Overview
Dr. Muhammad Haris Nazim is a board-certified general surgeon with additional certification in trauma surgery and surgical critical care. With more than 20 years of experience, Dr. Nazim has built a career grounded in high-acuity clinical care, leadership in academic surgery, and a commitment to improving access to life-saving surgical services in both urban and rural populations. He currently serves as the Dr. William and Sue Hale Distinguished Professor and Regional Chair of the Department of Surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) in Amarillo, Texas. In addition to this academic leadership role, he also serves as the Trauma Medical Director at BSA Hospital and is affiliated with Northwest Texas Hospital, where he leads teams providing critical care, trauma resuscitation, and emergency surgery.
Dr. Nazim’s areas of clinical interest span a broad spectrum of urgent and emergent surgical conditions, including abdominal trauma, thoracic injury, hemorrhagic shock, and complex soft tissue infections. He is highly experienced in procedures such as exploratory laparotomy, bowel resections, chest tube insertion, tracheostomy, emergency hernia repairs, and wound debridement. He also has a focused interest in complex wound management, serving as a Certified Wound Specialist Physician (CWSP), and has treated patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections, chronic non-healing wounds, and pressure ulcers requiring surgical intervention.
Dr. Nazim is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Diverticular Disease. His top areas of expertise are Ogilvie Syndrome, Cholecystitis, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Hernia Surgery, and Gastrostomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 18 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- HMO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- PPO
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
- OTHER MANAGED MEDICAID
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- HMO
- POS
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
1400 S Coulter St, Amarillo, TX 79106
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- CellulitisDr. Nazim isAdvanced. Learn about Cellulitis.
- CholecystitisDr. Nazim isAdvanced. Learn about Cholecystitis.
- Chronic Subdural HematomaDr. Nazim isAdvanced. Learn about Chronic Subdural Hematoma.
- Gallbladder DiseaseDr. Nazim isAdvanced. Learn about Gallbladder Disease.
- Hernia SurgeryDr. Nazim isAdvanced. Learn about Hernia Surgery.
- Ogilvie SyndromeDr. Nazim isAdvanced. Learn about Ogilvie Syndrome.
- Experienced
- Acute PancreatitisDr. Nazim isExperienced. Learn about Acute Pancreatitis.
- ColostomyDr. Nazim isExperienced. Learn about Colostomy.
- Diverticular DiseaseDr. Nazim isExperienced. Learn about Diverticular Disease.
- EndoscopyDr. Nazim isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Femoral HerniaDr. Nazim isExperienced. Learn about Femoral Hernia.
- Gallbladder RemovalDr. Nazim isExperienced. Learn about Gallbladder Removal.