Dr. Zaidi Awarded Rice University’s Builders Awards
(From left to right) Association of Rice Alumni President Bryan Guido Hassin and Dr. Hasim Zaidi
Congratulations are in order to Dr. Hashim Zaidi, MD. Dr. Zaidi was recently the recipient of Rice University’s Builders Award.
Established by the Association of Rice Alumni in 2005, the Builders Award honors young alumni who have made outstanding contributions to Rice University since graduation. Past winners include notable regional alumni leaders, Annual Fund volunteers, affinity group trailblazers, and other young alumni who are committed to supporting Rice and its community of students and alumni through their dedication of time, talent, and energy.
A graduate of Rice University’s class of 2011, Dr. Zaidi was actively involved with Rice University Emergency Medical Services (REMS) since his freshman year. After earning his advanced EMT certification, he was selected to serve as an “in-charge” supervising EMS patient care, an honor and responsibility given to only a handful of students each year. As the REMS captain his senior year, he helped grow the organization by 15 percent and secured a $300,000 grant for a 10-year education fund.
Dr. Zaidi remained actively involved with Rice while attending medical school at Baylor College of Medicine. As an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine and EMS at UT Health Houston, Hashim is minutes away from Rice’s campus as he continues to teach CME classes, review cases with “in-charges”, and provide feedback on how to improve patient care. In August 2021, he took on the additional role of associate medical director for REMS, developing protocols and providing ongoing medical oversight for the EMS team.