SyedArifAhmadMD

General Surgery • Cincinnati, OH

Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Director University of Cincinnati Cancer Center

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Office
3199 Highland Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Phone+1 513-584-8900

Fax+1 513-584-0459

Summary

Dr. Syed Ahmad is the Director of the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center and Chief of Surgical Oncology at the University of Cincinnati, He received his medical degree from University of Maryland School of Medicine and has been in practice 25 years. He specializes in surgical oncology (other than breast) and is experienced in surgical oncology (non-breast), general / gastrointestinal surgery, and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery.

Education & Training

University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2000
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1998
University of Maryland School of MedicineClass of 1992
Duke UniversityB.S., Zoology, 1984 - 1988

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 2001 - 2025
TX State Medical License 1998 - 2001
PA State Medical License 1993 - 1998
MD State Medical License 1995 - 1996
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctor Cincinnati Magazine, 2009, 2011-2016
Best Doctors in America Cincy Magazine, 2008-2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
AOA 2012
Resident Educator Award Good Samaritan Hospital, 2012
Unsung Hero Award Joslin Haggart Yeiser, 2012
Physician of the Quarter University Hospital, 2012
Best Doctors in America 2007
Ortho Biotech Young Investigators Award Hope Foundation, 2004
Outstanding Educator Award University of Cincinnati Department of Surgery, 2004, 2007, 2010
Lotzová Memorial Research Prize The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2001
Harvey Baker Traveling Fellow Award 2001 James Ewing Foundation, of the Society of Surgical Oncology, 2001
Ross Laboratory Fellow’s Research Award Society of Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), 2000
Recipient, AACR Scholarship Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology: A Workshop, 1999
Resident Achievement Award Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 1996
Resident Research Award Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, 1995
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

Gemcitabine and Erlotinib Before and After Surgery in Treating Patients With Pancreatic Cancer That Can Be Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2009 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Islet Isolation Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Total Pancreatectomy With Islet Autotransplantation in the POST Consortium.
Jordan Mattke, Anne Eaton, Martin Wijkstrom, Piotr Witkowski, Guru Trikudanathan
Transplantation. 2025-01-01
Correction: The Top Ten Annals of Surgical Oncology Original Articles on Twitter/X: 2020-2023.
Anish J Jain, Kurt Schultz, Micah J Brainerd, Gilbert Z Murimwa, Andrew M Fleming
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024-12-01
The Top Ten Annals of Surgical Oncology Original Articles on Twitter/X: 2020-2023.
Anish J Jain, Kurt Schultz, Micah J Brainerd, Gilbert Z Murimwa, Andrew M Fleming
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024-12-01

Journal Articles

In‐Hospital and 90‐Day Outcomes After Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation for Pediatric Chronic and Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis
Joyce Slusher, Jaimie D Nathan, Tom K Lin, Syed Ahmad, Stephen M Ogg, Lori A Aronson, Ranjit Chima, Kenneth R Goldschneider, John Rose, John Brunner, Deborah A Elder, ..., American journal of transplantation
Perioperative Net Fluid Balance Predicts Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Tiffany C Lee, Mackenzie C Morris, Shimul A Shah, Syed A Ahmad, Journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Reply to Letter: "Factors Influencing Readmission After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Multi-Institutional Study of 1302 Patients"
Sutton JM, Ahmad SA, Ann Surg, 11/18/2013
Surgical Outcomes after Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Cell Autotransplantation in Pediatric Patients
Wilson GC, Sutton JM, Salehi M, Schmulewitz N, Smith MT, Kucera S, Choe KA, Brunner JE, Abbott DE, Sussman JJ, Ahmad SA, Surgery, 10/1/2013
Vein Involvement during Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Is There a Need for Redefinition of "borderline Resectable Disease"?
Kelly KJ, Winslow E, Kooby D, Lad NL, Parikh AA, Scoggins CR, Ahmad S, Martin RC, Maithel SK, Kim HJ, Merchant NB, Cho CS, Weber SM, J Gastrointest Surg, 7/1/2013
Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Need for Standardization and Methods for Optimal Clinical Trial Design
Katz MH, Marsh R, Herman JM, Shi Q, Collison E, Venook AP, Kindler HL, Alberts SR, Philip P, Lowy AM, Pisters PW, Posner MC, Berlin JD, Ahmad SA, Ann Surg Oncol, 2/23/2013
Alternatively Spliced Tissue Factor Contributes to Tumor Spread and Activation of Coagulation in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Unruh D, Turner K, Srinivasan R, Kocatürk B, Qi X, Chu Z, Aronow BJ, Plas DR, Gallo CA, Kalthoff H, Kirchhofer D, Ruf W, Ahmad SA, Lucas FV, Versteeg HH, Bogdanov VY, Int J Cancer, 1/1/2013
Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Pushing the Technical Limits of Surgery
Katz MH, Ahmad S, Nelson H, Bull Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2013
Factors Influencing Readmission After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Multi-Institutional Study of 1302 Patients
Ahmad SA, Edwards MJ, Sutton JM, Grewal SS, Hanseman DJ, Maithel SK, Patel SH, Bentram DJ, Weber SM, Cho CS, Winslow ER, Scoggins CR, Martin RC, Kim HJ, Baker JJ, Merc..., Ann Surg, 9/1/2012
Predictors of Survival in Patients with High-grade Peritoneal Metastases Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Van Sweringen HL, Hanseman DJ, Ahmad SA, Edwards MJ, Sussman JJ, Surgery, 8/31/2012
Multi-institutional Analysis of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Demonstrating the Effect of Diabetes Status on Survival after Resection
Cannon RM, LeGrand R, Chagpar RB, Ahmad SA, McClaine R, Kim HJ, Rupp C, Cho CS, Brinkman A, Weber S, Winslow ER, Kooby DA, Chu CK, Staley CA, Glenn I, Hawkins WG, Pari..., HPB (Oxford), 4/1/2012
Quality of Life Outcomes after Isolated Limb Infusion
McClaine RJ, Giglia JS, Ahmad SA, McCoy SJ, Sussman JJ, Ann Surg Oncol, 1/1/2012
Factors Associated with Recidivism Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Grewal SS, McClaine RJ, Schmulewitz N, Alzahrani MA, Hanseman DJ, Sussman JJ, Smith M, Choe KA, Olowokure O, Mierzwa M, Ahmad SA, HPB (Oxford), 12/1/2011
A Multicenter Analysis of Distal Pancreatectomy for Adenocarcinoma: Is Laparoscopic Resection Appropriate?
Kooby DA, Hawkins WG, Schmidt CM, Weber SM, Bentrem DJ, Gillespie TW, Sellers JB, Merchant NB, Scoggins CR, Martin RC 3rd, Kim HJ, Ahmad S, Cho CS, Parikh AA, Chu CK, ..., J Am Coll Surg, 5/1/2010
Neoadjuvant Therapy May Lead to Successful Surgical Resection and Improved Survival in Patients with Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
McClaine RJ, Lowy AM, Sussman JJ, Schmulewitz N, Grisell DL, Ahmad SA, HPB (Oxford), 2/1/2010
A Comparison of Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Duodenum-preserving Head Resection for the Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis
McClaine RJ, Lowy AM, Matthews JB, Schmulewitz N, Sussman JJ, Ingraham AM, Ahmad SA, HPB (Oxford), 12/1/2009
Adjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Who Really Benefits?
Merchant NB, Rymer J, Koehler EA, Ayers GD, Castellanos J, Kooby DA, Weber SH, Cho CS, Schmidt CM, Nakeeb A, Matos JM, Scoggins CR, Martin RC, Kim HJ, Ahmad SA, Chu CK..., J Am Coll Surg, 5/1/2009
Left-sided Pancreatectomy: A Multicenter Comparison of Laparoscopic and Open Approaches
Kooby DA, Gillespie T, Bentrem D, Nakeeb A, Schmidt MC, Merchant NB, Parikh AA, Martin RC 2nd, Scoggins CR, Ahmad S, Kim HJ, Park J, Johnston F, Strouch MJ, Menze A, R..., Ann Surg, 9/1/2008
Intra-operative Margin Reresection for Colorectal Liver Metastases
Wray CJ, Lowy AM, Matthews JB, James LE, Mammen JM, Choe KA, Hanto DW, Ahmad SA, J Surg Educ, 5/1/2007
Technology for the Delivery of Hyperthermic Intraoperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: A Survey of Techniques
Sarnaik AA, Sussman JJ, Ahmad SA, McIntyre BC, Lowy AM, Recent Results Cancer Res, 1/1/2007
A Phase II Study of Sequential Neoadjuvant Gemcitabine and Paclitaxel, Radiation Therapy with Cisplatin and 5-flurouracil and Surgery in Locally Advanced Esophageal Ca...
Lowy AM, Firdaus I, Rowchowdhury D, Redmond K, Howington JA, Sussman JJ, Safa M, Ahmad SA, Reed MF, Rose P, James L, Jazieh AR, Am J Clin Oncol, 12/1/2006
Chronic Pancreatitis: Recent Advances and Ongoing Challenges
Ahmad SA, Wray C, Rilo HLR, Choe KA, Gelrud A, Howington JA, Lowy AM, Matthews JB, Curr Probl Surg, 3/1/2006
Factors Predicting Narcotics and Insulin Independence following Islet Auto-transplantation in 45 Patients with Sever Chronic Pancreatitis
Ahmad SA, Lowy AM, Wray CJ, D’Allesio D, Choe KA, James LE, Gelrud A, Matthews JB, Rilo HLR, J Am Coll Surg, 11/1/2005
Forequarter Amputation for Recurrent Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Gooman MD, McIntyre B, Shaughnessy EA, Lowy AM, Ahmad SA, J Surg Oncol, 11/1/2005
Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer: Recent Controversies, Current Practice
Wray CJ, Ahmad SA, Matthews JB, Lowy AM, Gastroenterology, 5/1/2005
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