Adil Shahzad Ahmed MD

Orthopaedic Surgery•Houston, TX

Elbow Surgery, Hand Surgery, Shoulder Surgery

Shoulder, Elbow, and Hand Surgeon

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1504 Taub LoopHouston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-873-8890

Clinical Expertise

Shoulder reconstruction, Elbow surgery, Arthroplasty, Arthroscopy, Nerve repair, Hand surgery, Wrist surgery

Education & Training

Sydney Shoulder Research InstituteFellowship, Shoulder & Elbow Surgery, 2022 - 2023
Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Hand Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery), 2021 - 2022
University of South Florida MorsaniResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2016 - 2021
Baylor College of MedicineClass of 2016, Certificate of Space Medicine
Texas Christian UniversityBS, Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 2008 - 2012

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2021 - 2027
TX State Medical License 2022 - 2025
American College of SurgeonsAdvanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
American Heart AssociationAdvanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
American Heart AssociationBasic Life Support (BLS)
Center for Space Medicine – National Space Biomedical Research Institute & Baylor College of MedicineCertificate of Space Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Professional Educator Appreciation and Recognition (PEAR) Award Baylor College of Medicine, 2025
Outstanding Faculty Award Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, 2024
Seth Gasser Award Awarded for scoring in the top 99th percentile nationally on the Orthopaedic In-Training Examination (OITE), taken annually by all orthopaedic surgery residents in the United States, 2020
Administrative Chief Resident Selected as Chief Resident for the 2020-2021 academic year by the Chairman and Program Director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of South Florida Morsani, 2020
American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) C. McCollister Evarts Resident Leadership Forum Nomination American Orthopaedic Association (AOA), 2020
American Society for Surgery of the Hand Travel Scholarship Scholarship awarded to select attendees for the 37th Annual Adrian E. Flatt Residents & Fellows Conference and the 74th Annual Meeting of the ASSH, held in Las Vegas, Nevada., 2019
Musculoskeletal Oncology Course Scholarship Awarded to select attendees for the Florida Keys Musculoskeletal Oncology Course, held in Islamorada, Florida, 2019
Foundation for Orthopaedic Trauma – Travel Scholarship Scholarship awarded by the Foundation for Orthopaedic Trauma to select attendees for the annual Foundation for Orthopaedic Trauma meeting & upper extremity dissection course in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2019
Selby Spine Scholarship Awarded to select attendees for the annual Selby Spine Academic Meeting in Park City, Utah, 2018
Resident Assembly Delegate to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Selected by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery to represent the University of South Florida as the Resident Assembly Delegate to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), 2018
Intramural Basketball Champions Winning team in the Baylor College of Medicine annual spring intramural basketball tournament, 2016
Certificate of Space Medicine Awarded by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute & Baylor College of Medicine to three students of the graduating class for successful completion of the Space Medicine Track, 2016
Jeff Myers Young Investigator Award – Honorable Mention for Research Presentation on Microgravity & Immune Dysfunction Aerospace Medical Association 86th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2015
Audience Favorite – Research Presentation on Microgravity & Immune Dysfunction Medical World Americas Conference & Expo, 2015
Globalization Travel Scholarship Awarded by Baylor College of Medicine for six weeks of travel to conduct Orthopaedic Surgical research in Stavanger, Norway, 2014
Phi Beta Kappa The Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 2012
Magna Cum Laude Texas Christian University, 2012
Dean's Honor List Texas Christian University, 2008-2012
Dean's Scholarship Texas Christian University, 2008-2012
1st Place – Undergraduate Research Project conducted on Leaf Cutter Ant characteristics and habitat in Costa Rica. Department of Biology, Texas Christian University, Michael & Sally McCracken 9th Annual Student Research Symposium, 2011
Alpha Epsilon Delta The Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society, 2010
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Suture-Based Distal Radioulnar Joint Stabilization: A Biomechanical Evaluation in a Cadaveric Model.
Alexander R Graf, Adil S Ahmed, Dan Thompson, Michael B Gottschalk, Eric R Wagner
Journal of Wrist Surgery. 2025-04-01
Improving Readability of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Online Patient Education Material with Chat Generative Pretrained Transformer (ChatGPT) 4.
Krishna Chandra, Umar Ghilzai, Jad Lawand, Abdullah Ghali, Benjamin Fiedler
Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2025-03-19
The TightRope study: a cadaveric, biomechanical comparison of generations of suspensory fixation with internal brace for Rockwood grade V acromioclavicular joint injur...
Thomas Clifton, Adil S Ahmed, Robert P Piggott, Elizabeth Clarke, Ahmed Mounir Boudali
Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2025-03-01

Journal Articles

Correction of Complex Clawing After Cerebral Infarct via All Dorsal ECRB Transfer with Four Tailed Plantaris Autograft
Nina Suh, Allan Peljovich, Journal of Orthopaedic Experience & Innovation, 10/2023
Advances on the Frontline of the Opioid Epidemic: Origins and Future Directions
Ahmed, AS, International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 11/22/2021
Complete Traumatic Laceration of the Sciatic Nerve Secondary to Acetabular Fracture: A Case Report
John, M, Taylor, S, Ahmed, AS, Mir, HR, Journal of Orthopaedic Experience and Innovation, 10/2/2021
Survival Disparities from Soft-Tissue Sarcoma in Hispanic Subpopulations
Ayaz, T, Patel, S, Ahmed, AS, Loya, A, Panchbhavi, VK, Journal of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Research, 4/2020
Survival in Chondrosarcoma Patients Treated with Limb-Salvage Surgery and Limb Amputation
Ayaz, T, Ahmed, AS, Loya, A, Panchbhavi, V, Journal of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Research, 12/2019
A Basic Spanish Language Template for the Upper Extremity Patient Encounter
Ahmed, AS, Kim, R, Ogden, B, Garcia, M, Nydick, J, Journal of Hand Surgery, Global Online, 10/2019
Immune Dysfunction in Spaceflight and Diabetes Mellitus – Translating Space Observations to Terrestrial Disease
Ahmed, AS, Ramachandran, V, Wang, R, Ramachandran, S, Antonsen, EL, McGill Journal of Medicine, 9/2019
Osteogenic Induction of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Cold Atmospheric Argon Plasma
Ahmed, AS, Chavarria, J, Brenneman, T, Johnson, K, Antonsen, EL, Rosenfeld, SB, Plasma Medicine, 2016
Review and Comparison of Orthopaedic Registries in the United States and Norway
Ramachandran, V, Ahmed, AS, Ramakrishnan, R, Current Orthopaedic Practice, 7/2016
Fracture Registries and Fjords – A Norwegian Travel Experience
Ahmed, AS, BCM Progress Notes, 11/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

Hand Surgery Update VII
Chapter: Radial Nerve Palsy – Nerve Transfers
Page 345 - 355Adil S Ahmed, MD, Allan Peljovich, MD, MPHEditors: Warren Hammert, MD, Peter Rhee, DO.American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Chicago2023
Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis in the Young Patient - Evaluation and Management
Chapter: Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty for Glenohumeral Arthritis in a Young Patient
Page 143 - 163Ahmed, AS, Achors, KG, Frankle, MAEditors: Grawe, BM, Horneff, JG, Abboud, JA.Springer Nature, ChamEdition 1,2022

Other

A Surgeon Without Health Care
Adil Ahmed
https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/11/a-surgeon-without-health-care.html
KevinMD - 11/4/2023
Fellow Shares ‘Invaluable’ Experience of International Rotation in Annecy, France
Adil Ahmed, MD
https://www.aaos.org/aaosnow/2023/feb/international/international01/
AAOS Now - 2/24/2023
Musings from the Royal North Shore Shoulder Symposium 2022. Sydney Shoulder Research Institute
Adil Ahmed, MD
https://www.ssri.net.au/musings-from-the-royal-north-shore-shoulder-symposium-2022
Sydney Shoulder Research Institute - 11/8/2022
Orthopaedic Eponyms - Where are the Women?
Adil Ahmed, MD
https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2022/01/orthopedic-eponyms-where-are-the-women.html
KevinMD - 1/31/2022
Bezos and Branson: A Cautionary Tale for Space Exploration
Adil Ahmed, MD
https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/07/bezos-and-branson-a-cautionary-tale-for-space-exploration.html
KevinMD - 7/27/2021
A Surgeon’s Take on The WSJ’s Jill Biden Doctor Debacle
Adil Ahmed
https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/12/a-surgeons-take-on-the-wjss-jill-biden-doctor-debacle.html
KevinMD - 12/21/2020
Would You Let Your Surgeon Cut Your Hair?
Adil Ahmed
https://www.buzzfeed.com/adilahmed/would-you-let-your-surgeon-cut-your-hair-8ie63fym49
Buzzfeed - 6/5/2019
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Authored Content

All Hands on Deck for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand MeetingOctober 2020
A Virtual AOSSM Annual Meeting During the COVID-19 Era and BeyondJuly 2020
The Caffeinated ResidentFebruary 2020
Are Scooters Worth the Orthopaedic Trauma Risk?August 2019
Religion Before Patients? How One Orthopaedic Surgeon Observes RamadanJune 2019
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Press Mentions

Orthopedic Eponyms: Where Are the Women?January 31st, 2022
Bezos and Branson: A Cautionary Tale for Space ExplorationJuly 27th, 2021

Grant Support

Foundation for Orthopaedic Trauma – Research GrantThe Foundation for Orthopaedic Trauma (FOT).2017–2019
Center for Space Medicine – Student Research GrantNational Space Biomedical Research Institute & Baylor College of Medicine.2015–2016