Humera Ahmed, MD

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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

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Seattle Children's Hospital
4800 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Education:
BA (English Literature with a minor in Faith, Peace, and Justice)
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 2007.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, 2013.
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Selected Publications

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. Anticipated oral presentation at the 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. Anticipated poster presentation at the 2023 Annual Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant. Denver, CO Apr 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. Anticipated oral presentation at the 2023 Annual Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant. Denver, CO Apr 2023.

Ahmed H, Greene C, Friedland-Little J, Mauchley DM, McMullan D, Bohuta L. : Transfusion-Free Fontan Heart Transplants are Achievable: Initial Experience. Anticipated poster presentation at the 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.

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 Page: Accepted, 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. Page: Accepted, 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, 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.

Frandsen E, Gimferrer I, Rudzinski ER, Ahmed H, Albers EA, Friedland-Little JM, Hong BJ, Kemna MS, Newland DM, Law YM.: Antibody Mediated Rejection in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. Poster, Annual Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant. Boston, MA Apr 2022.

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