Saira Ahmed MD

Education

Undergraduate: Georgia Institute of Technology, BS Biomedical Engineering, 2009
Graduate: Tulane University, MS Human Genetics, 2010
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine, MD, 2016

Residency: NCC Pediatrics, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 2016-2019
Fellowship: SAUSHEC Adolescent Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, 2019-2022

Foundations in Health Professions Education Certificate, USU, 2022

Biography

Current Positions:
Assistant Chief, Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine Clinic, WRNMMC
Associate Program Director, Transitional Year Internship, WRNMMC
Core Faculty, Pediatrics Residency and Transitional Year Internship, WRNMCC
- Resident Academic Advisor

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Executive Committee Member - Army, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Uniformed Services

Member, Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine Advocacy Committee

Member, ACGME Adolescent Fellowship Milestones Workgroup, 2022-2023

Workshop, “Advocacy Nuts and Bolts: Amplifying Voices for Adolescent and Young Adult Health and Healthcare.” Brown J, Grubb L, Rusley J, Mariani M, McNamara M, Ahmed S, Barendeau J, English A. Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 15, 2024

Workshop, “Creating a Comprehensive and Personalized Adolescent Medicine Rotation Curriculum.” Ahmed S, Lawson ML, Chiccarelli EN, Bowsher BL. Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 8, 2023.

Platform Presentation, “Children’s Sleep Issues After a Parent is Seriously Injured,” Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Toronto, ON, May 6, 2018.

Corps Member (High School Mathematics Teacher), Teach For America, Bridgeport, CT

Representative Bibliography

Ahmed, S., Oberlin, JM., & Bowsher, BL. (2024). Case 1: Clitoromegaly, Oligomenorrhea, and Hirsutism in a 17- year-old Transgender Male. Pediatrics in Review, 45(9), 505-508. doi.org/10.1542/pir.2022-005608

Ahmed S, Vereen RJ, Aden JK, Dillon CA, Shapiro JB. Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Adolescent Pregnancies in the Military Health System. Mil Med. 2023 Oct 19:usad397. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usad397. PMID: 37856694.

Sherwin N, Gómez Rincón M, Paul A, Ahmed S. Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Milestones 2.0: An Overview of Updates. J Adolesc Health. 2023 May 9:S1054-139X(23)00198-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.04.001. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37162427.

Ahmed S, Gorman GH, Susi A, Robertson BD, Collen JF, Hisle-Gorman EJ. Impact of parental injury on adolescent sleep. J Clin Sleep Med. 2020 Sep 15;16(9):1437-1444. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.8514. PMID: 32336323.