Nuzhat A. Ahmad, MD

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Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Director, Endoscopy, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Endoscopy Continuous Quality Improvement, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Medical Residency Director for Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Co-Director, Penn Medicine Pancreatic Cyst Program
Co-Director, Quality Improvement and Delivery Sciences (QUIDS) Program
Vice Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
745 Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
South Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-615-4678
Fax: 215-349-5915
Email: nuzhat.ahmad@uphs.upenn.edu
Publications

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Education:
HSC
St. Joseph College, Karachi, 1983.
 MBBS
Dow Medical College, Karachi, 1990.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Disease of the pancreas
Disease of the biliary system
Endoscopic ultrasound
ERCP

Selected Publications

Stephen K, Spencer G, Makar GA, Ahmad NA, Jaffe DL, Ginsberg GG, Kuchenbecker KJ, Kochman ML: Lack of Discriminatory Function for Endoscopy Skills on a Computer-based Simulator. Surgical Endoscopy 24(12): 3008-15, Dec 2010.

 Oh D, Kochman ML, Ahmad NA, Ginsberg GG: Clinical outcomes after self-expanding plastic stent placement for refractory benign esophageal strictures. Digestive Diseases and Sciences 55(5): 1344-1348, May 2010.

 Ahmad NA: Print and Media Review: Endoscopic Ultrasonography. Gastroenterology 138(5): 2020-21, May 2010.

 Kim S, Kedia PS, Jaffe DL, Ahmad NA: Impact of Capsule Endoscopy Findings on Patient Outcomes Digestive Diseases and Sciences 54(11): 2441-48, Nov 2009.

 Khalid A, Zahid M, Finkelstein SD, LeBlanc JK, Kaushik N, Ahmad NA, Brugge WR, Edmundowicz SA, Hawes RH, McGrath KM: Pancreatic cyst fluid DNA analysis in evaluating pancreatic cysts: a report of the PANDA study. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 69(6): 1095-102, May 2009.

 Lee CJ, Scheiman J, Anderson MA, Hines OJ, Reber HA, Farrell J, Kochman ML, Foley PJ, Drebin J, Oh YS, Ginsberg GG, Ahmad NA, Merchant NB, Isbell J, Parikh AA, Stokes JB, Bauer T, Adams RB, Simeone DM: Risk of malignancy in resected cystic tumors of the pancreas < or =3 cm in size: is it safe to observe asymptomatic patients? A multi-institutional report. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 12(2): 234-42, Feb 2008.

 Wang AY, Ahmad NA, Zaidman JS, Brensinger CM, Lewis JD, Long WB, Kochman ML, Ginsberg GG: Endoluminal resection for sessile neoplasia in the GI tract is associated with a low recurrence rate and a high 5-year survival rate. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 68(1): 160-9, Jul 2008.

 Ahmad NA, Iqbal N, Joyce A: Clinical impact of capsule endoscopy on management of gastrointestinal disorders. Clinical Gastro Hepatology 6(4): 433-37, Apr 2008.

 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-W1259, Jul 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, Feb 2007.
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