Dr. Khalique Zahir

Plastic Surgeon, Virginia

Khalique Zahir, MD is a native of West Virginia. He completed his General Surgery training at St. Mary’s Hospital affiliated with Yale University. He gained additional training in Cosmetic, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Zahir was profiled in a section of Wake Forest Alumni Magazine called “Portraits of Pro Humanitate” (a Latin phrase meaning “for humanity”) because he exemplifies kindness, service, and in the broadest definition, human flourishing.

Dr. Zahir began his work with the group more than a decade ago and has traveled to Somalia, Sudan, Nepal, Ghana, and Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh (among other places). He takes three to four medical mission trips per year, offering burn reconstruction and surgical procedures such as repairing cleft lips and cleft palates.