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Office
530 NE Glen Oak Ave
Peoria, IL 61637Phone+1 309-655-3292
Summary
- Sharjeel Ahmad grew up in Karachi, Pakistan and received his medical degree from the Aga Khan University Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. He completed his Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Diseases fellowship training at West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV from 2004 to 2009 and worked at a community health center (CHS, Inc) in Hartford, CT 2009-2013, serving as the Associate Director of Adult Medicine Department and as the Associate Director of the Infectious Diseases program, supervising a Ryan White program for HIV/AIDS patients. He also started a Refugee Health and a comprehensive hepatitis C management program for the underserved population served by CHS.
He is currently working as faculty in the Infectious Diseases Section of the University of Illinois College of Medicine-Peoria (UICOMP) Department of Medicine since October 2013. He is currently the director of Positive Health Solutions, a UICOMP owned clinic which provides a vast array of services for persons who are living with HIV/AIDS. He completed a Masters in Public Health from Creighton University, Omaha, NE in 2016. His clinical and research interests includes, but is not limited to, HIV, viral hepatitis, Tropical Medicine, Global Health and General Infectious Diseases.
Education & Training
- Creighton University School of MedicineMPH, Public Health, 2013 - 2016
- West Virginia UniversityFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2007 - 2009
- West Virginia UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
- Aga Khan Medical CollegeClass of 2002
Certifications & Licensure
- IL State Medical License 2013 - 2026
- CT State Medical License 2009 - 2014
- WV State Medical License 2007 - 2010
- OH State Medical License 2008 - 2009
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
- American Academy of HIV MedicineAmerican Academy of HIV Medicine Specialist Credentialing (AAHIVS)
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, CTropMed® - Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsEfficacy and safety of corticosteroids for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Huzaifa Ahmad Cheema, Adeena Musheer, Arooba Ejaz, Anousheh Awais Paracha, Abia Shahid
Journal of Critical Care. 2024-04-01 - Favipiravir for the Treatment of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Aiman Naveed, Huzaifa Ahmad Cheema, Abia Shahid, Mohammad Umer, Hassan Ul Hussain
American Journal of Therapeutics. 2024-01-23 - Human Herpes Virus-6 (HHV-6) infectious encephalitis in an immunocompetent adult.Lisle Blackbourn, Sharjeel Ahmad, K'la Yuan, Manjari Uppu, Bassil Kherallah
Idcases. 2024-01-01
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Fellow
- Infectious Diseases Society of AmericaMember
- Infectious Diseases Society of AmericaFellow
Other Languages
- Urdu
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