Faculty, UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Raheel Ahmed, MD, PhD

  • Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • Neurosurgery

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

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

    Specialties

    Additional conditions and treatments
    • Arteriovenous Malformation
    • Chiari malformations
    • Craniosynostosis
    • Head Trauma
    • Hydrocephalus (Pediatric)
    • Intraoperative MRI (iMRI)
    • Laser Ablation
    • Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT)
    • Moya-Moya
    • Pediatric Epilepsy (Neurosurgery)
    • Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery

    Research and publications

    Dr. Ahmed's research focuses on the surgical management of epilepsy and pediatric congenital spinal disorders.