Roha Khalid, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Roha Khalid, M.D., is an pediatric neurologist (epileptologist) at Children's Health℠ and an Associate Professor 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 Aga Khan University Medical College and completed her fellowship at the University of Kansas/Children's Mercy Hospital in epilepsy.
She is certified in child neurology and epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Khalid joined Children's Health 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.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Aga Khan University Medical College (2008)
- Residency
- Duke University Medical Center (2015), Child Neurology
University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston (2012), Pediatrics - Fellowship
- Children's Mercy Hospital (2020), Pediatric Epilepsy
- Board Certification
- American Board of Psy&Neurology/Child Neurology,
American Board of Psychiatry And Neurology(Epilepsy)
Conditions
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Genetic epileptic encephalopathies
- Medically intractable epilepsy
- Neonatal seizures
- Post-stroke epilepsy
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Publications
Publications
- Sustained therapeutic response to riboflavin in a child with a progressive neurological condition, diagnosed by whole-exome sequencing. Shashi V, Petrovski S, Schoch K, Crimian R, Case LE, Khalid R, El-Dairi MA, Jiang YH, Mikati MA, Goldstein DB, Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies 2015 Oct 1 1 a000265
- Exome sequencing results in successful riboflavin treatment of a rapidly progressive neurological condition. Petrovski S, Shashi V, Petrou S, Schoch K, McSweeney KM, Dhindsa RS, Krueger B, Crimian R, Case LE, Khalid R, El-Dairi MA, Jiang YH, Mikati MA, Goldstein DB, Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies 2015 Oct 1 1 a000257
- Time from convulsive status epilepticus onset to anticonvulsant administration in children. Sánchez Fernández I, Abend NS, Agadi S, An S, Arya R, Brenton JN, Carpenter JL, Chapman KE, Gaillard WD, Glauser TA, Goodkin HP, Kapur K, Mikati MA, Peariso K, Ream M, Riviello J, Tasker RC, Loddenkemper T Neurology 2015 Jun 84 23 2304-11
Books
- Antiepileptic Drugs: Second Generation. In Practical Epilepsy, 1st Edition. Xixis KI, Khalid R, Mikati M (2015). New York City, Demos Medical Publishing
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Neurology (2012)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2010-2012)
- American Epilepsy Society (2019)
- American Heart Association (2016)
- Child Neurology Society (2015)
- International Pediatric Stroke Study (IPSS) (2016)
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Awards and Honors
- Rockstar Hall of Fame for highest patient satisfaction scores (2021) Children’s Mercy Kansas City
- Travel Scholarship (2020) American Clinical Neurophysiology Meeting
- Fellows Program (2019) American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting
- Neurology Program Development Award (2019) Children’s Mercy Kansas City
- Best Clinical Team Faculty Award for Stroke Team (2019) Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
- Clinical Excellence Faculty Award (2018) Department of Neurology, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
- University of Texas Medical Branch Resident Representative (2011-2012) Texas Pediatric Society