Specializing In:
- Melanoma
- Inflammatory dermatoses
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Assistant Professor of Oncology
- Staff Dermatopathologist
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
- Assistant Professor of Pathology
Background
Education and Training
- 2005 - MD - Dow Medical College/ Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- 2015 - MBA - Babson College, Wellesley, MA
- 2016 - Dip. Derm - Diploma in Clinical Dermatology, University of London, London, UK
Residency
- 2008-2011 - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Fellowship
- 2011-2012 - Dermatopathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Board Certification
- 2012 - Dermatopathology - American Board of Dermatology and Pathology
- 2011 - Anatomic Pathology - American Board of Pathology
Publications
- Shaikh F, Janjua A, Van Gestel F, Ahmad A. Richter Transformation of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Review of Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography and Molecular Diagnostics. Cureus. 2017 Jan 9;9(1):e968. doi: 10.7759/cureus.968. PMID: 28191372; PMCID: PMC5298911.
- Syed DN, Afaq F, Maddodi N, Johnson JJ, Sarfaraz S, Ahmad A, Setaluri V, Mukhtar H. Inhibition of human melanoma cell growth by the dietary flavonoid fisetin is associated with disruption of Wnt/β-catenin signaling and decreased Mitf levels. J Invest Dermatol. 2011 Jun;131(6):1291-9. doi: 10.1038/jid.2011.6. Epub 2011 Feb 24. PMID: 21346776; PMCID: PMC3166244.
- Zembowicz A, Ahmad A, Lyle SR. A comprehensive analysis of a web-based dermatopathology second opinion consultation practice. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011 Mar;135(3):379-83. doi: 10.1043/2010-0187-OA.1. PMID: 21366464.
- Schlauder SM, Ahmad A, Horn TD. Dicer and micro-RNAs in cutaneous disease. J Cutan Pathol. 2009 May;36(5):607-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01311.x. Epub 2009 Mar 30. PMID: 19476539.
- Kim J, Ahmad A, Selim MA, Olson E, Cardones A. Disseminated cutaneous cytomegalovirus infection in mycosis fungoides patient after total body electron beam irradiation. JAMA Dermatology. 2015 Dec 1;151(12):1380-1381 PMID: 26266470