SaajidAzharMD

PGY-1

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Saajid Azhar, MD, is a resident physician currently based in Shreveport, LA. He completed his medical education at Morehouse School of Medicine in the class of 2023. Dr. Azhar is in his first postgraduate year (PGY-1) at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport since 2024, having completed a previous PGY-1 year at Morehouse School of Medicine from 2023 to 2024. His recent publications include research on gender diversity in colon cancer clinical trials, spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas, cannabis use in patients with cirrhosis, and awake prone positioning in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. An earlier work on 13C NMR spectroscopy of heterocycles was published in 2017.

PubMed

Periosteal Electrical Dry Needling Efficacy in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review.
Alan D Kaye, Olivia Mipro, Brynne E Tynes, Brennan Abbott, Caylin Roberts
Current Pain and Headache Reports. 2025-02-15

Journal Articles

S1690 Impact of Cannabis Use in Patients With Cirrhosis and Clinical Outcomes
Chima Amadi; Joseph Heaton; Toni M. Jackson; Kennedy Watson; Saajid Azhar; Hafsa Gundroo; Daniela Ortega; Ndausung Udongwo, The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 10/2024
13C NMR Spectroscopy of Heterocycles: 1-Phenyl-3-aryl/t-butyl-5-arylpyrazoles
Amy N. Hockstedler, Beatrice A. Edjah, Saajid Z. Azhar, Hadrian Mendoza, Nicole A. Brown, Hayley B. Arrowood, Andrew C. Clay, Anand B. Shah, Glenda M. Duffek, Jianmei ..., Heterocyclic Communications, 3/30/2017

Abstracts/Posters

Evaluating Gender Diversity in Colon Cancer Clinical Trial Leadership, Funding, and Authorship 
Toni M. Jackson D.O, MSc; Chimsom Agbim, MS; Saajid Zain Azhar, M.D.; Uchenna Agbim, M.D.; Kennedy Watson, BS; Temitope Tobun, M.D.; Hafsa M Gundroo, MD; Jonathan Ogbo..., American College of Gastroenterology, Philadelphia, PA, 10/27/2024
SPINAL DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULAS PRESENTATION IN A YOUNG BLACK MALE
Chima Amadi; Toni Jackson; Anastasios Nick Panagopoulos; Saajid Azhar; Miranda Allen; Roger Jordan Jr.; Richard White, American College of Chest Physicians, Boston, MA, 10/6/2024
A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on awake prone positioning among patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: Stratified by...
Sowmyashree K. Karanth, MBBS, MD; Saajid Azhar, MD; Maria Jose Corrales-Martinez, MD; Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD, PhD; Pattrapun Wongsripuemtet; Raquel R. Bartz, MD, MMC..., International Anesthesia Research Society, Seattle, WA, 5/17/2024
13C NMR Spectroscopy: Transmission Effects in 1-Phenyl-3,5-Diarylpyrazoles
Amy N. Hockstedler, Anand B. Shah, Beatrice A. Edjah, Glenda M. Duffek, Krishna D. Patel, Hadrian Mendoza, Hayley B. Arrowood, Nicole A. Brown, Saajid Z. Azhar, Georgia State University Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, GA, 4/13/2016
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