Zaven Sargsyan, M.D.

Associate Professor, Hospital Medicine

Positions

Associate Professor, Hospital Medicine: Department of Medicine
Section of General Internal Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Associate Program Director: Internal Medicine Residency

Education

MD from Baylor College of Medicine: 05/2011 - Houston, Texas, United States

Residency at Massachusetts General hospital: 05/2014 - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Honors & Awards

Outstanding Faculty Award 2015, 2018: Houston VA, Department of Medicine

McGovern Outstanding Clinical Teacher: Baylor College of Medicine (05/2017)

Physician Champion Award for Exemplary Service: Harris Health (08/2017)

Graduating Class Outstanding Faculty Award 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022: Baylor College of Medicine

Outstanding Faculty Award Hall of Fame: Baylor College of Medicine (05/2022)

McGovern Outstanding Pre-Clinical Teacher 2018, 2022: Baylor College of Medicine

Professional Interests

Clinician communication skills
Physical diagnosis
Clinical reasoning
Point-of-care ultrasound
Medical education

Websites

VIICTR Publications List

Selected Publications

Kaplan H, Verma D, Sargsyan Z. " What Traditional Lectures Can Learn From Podcasts. " J Grad Med Educ. 2020 Jun ; 12 (3) : 250-253.
Pubmed PMID: 32595838.
Moss BJ and Sargsyan Z. " Things We Do For No Reason: Supplemental Oxygen for Patients Without Hypoxemia " J Hosp Med. 2019 Oct 23; 14 : E1-E3.
Sargsyan Z. " The “Hemolyzed” Physical Examination—Situational Challenges to Accurate Bedside Diagnosis " JAMA Internal Med. 2019 Feb 18;
Kulkarni SA, Strobelt E, Sargsyan Z. " Capillary Fragility in Zika Virus Infection " Am J Med. 2017 ;
Pubmed PMID: 28117038.
Fraser T, Sargsyan Z, Baggett TP, Baggett M.. " Quantitative Study of the Characteristics of Effective Internal Medicine Noon Conference Presentations " J Grad Med Educ. 2016 ;
Pubmed PMID: 27168885.
Macaron W, Sargsyan Z, Short NJ. " Hyperleukocytosis and leukostasis in acute and chronic leukemias. " Leuk Lymphoma. 2022 ;
Pubmed PMID: 35357988.
Smith T, Kahre J, Sargsyan Z.. " Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens Related to Urinary Retention. " Am J Med. 2021 May ;
Pubmed PMID: 33238138.
Sargsyan Z, Srivastava SD, Triant VA, Ghoshhajra BB. " Case 9-2024: An 84-Year-Old Man with a Fall " NEJM. 2024 Mar 21; 390 (12) : 1129-1139.
Pubmed PMID: 38507756.
Yang EH, Sargsyan Z, Sherman SV, Kulkarni PA.. " Practice for Real Life: Diversifying Cases in Educational Conferences " Am J Med. 2024 Aug ; 137 (8) : 698-701.
Pubmed PMID: 38588940.
Inchaustegui C, Yellapragada S, Badawy J, Ahmed A, White A, Sargsyan Z. " Dyspneic and Pink. " J Hosp Med. 2024 Jul 19; 19 (7) : 623-628.

Languages

Armenian, Russian, Spanish