Cynthia Abou-Zeid, MD

Dr. Cynthia Abou Zeid is a pediatrician at Kelsey Seybold. She earned her Doctor of Medicine from Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2017. Dr. Abou Zeid completed her post-doctoral research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in 2019 in Bethesda, Md., where she participated in transitional and clinical research projects investigating gene therapy. In 2022, she completed her residency in pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. She joined Kelsey Seybold in August of 2022.

Dr. Abou Zeid is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Dr. Abou Zeid enjoys playing tennis, salsa dancing, and traveling.

Awards

• 2022: Texas Children’s Hospital: Distinguished Resident Educator Award, Houston, TX
• 2021: Texas Pediatric Society: Honorable mention for E-Poster in the single or multiple case presentation category
• 2020: Texas Children’s Hospital: Jan Goddard Finegold Award for most outstanding resident in developmental pediatrics, Houston, TX
• 2019: Texas Children’s Hospital: Intern of the month – pediatric hospital medicine, Houston, TX
• 2019: 11th International Copper Meeting: The Royal Society of Chemistry travel award for best oral presentation, Sorrento, Italy

Publications and Presentations

• Sayad E, Abou Zeid C, ElHAjjar R, Cabrera R, Malek A. The Burden of Arcanobacterium haemolyticum Pharyngitis: A Systematic Review and Management Algorithm. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 2021, 110759, ISSN 0165-5876, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.110759.
• Abou Zeid C, Shelburne JT. Acute left sided weakness in a febrile infant following an influenza infection – accepted, Pediatrics in Review.
• Abou Zeid C, Fluid, electrolyte, and nutrition management in the intensive care unit. In: Texas Children’s Hospital Resident’s Guide 2nd edition, 2021.
• Aoun J, Dgayli K, Abou Zeid C, Wong G, Lacamera P. Pulmonary edema during the Boston Marathon. Respir Med Case Rep. 2019 Apr 15; 27:100845. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100845.
• Abou Zeid C, Yi L, Kaler SG. Menkes disease and other disorders related to ATP7A. In: Roberts E, Kerkar N, eds. Clinical and translational perspectives on Wilson disease. Philadelphia, PA: Academic Press Elsevier; 2018.
• Abou Zeid C, Kaler SG. Normal copper metabolism. In: Weiss KH, Schilsky M, eds. Wilson disease: Pathogenesis, molecular mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Academic Press Elsevier; 2019.
• Abou Zeid C, Abou Zeid M, Loutfi G, Yaacoub A, Noun P. Neonatal Spleen Rupture, Shock, and Factor VII Deficiency. J Pediatr Neonatal Care. 2017; 6(6):00263. doi: 10.15406/jpnc.2017.06.00263.
• Abou Zeid C, Masciale M. Growing, growing pains. Clinical conundrum PHM21, August 2021.
• Abou Zeid C, Sayad E, ElHAjjar R, Cabrera R, Malek A. The Burden of Arcanobacterium haemolyticum Pharyngitis: A Systematic Review and Management Algorithm. Texas Children’s Hospital Resident Scholarship Day; June 4, 2021, Houston, TX.
• Abou Zeid C, Shelburne JT. Acute left sided weakness in a febrile infant following an influenza infection. Texas Children’s Hospital Resident Scholarship Day; June 4, 2021, Houston, TX.
• Stevens K, Price J, Marko J, Abou Zeid C, Kaler SG. Internal jugular vein phlebectesia: frequency in Menkes disease and literature review of 85 pediatric cases. Poster presented at: 11th International Copper Meeting; September 23- 28, 2018; Sorrento, Italy.
• Kaler SG, Parad RB, Yi L, Abou Zeid C, Bhattacharjee A. Targeted Next Generation DNA Sequencing for newborn screening of Menkes disease. Oral presentation at: 11th International Copper Meeting; September 23- 28, 2018; Sorrento, Italy.
• Abou Zeid C, Choi EY, Haddad MR, Yi L, Kaler SG. Optimization of viral gene therapy for Menkes disease, a copper metabolism disorder. Poster presented at: 14th Annual National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development Fellows Meeting; April 20, 2018; Washington, DC.
• Abou Zeid C, Bou Khalil R, Layoun N, Aoun J, Aoun Bacha Z. Motivation for smoking cessation in the Lebanese oncology population: Lung versus bladder cancer. Poster presented at: 11e Congrès National de la Société Francophone de Tabacologie; November 29-30, 2017; Montpellier, France.
• Abou Zeid C, Abou Zeid M, Loutfi G, Yaacoub A, Noun P. Neonatal spleen rupture, shock, and factor VII deficiency. Poster presented at: American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition; September 16-19, 2017; Chicago, IL.