Khashayar Sakhaee, MD

Professor
Endowed Title: Laura Kim Pak Professorship in Mineral Metabolism Research
BeautiControl Cosmetics Inc. Professorship in Mineral Metabolism and Osteoporosis
Internal Medicine

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

khashayar.sakhaee@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Pahlavi University, Shiraz, Iran B.S. 1968, Biochemistry
Pahlavi University School of Medicine, Shiraz, Iran M.D. 1972, Medicine
FLEX BOARD 1983

POSITION and HONORS:
1972-1974 Internship, Pahlavi University, School of Medicine, Shiraz, Iran
1974-1976 Residency in Internal Medicine, Pahlavi University, School of Medicine
1976-1977 Senior Medical Residency, University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH
1977-1979 Nephrology Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
1980-1982 Faculty Associate, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
1982-1984 Clinical Associate Physician to General Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
1982-1989 Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
1989-1994 Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
1990-1996 Associate Program Director, General Clinical Research Center, Outpatient Services, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
1995-1996 Internal medicine Housestaff Outstanding Teaching Award
1991-Present Associate Clinical Director, Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
1994-Present Professor of Internal Medicine, Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas
1994 BeautiControl Cosmetics, Inc. Professorship in Mineral Metabolism and Osteoporosis
1996-Present Program Director, General Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Texas
1999-Present Chief, Division of Mineral Metabolism, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Texas

Education

FellowshipUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Nephrology (1979)
ResidencyUniversity Hospitals of Cleveland, Internal Medicine (1977)
Internship/ResidencyPahlavi University Medical School, Internal Medicine (1976)
Medical SchoolPahlavi University Medical School (1972)

Research Interests

Bone Loss
Nephrolithiasis
Osteoporosis
Post-Renal Transplantation
Uric Acid Stones

Publications

Featured
Low Urine pH: A Novel Feature of the Metabolic Syndrome

NM Maalouf, MA Cameron, OW Moe, B Adams-Huet, and K Sakhaee , Clin J Am Soc Nephrol , 2007; (5):883-888

Featured
Urine composition in Type 2 Diabetes: Predisposition to Uric Acid Nephrolithiasis

Cameron MA, NM Maalouf, B Adams-Huet B, OW Moe, K Sakhaee , J Am Soc Nephrol , 2006; (17):1422-1428

Featured
Effect of dietary modification on urinary stone risk factors

Pak CYC, CV Odvina, M Pearle, K Sakhaee, R Peterson, JR Poindexter and L Brinkley , Kidney Int , 2005; (68):2264-2273

Featured
Effects of potassium alkali and calcium supplementation on bone turnover in postmenopausal women

Sakhaee K, NM Maalouf, SA Abrams and CYC Pak , J Clin Endocrinol Metab , 2005; (90):3528-3533

Featured
Pathophysiologic basis for normouricosuric uric acid nephrolithiasis

Sakhaee K, Adams-Huet B, Moe OW, Pak CYC , Kid. Int. , 2002; (62):971-979

Nephrolithiasis as a systemic disorder

Sakhaee K , Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens , 2008; (17):304-309

Metabolic syndrome and uric acid nephrolithiasis

Sakhaee K, NM Maalouf , Sem Nephrol , 2008; (28):174-180

Increased propensity for calcium phosphate kidney stones with topiramate use

Vega D, NM Maalouf, and K Sakhaee , Expert Opin Drug Saf , 2007; (6):547-557

The role of RANK/RANKL/OPG: Clinical implications

Vega D, NM Maalouf, and K Sakhaee , J Clin Endocrinol Metab , 2007; (92):4514-4521

Osteoporosis following solid organ transplantation

Vega D, K Sakhaee , Future Rheumatol , 2007; (2):341-345

Honors/Awards

Best Doctors in America

Nephrology, Mineral Metabolism (2007)

Best Doctors in America

Nephrology, Mineral Metabolism (2006)

Medicine Housestaff Outstanding Teacher Award

(1996)

Endowed Professorship in Mineral Metabolism and Osteoporosis

(1994)