Physician · Scientist · Engineer
Sohail Zahid, MD, PhD
I study obesity and cardiovascular disease using genetics, multiomics, and artificial intelligence.
I am a cardiology fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a postdoctoral research fellow at Johns Hopkins University. My work brings together biomedical engineering and clinical medicine to improve cardiometabolic health through scientific discovery, patient care, and community outreach.
I received my PhD in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and my MD from Harvard Medical School, and completed my internal medicine residency at NYU Langone Health and Bellevue Hospital.

Cardiology Fellow
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Areas of research focus
01
Obesity genetics
Understanding the genetic determinants and environmental impacts of clinical obesity, and developing polygenic approaches to predict risk.
02
Cardiometabolic health
Studying the cardiovascular implications of clinical obesity, implementing definitions beyond BMI, and investigating how bariatric surgery changes lipid health.
03
Computational cardiology
Combining cardiac imaging, machine learning, and electrophysiology to create patient-specific models of atrial fibrillation and inform treatment.
Selected research
Genetic determinants and polygenic prediction of clinical obesity

Bariatric surgery, the HDL proteome and lipidome, and cholesterol efflux

Patient-specific computational models for atrial fibrillation treatment

Experience
2025–Present
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Johns Hopkins University
Labs of Alexis Battle, PhD, and Michael Blaha, MD, MPH
2024–Present
Cardiology Fellow
Johns Hopkins Hospital

2022–2024
Research
NYU Langone Health
Lab of Sean Heffron, MD
2021–2024
Internal Medicine Resident
NYU Langone Health / Bellevue Hospital

2020–2021
Engineering Consultant
SpectraWave Inc.
Acquired by Philips in 2026

2018–2019
Research
Broad Institute
Lab of Sekar Kathiresan, MD

2013–2017
PhD Research
Johns Hopkins University
Lab of Natalia Trayanova, PhD

2012–2013
Founder
Archon Medical Technologies
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