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PubMed

• Single vs Double Lung Transplantation in Older Adults: A Propensity-Matched Analysis.
  Noah Weingarten, Atul C Mehta, Marie Budev, Usman Ahmad, James Yun
  Chest. 2024-09-05
• 2 citations
  Postoperative Radiation Therapy for Thymic Carcinoma: An Analysis of the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group/European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database.
  Andreas Rimner, Usman Ahmad, Stephanie M Lobaugh, Zhigang Zhang, Annemarie F Shepherd
  Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2024-04-01
• 3 citations
  Effect of donor smoking and substance use on post-lung transplant outcomes.
  Jesse M Rappaport, Hafiz Umair Siddiqui, Lucy Thuita, Marie Budev, Kenneth R McCurry
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023-08-01

Journal Articles

• Thymic Carcinoma Management Patterns among International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group (ITMIG) Physicians with Consensus from the Thymic Carcinoma Working Group  
  Shepherd A, Riely G, Detterbeck F, Simone CB 2nd, Ahmad U, Huang J, Korst R, Rajan A, Rimner A, J Thorac Oncol, 1/1/2017
• Incidence of occult pN2 disease following resection and mediastinal lymph node dissection in clinical stage I lung cancer patients  
  Bille A, Woo KM, Ahmad U, Rizk NP, Jones DR, Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 1/1/2017
• Postoperative Radiation Therapy is Associated with Longer Overall Survival in Completely Resected Stage II and III Thymoma - An Analysis of the International Thymic Ma...  
  Rimner A, Yao X, Huang J, Antonicelli A, Ahmad U, Korst RJ, Detterbeck F, Gomez DR, J Thorac Oncol, 1/1/2016
• Thymic carcinoma outcomes and prognosis: Results of an international analysis  
  Ahmad U, Yao X, Detterbeck F, Huang J, Antonicelli A, Filosso PL, Ruffini E, Travis W, Jones DR, Zhan Y, Lucchi M, Rimner A, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1/1/2015
• Outcome of primary neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus: A joint analysis of the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group and the European Society of Thoracic Sur...  
  Filosso PL, Yao X, Ahmad U, Zhan Y, Huang J, Ruffini E, Travis W, Lucchi M, Rimner A, Antonicelli A, Guerrera F, Detterbeck F; European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Th..., J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1/1/2014
• Second primary lung cancers: smokers versus nonsmokers after resection of stage I lung adenocarcinoma  
  Ripley RT, McMillan RR, Sima CS, Hasan SM, Ahmad U, Lou F, Jones DR, Rusch VW, Rizk NP, Huang J, Ann Thorac Surg, 1/1/2014
• Reply: Outcomes for lung transplantation for lung cancer in the United Network for Organ Sharing Registry  
  Ahmad U, Boffa DJ, Ann Thorac Surg, 1/1/2013
• Current readings: The most influential and recent studies involving surgical management of thymoma  
  Ahmad U, Huang J, Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1/1/2013
• Current status of lung cancer screening  
  Ahmad U, Detterbeck FC, Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1/1/2012
• Low-cost simulation plank for microsurgical success  
  Patel A, Shah A, Ahmad U, Indes J, Persing J, Plast Reconstr Surg, 1/1/2012
• IFN-gamma primes intact human coronary arteries and cultured coronary smooth muscle cells to double-stranded RNA- and self-RNA-induced inflammatory responses by upregu...  
  Ahmad U, Ali R, Lebastchi AH, Qin L, Lo SF, Yakimov AO, Khan SF, Choy JC, Geirsson A, Pober JS, Tellides G, J Immunol, 1/1/2010
• Association of the 9p213 locus with risk of first-ever myocardial infarction in Pakistanis: case-control study in South Asia and updated meta-analysis of Europeans  
  Saleheen D, Alexander M, Rasheed A, Wormser D, Soranzo N, Hammond N, Butterworth A, Zaidi M, Haycock P, Bumpstead S, Potter S, Blackburn H, Gray E, Di Angelantonio E, ..., Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 1/1/2010
• Genetic determinants of major blood lipids in Pakistanis compared with Europeans  
  Saleheen D, Soranzo N, Rasheed A, Scharnagl H, Gwilliam R, Alexander M, Inouye M, Zaidi M, Potter S, Haycock P, Bumpstead S, Kaptoge S, Di Angelantonio E, Sarwar N, Hu..., Circ Cardiovasc Genet, 1/1/2010
• Evaluation of therapeutic control in a Pakistani population with hypertension  
  Saleheen D, Hashmi SK, Zaidi M, Rasheed A, Murtaza M, Abbas A, Nasim S, Hameed MQ, Shuja F, Sethi MJ, Hussain I, Shahid K, Khalid H, Ahmad U, Frossard PM, Ishaq M, J Eval Clin Pract, 1/1/2010
• The Pakistan Risk of Myocardial Infarction Study: a resource for the study of genetic, lifestyle and other determinants of myocardial infarction in South Asia  
  Saleheen D, Zaidi M, Rasheed A, Ahmad U, Hakeem A, Murtaza M, Kayani W, Faruqui A, Kundi A, Zaman KS, Yaqoob Z, Cheema LA, Samad A, Rasheed SZ, Mallick NH, Azhar M, Jo..., Eur J Epidemiol, 1/1/2009
• Large mesothelial cyst of the mediastinum causing respiratory distress  
  Fatimi SH, Javed MA, Ahmad U, Heart Lung Circ, 1/1/2008
• Chronic cough secondary to post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta  
  Fatimi SH, Khan A, Shuja F, Javed MA, Ahmad U, Heart Lung Circ, 1/1/2008
• Chamberlain Mediastinotomy for Diagnosis of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Trachea  
  Fatimi SH, Sajwani RA, Rizvi N, Javed MA, Khan A, Ahmad U, Heart Lung Circ, 1/1/2008
• Offsprings of hypertensive parents have higher blood pressure and BMI  
  Kazim SF, Salman MB, Zubairi AJ, Afzal A, Ahmad U, Frossard PM, J Coll Physicians Surg Pak, 1/1/2008
• Interferon- Induces X-linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis-associated Factor-1 and Noxa Expression and Potentiates Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Apoptosis by STAT3 Activa...  
  Bai Y, Ahmad U, Wang Y, Li JH, Choy JC, Kim RW, Kirkiles-Smith N, Maher SE, Karras JG, Bennett CF, Bothwell AL, Pober JS, Tellides G, J Biol Chem, 1/1/2008
• Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt: Immediate and Short-Term Follow-Up Results in Neonates  
  Ahmad U, Fatimi SH, Naqvi I, Atiq M, Moizuddin SS, Sheikh KB, Shahbuddin S, Naseem TM, Javed MA, Heart Lung Circ, 1/1/2008
• Anthropometric correlates of blood pressure in normotensive Pakistani subjects  
  Khan A, Haq FU, Pervez MB, Saleheen D, Frossard PM, Ishaq M, Hakeem A, Sheikh HT, Ahmad U, Int J Cardiol, 1/1/2008
• Association study of two interleukin-1 gene loci with essential hypertension in a Pakistani Pathan population  
  Khawaja MR, Taj F, Saleheen D, Ahmad U, Chohan MO, Jafar T, Frossard PM, J Hum Hypertens, 1/1/2008
• Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) with anomalous left hepatic vein drainage into the right atrium: role of imaging and clinical relevance  
  Bhatti S, Hakeem A, Ahmad U, Malik M, Kosolcharoen P, Chang SM, Vasc Med, 1/1/2007
• Association of endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene G894T polymorphism with essential hypertension in an adult Pakistani Pathan population  
  Khawaja MR, Taj F, Ahmad U, Saleheen D, Jafar T, Frossard PM, Int J Cardiol, 1/1/2007
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Books/Book Chapters

• Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery 
  Chapter: Diagnostic Evaluation of Anterior Mediastinal Masses and Clinical and Surgical Approach to Thymic Tumors via Sternotomy 
  Page 124.0 - 133.0Ahmad U, Detterbeck FCEditors: Kaiser L, Kron I, Spray T.Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Phildelphia, PAEdition 3rd,2014

Abstracts/Posters

• What Role Does Surgery Play in Stage III NSCLS?
  Ahmad U, Cleveland, OH, 1/1/2017
• Hindsight is 20:20
  Ahmad U, Cleveland, OH, 1/1/2017
• Advance in the Multidisciplinary Management of Lung Cancer: From Screening to Immunotherapy
  Ahmad U, Cleveland, OH, 1/1/2017
• Adjuvant Chemotherapy is Associated with Improved Survival in Node Negative NSCLC with Chest Wall Involvement
  Ahmad U, Crabtree TD, Patel AP, Morgensztern D, Robinson CG, Krupnick AS, Kreisel D, Jones DR, Patterson GA, Meyers BF, Puri V, 41st Annual Meeting of Western Thoracic Surgery Association, Vancouver, 1/1/2015
• Resection of Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Sternum: An Analysis of Prognostic Variables
  Ahmad U, Yang H, Sima C, Buitrago DH, Ripley RT, Suzuki K, Bains MS, Rizk NP, Rusch VW, Huang J, Adusumilli PS, Rocco G, Jones DR, Ann Thorac Surg, Sixty-first Annual Meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Tucson, AZ, 1/1/2015
• Outcomes of Thymic Carcinoma: A Joint Analysis of the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group and European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Databases
  Ahmad U, Yao X, Detterbeck F, Huang J, Antonicelli A, Filosso PL, Ruffini E, Travis W, Jones DR, Zhan Y, Lucchi M, Rimner A, 94th American Association for Thoracic Surgery meeting, Toronto, 1/1/2014
• Resection of Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Sternum: An Analysis of Prognostic Variables
  Ahmad U, Yang H, Sima C, Buitrago DH, Ripley RT, Suzuki K, Bains MS, Rizk NP, Rusch VW, Huang J, Adusumilli P, Rocco G, Jones DR, 61st Southern Thoracic Surgical Association meeting, Tucson, 1/1/2014
• Lung transplantation for Broncho-alveolar Carcinoma. A UNOS database study
  Ahmad U, Wang Z, Bryant AS, Kim AW, Kukreja J, Mason DP, Bermudez CA, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Society of Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, Florida, 1/1/2012
• Comparison of Open, HALS and Laparoscopic Splenectomy
  Ahmad U, Shariff A, Salem R, New England Surgical Society Meeting, 1/1/2011
• Polymorphisms in ABCA1 gene affect plasma HDL cholesterol concentration
  Ahmad U, Saleheen D, Frossard PM, 6th Annual Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Washington, DC, 1/1/2005
• Polymorphisms in ABCA1 gene affect plasma HDL cholesterol concentration
  Ahmad U, Saleheen D, Frossard PM, Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 6th Annual Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Washington, DC, 1/1/2005
• Identification of a Renin gene Dimorphism and Confirmation of its Association with Essential Hypertension
  Ahmad U, Saleheen D, Frossard PM, 44th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, San Francisco, California, 1/1/2004
• Identification of a Renin gene Dimorphism and Confirmation of its Association with Essential Hypertension
  Ahmad U, Saleheen D, Frossard PM, Circulation, 44th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, San Francisco, California, 1/1/2004
• Spectrum of Infections and Predictors of Mortality in Febrile Neutropenic Patients
  Yousaf MA, Siddiqui BK, Ahmad U, Shamim A, Zakiullah N, Burney I, 9th Annual Cancer Conference, Karachi, 1/1/2002
• Probing the Role of Immune System in Hypertension, Association of TNF alpha A-308G Dimorphism with Hypertension
  Ahmad U, Mahmood S, Frossard PM, 13th Annual European Student’s Conference, Berlin, 1/1/2002
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Lectures

• Interferon-gamma potentiates the effects of dsRNA on vascular smooth muscle cells 
  Yale University School of Medicine - 1/1/2008
• Tall Rounds: Solitary Pulmonary Nodule In the High Risk (for cancer) Patient, Surveillance and Adjuvant Therapy 
  Cleveland Clinic - 1/1./2016
• Primary Graft Dysfunction in Lung Transplantation the First 72 Hours 
  Cleveland Clinic - 1/12/2016
• Surgeons Approach to Stage I Lung Cancer 
  Cleveland Clinic - 1/7./2017
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