RizwanHamidMDPhD, FAAP, FACMG
Medical Genetics • Nashville, TNClinical Genetics, Medical Biochemical Genetics, Pediatric Medical Genetics
Dorothy Overall Wells Professor, Director Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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Office
3601 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN 37232Phone+1 615-322-3000Fax+1 615-343-0959
Summary
- Dr. Rizwan Hamid is a medical geneticist in Nashville, TN and is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Allama Iqbal Medical College and has been in practice 32 years. He specializes in clinical genetics, medical biochemical genetics, and pediatric medical genetics and is experienced in mitochondrial diseases, inherited disorders of metabolism, lysosomal storage diseases, clinical genetics, and medical biochemical genetics.
Education & Training
University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Pediatrics, 2000 - 2003
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Medical Genetics and Genomics, 1997 - 2000
Allama Iqbal Medical CollegeClass of 1985
Certifications & Licensure
TN State Medical License 2003 - 2025
AL State Medical License 2020 - 2020
FL State Medical License 2002 - 2010- American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Medical Biochemical Genetics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Clinical Genetics and Genomics
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics
Clinical Trials
- Prospective Registry for Patients Undergoing Surgery for Male Stress Urinary Incontinence Start of enrollment: 2017 Feb 22
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 74 citationsPenetrance of pulmonary arterial hypertension is modulated by the expression of normal BMPR2 allele.Rizwan Hamid, Joy D. Cogan, Lora K. Hedges, Eric D. Austin, John A. Phillips
Human Mutation. 2009-04-01 - 960 citationsA copy number variation morbidity map of developmental delayGregory M. Cooper, Bradley P. Coe, Santhosh Girirajan, Jill A. Rosenfeld, Tiffany H. Vu
Nature Genetics. 2011-09-01 - 18 citationsBiallelic MADD variants cause a phenotypic spectrum ranging from developmental delay to a multisystem disorder.Pauline E. Schneeberger, Fanny Kortüm, Georg Christoph Korenke, Malik Alawi, René Santer
Brain. 2020-08-01
Journal Articles
- Effect of Genetic Diagnosis on Patients with Previously Undiagnosed DiseaseCarlos A Bacino, Vandana Shashi, Euan A Ashley, Cynthia J Tifft, William A Gahl, Brendan H Lee, John J Mulvihill, Rizwan Hamid, Matthew T Wheeler, Jonathan A Bernstein..., The New England Journal of Medicine
- Rare Variants in SOX17 Are Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension with Congenital Heart DiseaseUsha Krishnan, Eric D Austin, Frederick E Dewey, D Dunbar Ivy, Wendy K Chung, Rizwan Hamid, BioMed Central
Press Mentions
Faculty Awards Honor Teaching, Clinical, Research ExcellenceMay 24th, 2023- TN-RDAC to Inform TennCARE on Pharmaceutical TreatmentsMay 12th, 2021
- Vanderbilt Expanding Work with Undiagnosed DiseasesApril 16th, 2021
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Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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