sarwat Khalil, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, US
- Associate Program Director
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Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine
- Co-Director
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Transplant Infectious Diseases
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Education
- MD from The Aga Khan University
- Karachi, Pakistan
- Residency at Indiana University School of Medicine
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Fellowship at University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Fellowship at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- Rochester, Minnesota
Certifications
- Board Certified in Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- Board Certified in Infectious Diseases
- American Board of Internal Medicine
Professional Statement
Dr. Khalil is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Co-Director of Transplant Infectious Diseases at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, and the Associate Program Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship program at Baylor College of Medicine. She graduated from The Aga Khan University in Pakistan and completed her Internal Medicine residency training at Indiana University School of Medicine, followed by Infectious Diseases fellowship at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She also did an additional year of Transplant Infectious Diseases fellowship at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota.
Her research focuses on cardiovascular infections and molecular diagnostics in solid organ transplant recipients. She has presented her research at national meetings and published in peer-reviewed medical journals. She is currently working on several projects related to diagnostic evaluation and management of cardiovascular infections and use of novel diagnostic techniques using metagenomics to aid in earlier diagnosis of severe and opportunistic infections in solid organ transplant recipients.
Her research focuses on cardiovascular infections and molecular diagnostics in solid organ transplant recipients. She has presented her research at national meetings and published in peer-reviewed medical journals. She is currently working on several projects related to diagnostic evaluation and management of cardiovascular infections and use of novel diagnostic techniques using metagenomics to aid in earlier diagnosis of severe and opportunistic infections in solid organ transplant recipients.
Selected Publications
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Fida M, Khalil S, Abu Saleh O, Challener DW, Sohail MR, Yang JN, Pritt BS, Schuetz AN, Patel R. Diagnostic Value of 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Polymerase Chain Reaction/Sanger Sequencing in Clinical Practice. " Diagnostic Value of 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Polymerase Chain Reaction/Sanger Sequencing in Clinical Practice " Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Sep ;
Pubmed PMID: 34407178. -
Axell-House DB, Khalil S, Sohail MR. " Clinical Approach to Evaluation of Underlying Cardiac Device Infection in Patients Hospitalized with Bacteremia " Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2023 Aug ;
Pubmed PMID: 37547899. -
Arshad V, Baddour LM, Lahr BD, Khalil S, Tariq W, Talha KM, Cha YM, DeSimone DC, Sohail MR. " Impact of delayed device re-implantation on outcomes of patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic device related infective endocarditis " Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Aug ;
Pubmed PMID: 34132396. -
Fida M, Wolf MJ, Hamdi A, Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Khalil S, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Thoendel MJ, Patel R. " Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria From Septic Patients Using 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene-Targeted Metagenomic Sequencing " Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Oct ;
Pubmed PMID: 33893492.
Memberships
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Mayo Clinic Alumni Association
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