Dr. Furqaan Ahmed

Faculty
Aga Khan University
128C KDA Scheme #1
Pakistan
75350

Brief Biography:

Dr. Furqaan Ahmed is a graduate of the Aga Khan University Medical School in Karachi, Pakistan. Following this, he went to the United States where he completed residency training in Internal Medicine and then pursued a clinical hepatology fellowship, with particular emphasis on the treatment on the treatment of chronic hepatitis c infection, at the Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, a joint program at the Weill Medical Center of Cornell University and the famed Rockefeller University. He completed his gastroenterology fellowship training at New York Hospital and the Weill Medical Center of Cornell University. He then completed a one-year endoscopic ultrasound training at the University of California, Davis followed by a one-year advanced endoscopy fellowship in ERCP at the Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. The ERCP program at Indiana University is the largest in North America and is one of the largest pancreatobiliary centers in the world. Dr. Furqaan’s expertise covers all areas of gastroenterology and hepatology, including viral hepatitis, and both routine and advanced endoscopic techniques (including ERCP). Dr. Furqaan Ahmed is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and has subspecialty board certification in Gastroenterology.

Academic positions:

Current Professional Appointments:
2008-Present: Consultant Gastroenterologist South City Hospital
2008-Present: Part-time Faculty Aga Khan University
Previous Professional Appointments in the United states:
2007-2008: Visiting Assistant Professor Indiana University Medical Center Indianapolis, Indiana
2006-2007: Staff  Physician University of California Davis School of Medicine Sacramento, California.

Research interests:

Hepatitis C
Hepatitis B
EUS
ERCP
Healthcare in developinbg nations

Any other information:

Postgraduate Training:
2007-2008: Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship: ERCP Indiana University Medical Center Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
2006-2007: Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship: Endoscopic Ultrasound University of California Davis School of Medicine Sacramento, California, USA
2004-2006: Gastroenterology Fellowship (PGY 5 & 6) Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York City, New York, USA
2003-2004: Gastroenterology Fellowship (PGY 4) SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse, New York, USA
2002-2003: Hepatology Fellowship Center for the Study of Hepatitis C Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York City, New York, USA
1999-2002: Internal Medicine Internship & Residency SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse, New York, USA
1998-1999: Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Head and Neck Cancer Research Lab Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Education:
1992-1997: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

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