Khurram Mazhar MD

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Get to know Gastroenterologist Dr. Khurram Mazhar, who serves the military veteran  population of North Texas

Specialty: Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Medical School: Rush Medical College

Hospital Affiliation: Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System (Dallas VA Medical Center) and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Education: Dr. Mazhar graduated with his Medical Degree in 2006 from Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL.

Experience: After obtaining his medical degree, Dr. Mazhar completed his internal medicine residency with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.  Wanting to further his training, he completed his Hepatology and Liver Transplantation Fellowship with Baylor College of Medicine and his Gastroenterology Fellowship with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He is dual certified both in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. To stay up to date in his field he remains a professional member of the American Gastroenterological Association, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Current Position: Dr. Mazhar currently practices with the Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System. He is also an Assistant Professor with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

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