Shaida Khan, D.O.

Biography

Shaida Khan, D.O., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She serves as Chief of Neurology Services at Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Khan earned her medical degree at UNT Health Fort Worth. She completed her neurology residency and neuromuscular medicine fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

She is board certified in neurology and neuromuscular medicine.

Dr. Khan has been the site investigator for clinical trials on some of the newest therapies for myasthenia gravis. She was awarded a three-year research and program development grant to improve the quality of care, advance education, and expand research for the underserved myasthenia gravis population and successfully established the Myasthenia Gravis Clinic at Parkland Hospital, which cares for the indigent population of Dallas County.

Dr. Khan was the lead physician working alongside Parkland Hospital leadership and the Business and Development Office to establish the first adult neurology multidisciplinary clinic at Parkland, transitioning care for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and spinal muscular atrophy from pediatric to adult subspecialty care. The clinic launched in December 2022 and has gained national recognition through professional societies and advocacy organizations.

She is a member of several academic leadership, hospital, and student advisory committees. Through her role as Chief of Neurology Services, she participates as a mentor in several quality improvement projects.

Dr. Khan received the Trephined Cranium Teaching Award three times in recognition of outstanding teaching to neurology resident trainees. She was awarded the Fred Baskin Young Investigator Award for her research in muscular dystrophy, the Roger Rosenberg Fellow of the Year Award, and the UT Southwestern Wellstone MDCRC training grant from the National Institutes of Health.

She attained distinction as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, into which she was elected by the medical students of UT Southwestern.