Danish Ahmad, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Specialties

Pulmonary Critical Care ;
Critical Care Medicine

Areas of Expertise

Endobronchial Disease, Mesothelioma, Lung Metastases, Lung Cancer

Treatment Focus

Lung Cancer screening
Pleural Diseases
Pulmonary Nodules

Distinctions

Treatment Philosophy

I am excited to be a part of the excellent team at Fox Chase Cancer Center. The Pulmonary section at the institution provides compassionate, high quality team based care for our patients. As an Interventional Pulmonologist, I specialize in the care of patients with abnormalities within and around the lungs. Oftentimes, patients come to see me after an abnormal CT scan of the chest reveals nodules within the lungs or enlarged lymph nodes. In these cases, it is my job to figure out the cause of these findings.

In other cases, patients come to see me when they start to become short of breath. Again, these problems arise from within or around the lungs. In these cases, I can perform minimally invasive procedures such as bronchoscopies to help alleviate these symptoms. My team and I can also help with abnormal fluid that can build up around the lungs and make breathing harder. By removing the fluid through minimally invasive techniques we can make our patients feel better in a short time. Our goal is to improve the quality of life of our patients by helping with their breathing.

Clinical Locations

Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Phone: 888-369-2427

Educational Background

University of Maryland 2003-2007 BS, 2007 College Park, MD Physiology/Neurobiology
University of Maryland School of Medicine 2007- 2011 MD, 2011 Baltimore, MD
Residency, Internal Medicine Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, PA 6/2011-6/2014
Fellowship, Pulmonary Critical Care Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, PA 7/2014-6/2017
Fellowship, Interventional Pulmonary Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO 7/2017-6/2018

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease

Memberships

American College of Chest Physicians
American Thoracic Society
American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
Society for Advanced Bronchoscopy

Honors & Awards

Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors, 2024
American Thoracic Society, Abstract Scholarship
Impact of Outlier Status on Patient Outcomes in a Medical Intensive Care Unit, 2016
Drexel University College of Medicine, Chief Pulmonary Critical Care Fellow, 2016-2017
Drexel Internal Medicine Research Day, Second Place Award
Real World Experience of Lumacaftor-Ivacaftor at an Urban Cystic Fibrosis Center, 2016
University of Maryland, Semester Academic Honors, 2003-2006
University of Maryland, Honors Scholarship, 2006
University of Maryland, Honors Citation, 2005
University of Maryland, Dean’s Scholarship, 2003

Selected Publications

Reviewer:

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2020-present
Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, 2018-present

Publications:

Kalil AC, Patterson TF, Mehta AK, Tomashek KM, Wolfe CR, Ghazaryan V, et al. Baricitinib plus Remdesivir for Hospitalized Adults with Covid-19. New Engl J Med 2021; 384 (9): 795-807.
Haouzi P, Zamir A, Villarreal-Fernandez E, Stauffer D, Ventola L, Ahmad D, et al. Mechanics of Breathing and Gas Exchange in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with COVID-19 Associated Respiratory Failure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020; 202 (4): 626-628.
Chang Q, Bascom R, Toth J, Ahmad D, Higgins WE. Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy Video Analysis for Lesion Frame Detection. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2020: 1556-1559.
Ahmad D, Moeller K, Chowdhury J, Patel V, Yoo EJ. Impact of outlier status on critical care patient outcomes: Does boarding medical intensive care unit patients make a difference? J Crit Care 2017; 44: 13-17.

Book Chapters:

Shifren A, Russell TD, Witt C, Ahmad D, Anderson A, Mehta S, et al. Pulmonary Diseases. Crees Z, et al. (Ed.), The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 36th edition, (p 297-385). New York, USA: Wolters Kluwer
Ahmad D, and Yoo E. (2020). Asthma in Pregnancy. Lapinsky and Plante (Ed.), Respiratory Disease in Pregnancy, (p 67-72). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Ahmad D, Joseph K, and Halpin C. (2016). Nutrition and Indirect Calorimetry. Hoag (Ed.), Oncology Critical Care, (p 145-158). Rijeka, Croatia: InTech Publications.

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