Shahla Nader-Eftekhari , M.D.
Professor
(713) 500-6387 | MSB 3.604
Shahla.Nader-Eftekhari@uth.tmc.edu

EDUCATION:
University of Leeds, England, B.S - Physiology - Honors, 1967
University of Leeds, England, M.B., Ch.B. (M.D.) Honors, 1970
Internship and Residency: Chapel Allerton and St. James' Hospitals, Leeds, England; the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London, 1970-1973
Fellowship: Endocrine Fellow, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London. July 1973 - September 1975
Fellowship: Endocrine Fellow Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, November 1981 - October 1982
PUBLICATIONS:
Abstracts (selected):
Chandrasekhara DS, Ali V, Prost HM, Nader S: Buccal estrogen in toothpaste study. ASRM, October 2002.
Hampton S, Promecene PA, Mastrobattista JM, Nader S: Characteristics of menstrual irregularities in female athletes. ACOG San Francisco, CA. May 2005.
Original Articles in Refereed Journals (selected):
Johnson SM, Karvonen CA, Phelps CL, Nader S, Sanborn BM: Assessment of analysis by gender in the Cochran Reviews as related to treatment of cardiovascular disease. J Women’s Health 12:449-457, 2003.
Nader S, Diamanti-Kandarakis E. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, OCP and Metabolic Issues. New Perspective and a Unifying Hypothesis. Human Reproduction 22:317-322, 2007.
Nader S: Adrenarche and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Tale of Two hypotheses. J Pedi Adolesc Gynecol 20(6):353-60, 2007.
Presentations (selected):
Invited Talk: Osteoporosis – Spring Branch Medical Center, February 18, 2005.
Invited Talk: TMC Women’s Health Network. Seminar on Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women. Nov. 2005.
Invited Speaker: International Congress on PCOS. Talk on PCOS and OCP Athens Greece March 2006
Invited Speaker: Women’s Health Workshop. Annual Meeting American Association Clinical Endocrinologists April 2006.
Endocrine Grand Rounds: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and OCP Houston, TX May 2006.
Family Practice Grand Rounds: PCOS January 2007
Texas Assoc OB/GYN: Osteoporosis April 2007
Baylor College of Med: Thyroid disease in Pregnancy April 2007
Grand Rounds at Women’s Hospital, Houston Texas. Polycystic ovary syndrome and oral contraceptives. August 2007
Endocrine Society annual meeting: Meet the Professor session on Amenorrhea at San Francisco, June 2008
Family Practice Grand Rounds : Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, November 2008
Invited Articles in Journals (selected):
Nader S: Oral contraceptives, PCOS and Metabolic Issues: Commentary for Atherosclerosis website and Metabolic Syndrome website April 2007
Nader S. Ovulation Induction in PCOS. Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinol Metab 3:438-439, 2007
Nader S. Treatment for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Critical Appraisal of Treatment Options. Expert Review Endocrinol Metab 3(3):349-359, 2008
Invited Chapters (selected):
Nader S: Thyroid disease and other endocrine disorders in pregnancy: in Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America 31:257-285, 2004.
Kashyap S, Nader S: Thyroid dysfunction: In Management of the Perimenopause, Ed J Liu (2006).
Nader S. Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy in Maternal Fetal medicine: Principles and Practice (6 th ed) RK Creasy, R Resnick, Iams J 2008
Nader S. Other Endocrine Disorders and Pregnancy in Maternal Fetal medicine: Principles and Practice (6 th ed) RK Creasy, R Resnick, Iams J 2008
Certification:
Member of Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom October 1972 (equivalent to American Board of Internal Medicine).
Fellow of American College of Endocrinology, May 1996.
International Society for Clinical Densitometry Certified Clinical Densitometrist, April 2002.
Clinical & Research Interests:

