Selected Publications

Humera Ahmed, Jeffrey B Anderson, Katie E Bates, Carole M Lannon, David W Brown: The NEONATE Score Predicts Freedom from Interstage Mortality or Transplant in a Modern Cohort. Cardiology in the Young November 2023.

Newland DM, Pak JL, Ali R, Herzog T, Nemeth TL, Tressel W, Kronmal RA, Knorr LR, Albers EL, Friedland-Little JM, Ahmed H, Kemna MS, Hong BJ, Spencer K, Law YM: Mycophenolic acid therapeutic drug monitoring using area under the curve in pediatric heart transplant recipients. Clinical Transplantation November 2023.

4. O'Connor MJ, Shezad M, Ahmed H, Amdani S, Auerbach SR, Bearl DW, Butto A, Byrnes JW, Conway J, Dykes JC, Glass L, Lantz J, Law S, Mongé MC, Morales DLS, Parent JJ, Peng DM, Ploutz MS, Puri K, Shugh S, Shwaish NS, VanderPluym CJ, Wilkens S, Wright L, Zinn MD, Lorts A. : Mycophenolic acid therapeutic drug monitoring using area under the curve in pediatric heart transplant recipients. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplant November 2023.

Connie Choi, Brian H Murray, Humera Ahmed, Mariska Kemna: Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Heart Transplant Patients. Pediatric Transplantation November 2023.

Thapa I, Lee RY, Vina MF, Zhang BM, Ahmed H, Shin AY, Bambos N, Rosenthal DN, Scheinker D: Examining the feasibility of data-driven decision support for the virtual crossmatch for solid organ transplantation: A single center study. Transplantation Reports September 2023.

Newland DM, Rosete BE, Law YM, Kemna MS, Albers EL, Hong BJ, Ahmed H, Spencer KL, Friedland-Little JM.: Assessment of the adverse effects of sirolimus versus everolimus in pediatric heart transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation. May 2023.

Ahmed H, Files M, Saarela K, Morray B, Shivaram G, Greene C, Choi C, Mauchley DM, McMullan D, Bohuta L, Hong B, Albers E, Kemna M, Rubio A, Law Y, Reed RC, Friedland-Little J, Pacheco M, Hsu E. : Initial Experience with a Decision Tree to Assess the Need for Concurrent Liver Transplantat in Fontan Patients Undergoing Heart Transplant. Podium, 2023 Annual Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant. Denver, CO April 2023.

Newland DM, Pak JL, Ali R, Nemeth TL, Tressel W, Kronmal R, Albers EL, Friedland-Little JM, Ahmed H, Kemna MS, Hong BJ, Spencer KL, Law YM. : Mycophenolic Acid Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Using Area Under the Curve in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. Podium, 2023 Annual Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant. Denver, CO April 2023.

Newland, Spencer KL, Do LD, Palmer MM, Ahmed H, Albers EL, Friedland-Little JM, Hong BJ, Kemna MS, Knorr LR, Mark D, Schauer JS, Law YM. : Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Anemia in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. Poster, 2023 Annual Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant. Denver, CO Apr 2023.

Ahmed H, Lee J, Bernstein D, Rosenthal D, Dykes J, Lee D, Barkoff L, Weinberg K, Hollander SA, Chen S. : Increased risk of infections in pediatric Fontan patients after heart transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 27(1): e14421, Feb 2023.

Newland DM, Law YM, Albers EL, Friedland-Little JM, Ahmed H, Kemna MS, Hong BJ. : Safety of Dapagliflozin in Children with Heart Failure: A Matched Case-Control Analysis. Pediatric Transplantation. 44(1): 146-152, January 2023.

Ahmed H, Anderson JB, Bates KE, Fleishman CE, Natarajan S, Ghanayem NS, Sleeper LA, Lannon CM, Brown DW; : National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative. Development of a validated risk score for interstage death or transplant after stage I palliation for single-ventricle heart disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 160(4): 1021-1030, Oct 2020.

Ahmed H, VanderPluym C. : Medical management of pediatric heart failure. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 11(1): 323-335, Feb 2021.

Cole AR, Raza A, Ahmed H, Polizzotti BD, Padera RF, Andrews N, Kheir JN. : Safety of inhaled hydrogen gas in healthy mice. Med Gas Res. 9(3): 133-138, Jul 2019.

Ahmed H, Tang X, Polizzotti B, Gauvreau K, Kellogg M, DiNardo J, Kheir J. : Use of Oxyhemoglobin Saturation, Rather Than Oxygen Tension, as a Marker of Oxygenation in Cyanotic Patients. JAMA Pediatr. 171(10): 1012-1014, Oct 2017.

Ahmed H, Czosek RJ, Spar DS, Knilans TK, Anderson JB.: Early Repolarization in Normal Adolescents is Common. Pediatr Cardiol. 38(4): 864-872, Apr 2017.

Villa CR, Czosek RJ, Ahmed H, Khoury PR, Anderson JB, Knilans TK, Jefferies JL, Wong B, Spar DS. : Ambulatory Monitoring and Arrhythmic Outcomes in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. J Am Heart Assoc. 5(1): e002620, Dec 2015.

Ahmed H, Anderson JB, Bates KE, Natarajan S, Ghanayem NS, Lannon CM, Brown DW;: National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative. Characteristics of Interstage Death After Discharge from Stage I Palliation. Pediatr Cardiol. 42(6): 1372-1378, Aug 2021.

Ahmed H, Greene C, Friedland-Little J, Mauchley DM, McMullan D, Bohuta L. : Transfusion-Free Fontan Heart Transplants are Achievable: Initial Experience. Poster, 2023 Annual Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant. Denver, CO Apr 2023.

Ahmed H, Dykes J, Chen S, Crisant MRK, Daly KP, Ameduri RK, Knecht K, Richmond ME, Lin KY, Urschel S, Simmonds J, Simpson KE, Khan A, Schumacher K, Almond C.: Post-operative Dialysis in Failing Fontan Patients Undergoing Heart Transplant: How Well Does the Pre-transplant Creatinine Clearance Risk-Stratify Patients? Poster, Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association. Chicago, IL Nov 2022.

Kwiatowski DM, Zafar F, Barnes AP, Ploutz MS, Ahmed H, Law S, Shezad M, Morales DLS, O’Connor MJ.: Impact of Patient Weight on VAD Outcomes in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy - an Analysis of The ACTION Registry. ASAIO 42(11): 1546-1556, May 2023.

Ahmed H, Czosek RJ, Spar DS, Knilans TK, Anderson JB: Early Repolarization in Normal Adolescents is Common. Podium, 2015 Annual Scientific Sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society, Boston MA May 2015.

Ahmed H, Czosek RJ, Spar DS, Knilans TK, Anderson JB: Early Repolarization in Normal Adolescents is Common. Podium, 2015 Annual Pratt Lecture Series at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center March 2015.

Kurt R. Schumacher, MD, MS, Ari Cedars, MD, Kiona Allen, MD, David Goldberg, MD, Adrianna Batazzi, MS, Garrett Reichle, MS, Frank DiPaola, MD, David Selewski, MD, Melissa Cousino, PhD, David N. Rosenthal, MD, on behalf of the Fontan Circulatory Failure Study Investigators (all meet ICMJE criteria for authorship:Sharon Chen, MD, Kathleen E. Simpson. MD, Shriprasad R. Deshpande. MBBS, MS, Chad Mao, MD, Elizabeth Blume, MD, Adam Lubert, MD, Matthew J. O'Connor, MD, Mario Bano, MD, UT, Steven Kindel, MD, Humera Ahmed, MD, Lydia K. Wright, Anna Joong, Michelle Ploutz, Justin Godown, Brian Feingold, MD, Marc E. Richmond, MD, Heather Henderson, MD, Marion Ybarra, MD, Shahnawaz Amdani, MD, Jennifer Conway, MD, MSc, : Achieving Consensus: Severity-Graded Definitions of Fontan-Associated Complications to Characterize Fontan Circulatory Failure. Journal of Cardiac Failure March 2024.