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Nadia Merchant, MD $$

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Languages Spoken:
English

Locations

UT Southwestern Pediatric Group

Biography

Nadia Merchant, M.D., is a Pediatric Endocrinologist at Children’s Health℠ and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She has a special interest in bone health, skeletal dysplasia, genetic growth disorders, endocrinopathies in neuromuscular disorders, and the intersection of genetics and endocrinology.

I am passionate about helping my patients maximize their potential and moving the dial of care in endocrinology.
Dr. Merchant

“I am passionate about helping my patients maximize their potential and moving the dial of care in endocrinology,” she said. 

Dr. Merchant earned her Doctor of Medicine from Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. She then completed a residency in Pediatrics from Wright State University School of Medicine and a residency in Medical Genetics and Genomes at Baylor - Texas Children’s Hospital. She also completed a fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at Baylor - Texas Children’s Hospital. 

Dr. Merchant is actively involved in research aiming to improve treatments and care for children with endocrine disorders. She has been named a Top Doctor in Clinical Genetics and Pediatric Endocrinology by Washingtonian and has earned an Early State Investigator Travel Award from RASopathies Network. 

Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling and staying active by running and hiking.

  • Research Interests

    • Achondroplasia
    • Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
    • Endocrinopathies in genetic disorders
    • Genetic short stature
    • Skeletal dysplasia
    • X-ALD

  • Publications

    • Evaluating Young Children With Fractures for Child Abuse: Clinical Report. Haney S, Scherl S, DiMeglio L, Perez-Rossello J, Servaes S, Merchant N, Pediatrics 2025 Feb 155 2
    • Approach to the Patient with Achondroplasia - New Considerations for Diagnosis, Management and Treatment. Merchant N, Hoover-Fong J, Carroll RS, J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2025 Jan
    • International consensus guidelines on the implementation and monitoring of vosoritide therapy in individuals with achondroplasia. Savarirayan R, Hoover-Fong J, Ozono K, Backeljauw P, Cormier-Daire V, DeAndrade K, Ireland P, Irving M, Llerena Junior J, Maghnie M, Menzel M, Merchant N, Mohnike K, Iruretagoyena SN, Okada K, Fredwall SO, Nat Rev Endocrinol 2025 Jan
    • Phase 2 Trial of Vosoritide Use in Patients with Hypochondroplasia: A Pharmacokinetic/ Pharmacodynamic Analysis. Galetaki D, Zhang A, Qi Y, Merchant N, Kanakatti Shankar R, Boucher K, Shafaei N, Seaforth R, Dham N, Dauber A, Horm Res Paediatr 2024 Oct 1-16
    • Is endocrine surveillance important in the care of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy? Results from a national survey to patients and families on endocrine complications. Galetaki D, Szymczuk V, Shi M, Merchant N, eNeurologicalSci 2024 Sep 36 100513
    • A Clinical Trial of High Dose Growth Hormone in a Patient with a Dominant Negative Growth Hormone Receptor Mutation. Merchant N, Houchin L, Boucher K, Dauber A, J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2024 Apr
    • Vosoritide treatment for children with hypochondroplasia: a phase 2 trial. Dauber A, Zhang A, Kanakatti Shankar R, Boucher K, McCarthy T, Shafaei N, Seaforth R, Castro MG, Dham N, Merchant N, EClinicalMedicine 2024 May 71 102591
    • Iodine deficiency hypothyroidism in children in recent years: a re-emerging issue? Patel T, Longendyke R, Kanakatti Shankar R, Merchant N, Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep 2024 Apr 2024 2
    • Shedding New Light: Novel Therapies for Achondroplasia and Growth Disorders. Merchant N, Dauber A, Pediatr Clin North Am 2023 Oct 70 5 951-961
    • What is the Role for Pediatric Endocrinologists in the Management of Skeletal Dysplasias? Merchant N, Polgreen LE, Rosenfeld RG, J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2023 Dec
    • Management of RANKL-mediated disorders with denosumab in children and adolescents: a global expert guidance document. Vanderniet JA, Szymczuk V, Högler W, Beck-Nielsen SS, Uday S, Merchant N, Crane JL, Ward LM, Boyce AM, Munns CF, J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2023 Dec
    • The 8th International RASopathies Symposium: Expanding research and care practice through global collaboration and advocacy. Pierpont EI, Bennett AM, Schoyer L, Stronach B, Anschutz A, Borrie SC, Briggs B, Burkitt-Wright E, Castel P, Cirstea IC, Draaisma F, Ellis M, Fear VS, Frone MN, Flex E, Gelb BD, Green T, Gripp KW, Khoshkhoo S, Kieran MW, Kleemann K, Klein-Tasman BP, Kontaridis MI, Kruszka P, Leoni C, Liu CZ, Merchant N, Magoulas PL, Moertel C, Prada CE, Rauen KA, Roelofs R, Rossignol R, Sevilla C, Sevilla G, Sheedy R, Stieglitz E, Sun D, Tiemens D, White F, Wingbermühle E, Wolf C, Zenker M, Andelfinger G, Am J Med Genet A 2023 Nov
    • Novel therapies for growth disorders. Galetaki DM, Merchant N, Dauber A, Eur J Pediatr 2023 Oct. 
    • Characteristics of vitamin D deficiency hypocalcemia inpatient admissions at a single tertiary center. Bustamante VH, Estrada A, Merchant N, J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2023 Aug 36 8 749-752
    • Metaphyseal sclerosis in a child with a giant cell tumour treated with denosumab. Szymczuk V, Boyce A, Merchant N, Lancet 2023 Jul 402 10397 e4 
    • Endocrinopathies in Leukodystrophy. Szymczuk V, Merchant N, Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care 2023 Jan 53 1 101351
    • Case report: Two unexpected cases of DGUOK-related mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome presenting with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. Guzman H, Yazdani S, Harmon JL, Chapman KA, Vitola B, Pyle L, McKnight H, Sigal W, Lord K, De Leon DD, Merchant N, Ganetzky R, Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023 14 1268135
    • Case report: Early molecular confirmation and sodium polystyrene sulfonate management of systemic pseudohypoaldosteronism type I. Alkhatib EH, Bartlett D, Kanakatti Shankar R, Regier D, Merchant N, Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023 14 1297335
    • Evolution and Future of Growth Plate Therapeutics. Allen DB, Merchant N, Miller BS, Backeljauw PF, Horm Res Paediatr 2021 94 9-10 319-332

  • Professional Activities

    • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • American College of Medical Genetics
    • Clinical Genome
    • International Society of Children Bone Health
    • International Society of Skeletal Dysplasia
    • Pediatric Endocrine Society
    • Rare Disease Clinical Activity Protocol Program

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