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About
Dr. Ahmed specializes in pediatric and congenital neurosurgery, pediatric epilepsy, laser thermal ablation, brain tumors, craniofacial disorders, Chiari malformations and craniocervical anomalies.
Languages spoken
- English
University affiliation
Practice locations
Education & credentials
Board certifications
- Internal Medicine
Medical School
- Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
Fellowships
Pediatric Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
Minimally Invasive Neuroendoscopy, St. Radbound University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA.
Residencies
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Internships
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Areas of expertise
- Arteriovenous Malformation
- Birthmarks and vascular anomalies
- Brain tumors
- Chiari malformations
- Craniosynostosis
- Dietary therapy for epilepsy in kids
- Head Trauma
- Hydrocephalus (Pediatric)
- Intraoperative MRI (iMRI)
- Laser Ablation
- Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT)
- Moya-Moya
- Neurofibromatosis and neurocutaneous disorders
- Pediatric Epilepsy (Neurosurgery)
- Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
- Pediatric astrocytoma
- Pediatric brainstem glioma
- Pediatric ependymoma
- Pediatric epilepsy
- Pediatric medulloblastoma
- Spina bifida
