Waseem Ahmad, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Waseem Ahmad is a gastroenterologist who cares for patients with a broad range of digestive conditions and symptoms, such as heartburn, abdominal pain, changes in bowel habits and gastrointestinal bleeding. He provides colon cancer screening and works with patients on prevention.

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He also performs diagnostic procedures, including colonoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), a test that uses an endoscope (a long, flexible tube with a tiny camera) to examine the upper digestive tract.

Ahmad earned his medical degree at Rush Medical College. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of California, San Diego, where he also served as chief fellow.

Education & Training

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• Gastroenterology University of California 2022
• Internal Medicine University of California 2019
• MD Rush Medical College 2016
• BS Chemistry University of Illinois 2012

Websites

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• Clinical Profile (ucsfhealth.org)

Publications (6)

Top publication keywords:
Esophageal PerforationMediastinal DiseasesIntestinal Diseases, ParasiticMyocardiumBacterial InfectionsInflammatory Bowel DiseasesStentsFecesVirus DiseasesGastroenteritisPancreatic PseudocystPancreasDrainageNucleic AcidsEnterocolitis, Pseudomembranous

• Protocol of early lumen apposing metal stent removal for pseudocysts and walled off necrosis avoids bleeding complications.
  Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology 2020 Ahmad W, Fehmi SA, Savides TJ, Anand G, Chang MA, Kwong WT
• Comparison of Multiplex Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel and Conventional Stool Testing for Evaluation of Diarrhea in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2018 Ahmad W, Nguyen NH, Boland BS, Dulai PS, Pride DT, Bouland D, Sandborn WJ, Singh S
• Boerhaave's Syndrome: A Window to the Heart.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2017 Ahmad W, Kwong WT
• Percutaneous endoscopy to diagnose malignancy in gastric outlet obstruction of excluded stomach after gastric bypass.
  Annals of gastroenterology 2017 Ahmad W, Rubin J, Kwong W
• Procalcitonin is a strong predictor of urine culture results in patients with obstructing ureteral stones: A prospective, pilot study.
  Urology annals 2016 Papagiannopoulos D, Whelan P, Ahmad W, Rybak J, Hota B, Deane L, Nehra A
• NFAT and CREB regulate Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-induced cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2).
  Journal of virology 2010 Sharma-Walia N, George Paul A, Patel K, Chandran K, Ahmad W, Chandran B