Dr. Kazi graduated from Dow Medical College in Karachi Pakistan in 1987. After completing a transitional internship at Civil Hospital Karachi, he matched for internal medicine residency training at the University of Texas health Science Center at Houston. He went on to serve as chief resident and stayed at the same situation to complete a fellowship of rheumatology. In 1995 he moved to UT Southwestern and initially served as a physician at the Dallas VA Medical Center. There he was appointed the Chief of the Section of Rheumatology and Assistant Chief of Medical Service. From 2007 - 2010 Dr. Kazi joined Texas health Resources as the Chief of Rheumatology but returned to the Dallas VA Medical Center in 2010 as the Chief Health Informatics Officer. In 2012, Dr. Kazi was appointed as the program director of the internal medicine residency training program at UT Southwestern, a position he currently holds. He also serves as the Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Internal Medicine. Dr. Kazi has served as the past chair of the registries and health information technology committee of the American College of rheumatology helping launch and grow the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE), a nationwide registry of rheumatic diseases. Dr. Kazi also serves on the American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology Subspecialty Board.