Dr. Zahid's education has covered several disciplines, including basic degrees in medicine (MBBS), masters in anatomy and health professions education and a doctorate in anatomy. His teaching philosophy falls into the quote of Solomon Ortiz: “Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.” Dr. Zahid has selected discipline of anatomy because he strongly believes that “Anatomy without clinic is dead, clinic without anatomy is deadly”.

 

The anatomical teaching journey of Dr. Zahid has passed through an academic path that directed him, to his current faculty position at King Saud University College of Medicine in Saudi Arabia. He started his teaching carrier from Baqai Medical University, then he joined Ziauddin University as an instructor in basic health sciences and master candidate. Currently, he is a member of faculty of anatomy and also responsible of departmental exams. Both these positions are result of what he considers or term his “passion for teaching and interacting with students and trust of his colleagues”., especially in gross anatomy dissection laboratories. 

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Dr. Zahid's objective has always been to have sessions with students in the interactive lecture format (case based or problem based) and the laboratory sessions that would be in an interactive atmosphere and allow teaching and learning to be fun. Almost all of Dr. Zahid's original research work and publications are related to the clinical sciences. The initial research was about the study on coronary artery’s anatomy in humans based on a series of angiographies. He studied the coronary artery diameters and its possible correlation with increasing morbidity and mortality in the Asian population. In his PhD level, he investigated the possible toxicity of acute and chronic ingestion of the Neem oil, a histopathological study of structure and function of vital organ. Apart from research in anatomy, research in health professions education is another area of his interest. In 2009, he did a study on the validity of anatomy curriculum being taught at King Saud University.