Biography
Dr Furqaan Ahmed is one of the leading gastroenterologists in Pakistan. He is a graduate of the Aga Khan University Medical School in Karachi, Pakistan. Following this, he went to the United States where he completed a post doctoral research fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, residency training in Internal Medicine and then pursued a clinical hepatology fellowship, with particular emphasis on the treatment on the treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection, at the Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, a joint program at the Weill Medical Center of Cornell University and Rockefeller University.
Dr Furqaan Ahmed completed his gastroenterology fellowship training at New York Hospital and the Weill Medical Center of Cornell University in New York City. He then completed a one-year endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) training at the University of California, Davis in Sacramento. Finally, he completed a one year advanced endoscopy fellowship in ERCP at the Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. The ERCP program at Indiana University is the largest in North America and is one of the largest pancreatobiliary centers in the world with a world renowned faculty.
Research Interest
Dr. Furqaan's Research Interests include: Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Publications
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Viral Hepatitis C and Impact of Direct-Acting Antivirals on Liver Transplant
Short Communication: J Liver Disease Transplant
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Emily Richards