FirasSalemAhmedMDMPH

Abdominal Imaging

Staff Radiologist @ Imaging Subspecialists of North Jersey

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Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Abdominal Radiology, 2015 - 2016
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 2011 - 2015
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore (New Rochelle)Internship, Transitional Year, 2010 - 2011
Mailman School of Public Health/ Columbia UniversityMPH, Epidemiology, 2005 - 2007
University of Baghdad College of MedicineClass of 2001

Excellence in Medical Students Teaching Award Department of Radiology, Columbia University, 2013-2014
Selected for the Introduction to Academic Radiology (ITAR) Course 2012
Anna C. Gelman Award for Excellence in Epidemiology Mailman School of Public Health/ Columbia University, 2007
Fulbright Scholarship 2005
Iraqi National Medical Excellence Award 2001
Prestigious Graduation Achievement 2001
Baghdad University-College of Medicine Nominee for Student Exchange Program 1999
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PubMed

12 citations
Uncontrolled Confounders May Lead to False or Overvalued Radiomics Signature: A Proof of Concept Using Survival Analysis in a Multicenter Cohort of Kidney Cancer.
Lin Lu, Firas S. Ahmed, Oguz Akin, Lyndon Luk, Xiaotao Guo
Frontiers in Oncology. 2021-01-01
27 citations
Emphysema Predicts Hospitalisation and Incident Airflow Obstruction among Older Smokers: A Prospective Cohort Study
David A. McAllister, Firas S. Ahmed, John H. M. Austin, Claudia I. Henschke, Brad M. Keller
Plos One. 2014-04-03
384 citations
Percent emphysema, airflow obstruction, and impaired left ventricular filling.
R. Graham Barr, David A. Bluemke, Firas S. Ahmed, J. Jeffery Carr, Paul L. Enright
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2010-01-28

Journal Articles

Prevalence of Burnout Among Pediatric Radiologists
Rama S Ayyala, Firas S Ahmed, Carrie Ruzal-Shapiro, Journal of the American College of Radiology
The myth and reality of contrast-induced nephropathy
Ahmed FS, Newhouse JH, J Applied Radiology, 1/1/2013

Lectures

Static Lung Volumes Assessed on MRI with Spirometry Control in Comparison to Body-Plethysmography
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 1/1/2015
Additive value of Non Contrast MRA for evaluation of Mesenteric Arterial Anatomy in Preoperative Planning for Living Donor Liver Transplants
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 1/1/2015
Effect of Intravenous Gadofosveset Trisodium on ADC of Abdominal Organs at 1.5T
San Diego, CA - 1/1/2015
Plasma sphingomyelin and subclinical emphysema on CT scan in a population based cohort. The MESA-Lung Study.
New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2010
San Diego, CA - 1/1/2009
Increase in plasma alpha-linolenic acid is positively associated with lung function. The Emphysema and Cancer Action Program (EMCAP) study.
Berlin, Germany - 1/1/2008
Chlamydia pneumonia Seropositivity is Not Associated with Low Lung Function or CT Emphysema: The MESA-Lung Study
Toronto, Canada - 1/1/2008
Health Risk Behaviors and Prostate Specific Antigen Awareness among Men in California
Anaheim, CA - 1/1/2007
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Prevalence of Burnout Among Pediatric RadiologistsOctober 2018
Impact of a Structured Reporting Template on Adherence to Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System Version 2 and on the Diagnostic Performance of Prostate MRI for Clinically Significant Prostate CancerMarch 2018