Ahmed Naiem, MD
HS Clinical Instructor
Surgery
School of Medicine

He then completed an integrated vascular surgery residency at McGill University, Montreal, Canada where he served as the administrative chief resident during his last two years. He was recognized for his academic performance with the 2022 Kent MacKenzie Award for Educational Leadership and Excellence in Surgery, and 2021 McGill University Transition to Clinical Practice (TCP) Surgery Resident Teaching Award. After training, Dr. Naiem worked briefly at the Royal Hospital in his hometown of Muscat, Oman before moving to UCSF to pursue his interest in limb preservation as part of the multidisciplinary team at the UCSF Limb Preservation Center. His scope of practice also includes management of carotid artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysms, thoracic aortic pathologies and vascular trauma. Dr. Naiem has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in leading journals within vascular surgery and presented at multiple national and international meetings. His focus in research is on standardization in diagnosis and risk stratification of patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia in order to better inform patients.

• Comorbid Depression is Associated with Increased Major Adverse Limb Events in Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
  European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery 2022 Abi-Jaoudé JG, Naiem AA, Edwards T, Lukaszewski MA, Obrand DI, Steinmetz OK, Bayne JP, MacKenzie KS, Gill HL, Girsowicz E
• A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the impact of obesity on outcomes of abdominal aortic aneurysm treatment.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2021 Naiem AA, Kim AY, Mahmoud I, Gill HL
• Outcomes of endovascular treatment of patients with intermittent claudication due to femoropopliteal disease.
  Vascular 2021 Naiem AA, Doonan RJ, Steinmetz OK, MacKenzie KS, Girsowicz E, Bayne JP, Obrand DI, Gill HL
• Hybrid Repair of a Thoraco-abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Associated with Loeys-Dietz Syndrome.
  EJVES vascular forum 2021 Naiem AA, Doonan RJ, Steinmetz OK
• Chronic Blunt Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injuries: Report of three cases from Oman.
  Sultan Qaboos University medical journal 2021 Al-Adawi SSH, Naiem A, Abdelhady I, Al-Sukaiti R, Al-Hajeri M, Stephen E, Al-Shamsi S, Al-Wahaibi K
• Evolution of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance genes following artemisinin combination therapy in Sudan.
  Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2019 Bakhiet AMA, Abdelraheem MH, Kheir A, Omer S, Gismelseed L, Abdel-Muhsin AA, Naiem A, Al Hosni A, Al Dhuhli A, Al Rubkhi M, Al-Hamidhi S, Gadalla A, Mukhtar M, Sultan AA, Babiker HA
• Outcomes of Early versus Delayed Endovascular Repair of Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injuries.
  Oman medical journal 2019 Al Shamsi S, Naiem A, Abdelhadi I, Al Manei K, Jose S, Al Sukaiti R, Al Hajeri M, Al Wahaibi K
• Distribution of Trauma Care Facilities in Oman in Relation to High-Incidence Road Traffic Injury Sites: Pilot study.
  Sultan Qaboos University medical journal 2018 Al-Kindi SM, Naiem AA, Taqi KM, Al-Gheiti NM, Al-Toobi IS, Al-Busaidi NQ, Al-Harthy AZ, Taqi AM, Ba-Alawi SA, Al-Qadhi HA
• Missed Gastric Injuries in Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Case report with review of literature.
  Sultan Qaboos University medical journal 2016 Naiem AA, Taqi KM, Al-Kendi BH, Al-Qadhi H
• The Doppelgänger.
  Oman medical journal 2016 Naiem A, Al-Harthy A, Abdelhady I, Al-Sukaiti R, Stephen E, Al-Wahaibi KN
• Use of Prophylactic Inferior Vena Cava Filters in Trauma.
  Sultan Qaboos University medical journal 2016 Naiem AA, Al-Hinai AK, Al-Sukaiti R, Al-Qadhi H