A Professor of Medicine, Dr. Khalid's research involves pancreatic tumors and cysts, EUS, ERCP, pancreatitis, molecular diagnoses, and early cancer detection.
- MBBS, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, 1993
- Resident, Internal Medicine, Barnes Hospital, Washington University St. Louis, 1998
- Fellowship, Gastroenterology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2001
- Clinical Research Training Program Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2000
- Advanced Training in Endoscopic Ultrasound, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2002
Education & Training
Khalid, A., Zahid, M., Finkelstein, S.D., Leblanc, J., Kaushik, N., Ahmad, N., Brugge, W.R., Edmundowicz, S., Hawes, R., McGrath, K.M. Pancreatic cyst fluid DNA analysis in evaluating pancreatic cysts. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2009; 69(6): 1095-102.
Khalid, A., McGrath, K.M., Zahid, M., Wilson, M., Brody, D., Swalsky, P., Moser, A.J., Lee, K.K., Slivka, A., Whitcomb, D.C., Finkelstein, S. The role of pancreatic cyst fluid molecular analysis in predicting cyst pathology. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2005; 3(10): 967-73.
Khalid, A., Pal, R., Sasatomi, E., Swalsky, P., Slivka, A., Whitcomb, D., Finkelstein, S. Use of microsatellite marker loss of heterozygosity in accurate diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary malignancy from brush cytology samples. Gut. 2004; 53: 1860-1865.
Khalid, A., Brugge, W. ACG Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Pancreatic Cysts. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2007; 102(10): 2339-49.
Singhi, A.D., Nikiforova, M.N., Fasanella, K.E., McGrath, K.M., Pai, R.K., Ohori, P., Bartholow, T.L., Brand, R.E., Chennat, J.E., Lu, Xuong, Papachristou, G., Slivka, Adam, Zeh, H.J., Zureikat, A.H., Lee, K.K., Tsung, A., Mantha, G.S., Khalid, A. Preoperative GNAS and KRAS Testing in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Mucinous Cysts. Clinical Cancer Research. 2014; 20(16): 4381-9.
- Research Excellence in GI and Liver (REGAL) award, 2004
- ASGE Wilson Cook Research Career Development Award, 2004
- Outstanding Team Award-Bronze; “VA GI Collaborative Team” - Awarded by the Federal Executive Board of Pittsburgh, 2006
- VA CPPF Research Award, 2011
- World Endoscopy Organization Research Award, 2012
- VAPHS physician of the year, 2014
