Roha Khalid, M.D.

Biography

Roha Khalid, M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in seizure disorders, including genetic epileptic encephalopathies, medically intractable epilepsy, neonatal seizures, and post-stroke epilepsy.

Dr. Khalid earned her medical degree at the Aga Khan University Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. After completing a residency in child neurology at Duke University Medical Center, she gained advanced training in epilepsy through a fellowship at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Children’s Mercy Hospital.

Certified in child neurology and epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Khalid joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2022.

She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the International Pediatric Stroke Organization, the Newborn Brain Society, and the American Epilepsy Society, for whom she serves on the Pediatric Content Committee.

Dr. Khalid has presented widely and published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals related to her areas of clinical interest. Her publications also include a contribution to Antiepileptic Drugs: Second Generation.

In her previous position as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Children’s Mercy, Dr. Khalid was inducted into the hospital’s Rockstar Hall of Fame for highest patient satisfaction scores in 2021.