Ayesha Noor Zia, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English,
Biography
Ayesha Zia, M.D., is a pediatric hematologist at the Children’s Health℠ Hemostasis Thrombosis Center who specializes in pediatric and adolescent patients with bleeding and clotting disorders. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in pediatric hematology-oncology. She is an Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Zia also leads the multidisciplinary Young Women’s Blood Disorders Clinic that is focused on improving the care of adolescent girls with menorrhagia and bleeding disorders, as well as girls with thrombophilia. It is the first and only program in North Texas that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of bleeding and clotting disorders, as well as the accompanying reproductive problems, in young women.
Dr. Zia is also the co-investigator for several clinical trials investigating new treatments in hemostasis and thrombosis, including new medications for hemophilia, von Willebrand disease and blood clots.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- King Edward Medical College, Lahore (2002)
- Internship
- University of OK Health Sciences Center (2007), Pediatrics
- Residency
- Childrens Hospital of Michigan GME (2009), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- Childrens Hospital of Michigan GME (2013), Pediatric Cardiology
Childrens Hospital of Michigan GME (2012), Pediatric Hematology/Oncology - Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Hematology-Oncology
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Pediatric Hemostatic and Thrombotic Disorders
- Women with Bleeding Disorders
- Global Coagulation Assays
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Publications
- Developing a Multidisciplinary Young Women’s Blood Disorders Program: A Single Centre Approach with Guidance for Other Centres, Zia, A, Lau, M, Journeycake, J, Sarode, R, Kouides, P. Haemophilia 2016 Jan 29.
- Hypercoagulability in adolescent girls on oral contraceptives- Global coagulation profiles and estrogen receptor polymorphisms, Zia A, Callaghan M, Chitlur M, Callaghan J, Sawni A, Bartlett H, Rajpurkar M. Am J Hematol. 2015 Aug;90(8):725-31
- Thromboelastography identifies children with rare bleeding disorders and predicts bleeding phenotype, Ayesha N. Zia, Meera Chitlur, Madhvi Rajpurkar, Michael Callaghan Haemophilia 2014
- Management of Thrombotic Complications in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia., Zia AN, Chitlur M Indian J Pediatr 2013 Aug
- Emergency department visits in children with hemophilia., Özgönenel B, Zia A, Callaghan MU, Chitlur M, Rajpurkar M, Lusher JM Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013 Jul 60 7 1188-91
- Hereditary intrinsic factor deficiency in chaldeans., Sturm AC, Baack EC, Armstrong MB, Schiff D, Zia A, Savasan S, de la Chapelle A, Tanner SM JIMD Rep 2013 7 13-8
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia and vitamin B12 deficiency secondary to a gastric intrinsic factor gene mutation., Zia A, Fisgin T, Sokolowski C, Tanner SM, Savasan S Pediatr Blood Cancer 2012 Oct 59 4 766-7
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Professional Activities
- American Society of Hematology
- American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society
- National Hemophilia Foundation
- International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
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Awards and Honors
- D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialists 2021
- NHLBI Bridge Award 2020-2021, National Institutes of Health
- Leadership Emerging in Academic Departments Award 2018-2019, UT Southwestern
- NHLBI Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Award 2016-2021, National Institutes of Health
- CCRAC Research Award in Junior Investigator Category 2015-2017, Children's Health, Dallas, Texas
- George R. Buchanan Teaching Award for Excellence in Fellow Education 2014, Division of Hematology-Oncology, UT Southwestern
- Clinical Research Training Institute Award 2013-2014, American Society of Hematology (ASH)
- Award for "Best Fellow Research Award" 2012, Wolf Zuelzer Research Award, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University
- Clinical Fellowship Research Award 2011-2013, National Hemophilia Foundation
- Chief Fellow – Selected on Merit 2011-2012, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University