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Email

fbacha@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Pediatrics
Children's Nutrition Research Center
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Professor

Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

TCH-Clinical Care Center (Clinic)

6701 Fannin St.
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3760

Childrens Nutrition Research Ct (Office)

Room: CNRC-7072
Houston, TX, 77030
United States

TCH-Clinical Care Center (Hospital)

6701 Fannin St.
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3760

Education

Fellowship at Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh

06/2003 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Residency at State University Of New York Upstate Medical University

06/2000 - Syracuse, New York, United States

MD from American University Of Beirut School Of Medicine

06/1995 - Beirut, Lebanon

B.S. from American University Of Beirut

01/1991 - Beirut, Lebanon

Certifications

Pediatric Endocrinology

American Board of Pediatrics

Websites

Selected Publications

• Nadeau K, Arslanian S, Bacha F, Caprio S, Chao L, Farrell R, Hughan K, Rayas M, Tung M, El ghormli L. " " Diabetologia. 2025 Mar ; 68 (3) : 676-687.
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• Puyau M, Shypailo R, Butte N, Musaad S, Bacha F. " " AJCN. 2025 Feb ; 121 (2) : 284-292.
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• Ishita Jindal; Maurice Puyau; Anne Adolph; Nancy Butte; Salma Musaad; Fida Bacha. " " Pediatr Obes. 2021 Jun 16; 16 (6) : e12751.
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• Fida Bacha; Sara Klinepeter Bartz; Maurice Puyau; Anee Adolph; Susan Sharma. " " JCI Insight. 2021 Feb 22; 6 (4) : e146000.
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• Kim JY, Tfayli H, Bacha F, Lee S, Michaliszyn SF, Yousuf S, Gebara N, Arslanian S. " " Pediatr Diabetes. 2020 Nov 14; 21 (1) : 18-27.
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• Tryggestad JB, Shah RD, Braffett BH, Bacha F, Gidding SS, Gubitosi-Klug RA, Shah AS, Urbina EM, Levitt Katz LE. " " Pediatr Diabetes. 2020 Sep 1; 21 (6) : 923-931.
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• Joon Young Kim; Hala Tfayli; Fida Bacha; SoJung Lee; Nour Gebara; Silva Arslanian. " " Metabolism. 2020 Aug 22; 112
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• Redondo MJ, Bacha F. " " J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Aug 1; 105 (8) : e3000-e3002.
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• hah VN, Bailey R, Wu M, Foster NC, Pop-Busui R, Katz M, Crandall J, Bacha F, Nadeau K, Libman I, Hiers P, Mizokami-Stout K, DiMeglio LA, Sherr J, Pratley R, Agarwal S, Snell-Bergeon J, Cengiz E, Polsky S, Mehta SN. " " J Clin Endocrinol Metab .. 2020 May 1; 105 (5) : e2032-2038.
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• Shah AS, El Ghormli L, Vajravelu ME, Bacha F, Farrell RM, Gidding SS, Levitt Katz LE, Tryggestad JB, White NH, Urbina EM. " " Diabetes Care. 2019 Nov ; 42 (11) : 2143-2150.
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• Bacha F, El Ghormli L, Arslanian S, Zeitler P, Laffel LM, Levitt Katz LE, Gandica R, Chang NT, Sprague JE, Macleish SA. " " Pediatr Diabetes. 2019 Nov ; 20 (7) : 871-879.
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• Bacha F, Bartz SK, Tomsa A, Sharma S. " " J Pediatr. 2019 Sep 1; 212 : 28-34.
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• Bacha F. " " Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019 Jul 22; 3 (9) : 595-597.
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• Kim JY, Bacha F, Tfayli H, Michaliszyn SF, Yousuf S, Arslanian S. " " Diabetes Care. 2019 Feb 1; 42 (2) : 265-272.
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• Arslanian S, El Ghormli L, Young Kim J, Bacha F, Chan C, Ismail HM, Levitt Katz LE, Levitsky L, Tryggestad JB, White NH; TODAY Study Group. " " Diabetes Care. 2019 Jan 1; 42 (1) : 164-172.
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• Tamborlane WV, Chang P, Kollman C, Klingensmith GJ, Ruedy K, Gal RL, Van Name M, Bacha F, Willi S, Beck RW. " " Pediatric Diabetes Consortium. 2018 Dec 1; 19 (8) : 1379-1384.
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• Arslanian S, Bacha F, Grey M, Marcus MD, White NH, Zeitler P. " " Diabetes Care. 2017 Dec 1; 41 (12) : 2648-2668.
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• Sjaarda L, Lee S, Tfayli H, Bacha F, Bertolet M, Arslanian S. " " Diabetes Care. 2013 Jun ; 36 (6) : 1607-12.
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• Bacha F, Gungor N, Lee S, de Las Heras J, Arslanian S. " " J. Pediatr.. 2013 May ; 162 (5) : 924-9.
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• Bacha F, Gungor N, Lee S, Arslanian SA. " " Pediatr Diabetes. 2013 Mar ; 14 (2) : 106-11.
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• Sjaarda LA, Michaliszyn SF, Lee S, Tfayli H, Bacha F, Farchoukh L, Arslanian SA. " " Diabetes Care. 2012 Dec ; 35 (12) : 2559-63.
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• Michaliszyn SF, Sjaarda LA, Mihalik SJ, Lee S, Bacha F, Chace DH, De Jesus VR, Vockley J, Arslanian SA. " " J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.. 2012 Nov ; 97 (11) : E2119-24.
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• Lee S, Bacha F, Hannon T, Kuk JL, Boesch C, Arslanian S. " " Diabetes. 2012 Nov ; 61 (11) : 2787-95.
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• Bacha F, Pyle L, Nadeau K, Cuttler L, Goland R, Haymond M, Levitsky L, Lynch J, Weinstock RS, White NH, Caprio S, Arslanian S. " " Pediatr Diabetes. 2012 Aug ; 13 (5) : 376-83.
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• Sjaarda LG, Bacha F, Lee S, Tfayli H, Andreatta E, Arslanian S. " " J. Pediatr.. 2012 Jul ; 161 (1) : 51-7.
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• Bacha F, Gungor N, Lee S, Arslanian SA. " " Pediatr Diabetes. 2012 May ; 13 (3) : 259-65.
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• Mihalik SJ, Michaliszyn SF, de Las Heras J, Bacha F, Lee S, Chace DH, Dejesus VR, Vockley J, Arslanian SA. " " Diabetes Care. 2012 Mar ; 35 (3) : 605-11.
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• De Las Heras J, Lee S, Bacha F, Tfayli H, Arslanian S. " " Horm Res Paediatr. 2011 ; 76 (6) : 379-85.
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• Tfayli H, Jung Lee S, Bacha F, Arslanian S. " " Pediatr Diabetes. 2011 Sep ; 12 (6) : 572-9.
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• Burns SF, Bacha F, Lee SJ, Tfayli H, Gungor N, Arslanian SA. " " Diabetes Care. 2011 Sep ; 34 (9) : 2033-40.
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• George L, Bacha F, Lee S, Tfayli H, Andreatta E, Arslanian S. " " J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.. 2011 Jul ; 96 (7) : 2136-45.
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• Libman IM, Barinas-Mitchell E, Marcovina S, Bacha F, Hannon T, Tfayli H, Lee SJ, Bansal S, Robertson R, Arslanian S. " " Pediatr Diabetes. 2011 May ; 12 (3) : 207-11.
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• Bacha F, Lee S, Gungor N, Arslanian SA. " " Diabetes Care. 2010 Oct ; 33 (10) : 2225-31.
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• Tfayli H, Bacha F, Gungor N, Arslanian S. " " Diabetes Care. 2010 Mar ; 33 (3) : 632-8.
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• Tfayli H, Bacha F, Gungor N, Arslanian S. " " Diabetes. 2009 Mar ; 58 (3) : 738-44.
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• Bacha F, Gungor N, Lee S, Arslanian SA. " " Diabetes Care. 2009 Jan ; 32 (1) : 100-5.
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• Hannon TS, Bacha F, Lin Y, Arslanian SA. " " Diabetes Care. 2008 Jul ; 31 (7) : 1445-7.
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• Bacha F, Gungor N, Arslanian SA. " " J. Pediatr.. 2008 May ; 152 (5) : 618-21.
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• Lee S, Bacha F, Gungor N, Arslanian S. " " J. Pediatr.. 2008 Feb ; 152 (2) : 177-84.
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• Lee S, Gungor N, Bacha F, Arslanian S. " " Diabetes Care. 2007 Aug ; 30 (8) : 2091-7.
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• Lee S, Bacha F, Arslanian SA. " " J. Pediatr.. 2006 Dec ; 149 (6) : 809-16.
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• Hannon TS, Bacha F, Lee SJ, Janosky J, Arslanian SA. " " Pediatr Diabetes. 2006 Oct ; 7 (5) : 260-6.
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• Lee S, Bacha F, Gungor N, Arslanian SA. " " Obesity (Silver Spring). 2006 Sep ; 14 (9) : 1579-85.
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• Bacha F, Arslanian SA. " " J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.. 2006 Aug ; 91 (8) : 3117-22.
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• Bacha F, Saad R, Gungor N, Arslanian SA. " " Diabetes Care. 2006 Jul ; 29 (7) : 1599-604.
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• Lee S, Bacha F, Gungor N, Arslanian SA. " " J. Pediatr.. 2006 Feb ; 148 (2) : 188-94.
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• Lee S, Bacha F, Gungor N, Arslanian SA. " " Diabetes Care. 2006 Jan ; 29 (1) : 51-6.
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• Gungor N, Hannon T, Libman I, Bacha F, Arslanian S. " " Pediatr. Clin. North Am.. 2005 Dec ; 52 (6) : 1579-609.
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• Bacha F, Saad R, Gungor N, Arslanian SA. " " Pediatr Diabetes. 2005 Jun ; 6 (2) : 100-2.
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• Bacha F, Arslanian SA. " " J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.. 2005 May ; 90 (5) : 2725-30.
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• Gungor N, Bacha F, Saad R, Janosky J, Arslanian S. " " Diabetes Care. 2005 Mar ; 28 (3) : 638-44.
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• Arslanian SA, Bacha F, Saad R, Gungor N. " " Diabetes Care. 2005 Jan ; 28 (1) : 115-9.
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• Bacha F, Saad R, Gungor N, Arslanian SA. " " Diabetes Care. 2004 Feb ; 27 (2) : 547-52.
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• Bacha F, Saad R, Gungor N, Janosky J, Arslanian SA. " " J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.. 2003 Jun ; 88 (6) : 2534-40.
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• Bacha F, Hoo JJ. " " Am. J. Med. Genet.. 2001 Jun 1; 101 (1) : 70-3.
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• Bacha F, Domachowske JB. " " Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2001 Mar ; 40 (3) : 159-61.
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• Amis T, Di Somma E, Bacha F, Wheatley J. " " Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2000 Feb ; 32 (2) : 284-90.
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Projects

Determinants of Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis and Endothelial Dysfunction in Youth.

USDA/ARS- Thrasher Research Fund

Determinants of Endothelial Dysfunction in Obese Youth with and without Type 2 diabetes

USDA/ARS

This project evaluated the effects of obesity and type 2 diabetes on vascular health and its determinants in youth.

Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth (TODAY)

NIh-NIDDK

T1D Exchange - A Randomized Trial of Metformin as Adjunct Therapy for Overweight

Pediatric Diabetes Consortium for Type 2 Diabetes

Ectopic Hepatic Fat in Hispanic Youth: Risk for Endothelial Dysfunction

Preeclampsia and Fetal Origins of Childhood Insulin Resistance and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.

Bone Health in Obese Youth with and without Type 2 diabetes

USDA/ARS (10/2019 - 09/2024)

Investigate the effect of adiposity, adipokine dysregulation (the balance of circulating anti-inflammatory vs. proinflammatory factors) and vitamin D concentrations on bone microarchitecture (cortical porosity, trabecular thickness), bone biomarkers and endothelial function in youth with and without abnormalities in glucose metabolism.

Type 2 Diabetes and Bone Health in Youth

NIH-NICHD

Understanding and Targeting the Pathophysiology of Youth-onset Type 2 Diabetes

NIH-NIDDK

Memberships

Pediatric Endocrine Society

American Diabetes Association

The Endocrine Society

Society for Pediatric Research

(11/2006)

Androgen Excess-PCOS Society

American Heart Association

American Academy of Pediatrics

Fellow (01/2014)

American Pediatric Society

(01/2018)

Funding

DISCOVERY of Risk facotrs of Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes

Grant funding from NIDDK