Nuzhat A. Ahmad, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Associate Director, Endoscopy, HUP
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3 Ravdin
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3 Ravdin
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-615-4951
Fax: 215-349-5915
Fax: 215-349-5915
Email:
nuzhat.ahmad@uphs.upenn.edu
nuzhat.ahmad@uphs.upenn.edu
Publications
Education
HSC
St. Joseph College, Karachi, 1983.
MBBS
DOW Medical College, Karachi, 1990.
HSC
St. Joseph College, Karachi, 1983.
MBBS
DOW Medical College, Karachi, 1990.
Post-Graduate Training
GIM Fellow, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1996-1997.
Resident in Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1994-1996.
Intern in Medicine, Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan , 1990-1991.
Gastroenterology Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1997-2000.
Advanced Endoscopy Fellow , University of Pennsylvania, 2000-2001.
Resident in Medicine, Institute of Urology & Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan , 1991-1992.
Intern in Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1993-1994.
Chief Resident, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1996-1997.
Permanent linkGIM Fellow, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1996-1997.
Resident in Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1994-1996.
Intern in Medicine, Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan , 1990-1991.
Gastroenterology Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1997-2000.
Advanced Endoscopy Fellow , University of Pennsylvania, 2000-2001.
Resident in Medicine, Institute of Urology & Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan , 1991-1992.
Intern in Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1993-1994.
Chief Resident, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1996-1997.
Selected Publications
Ahmad NA, Iqbal N, Joyce A.: Clinical impact of capsule endoscopy on management of gastrointestinal disorders. Clinical Gastro Hepatology 6(4): 433-437, April 2008.Ahmad NA, Joyce AM: Clinical impact of capsule endoscopy on management of gastrointestinal disorders. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 65(5): W1406, 2007.
Wang A, Ahmad NA, Zaidman J, Kochman ML, Ginsberg GG: Endoluminal resection for sessile neoplasms in the gastrointestinal tract is associated with a low recurrence rate and a high five-year survival rate. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 65(5): W1259, 2007.
Young SO, Kochman ML, Ahmad NA, Ginsberg GG: Clinical outcomes after Polyflex stent placement for refractory benign esophageal stricture. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 65(5): S1278, 2007.
Joyce AM, Ahmad NA, Beilstein MC: Multicenter comparative trial of the V-scope System for therapeutic ERCP. Endoscopy 38(7): 713-6, July 2006.
Wang AY, Ahmad NA: Rectal Carcinoids Current Current Opinions in Gastroenterology 22(5): 529-35, 2006.
Brugge WA, Ahmad NA: Endoscopic management of cystic lesions of the pancreas Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 7(4), October 2005.
Ahmad NA. Kochman ML. Ginsberg GG. : Practice patterns and attitudes toward the role of endoscopic ultrasound in staging of gastrointestinal malignancies: a survey of physicians and surgeons. American Journal of Gastroenterology 100(12): 2662-2668, 2005.
Shah JN, Ahmad NA, Shetty K, Kochman ML, Long WB, Brensinger CM, Olthoff K, Shaked A, Reddy KR, Ginsberg GG.: Biliary complications after adult living doner liver transplantation: types, endoscopic management, and comparison to cadaveric transplantation. American Journal of Gastroenterology 7(99): 1291, 2004.
