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Ahmed, Said, M.D., Ph.D.
said_a@wustl.edu
Instructor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
phone: (314) 454-2527
Education
MSc,
Excellent with honors
,
Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
,
2004
PhD,
Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
,
2010
MBBCh,
Excellent with honors
,
Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine
,
2000
Training
Resident of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine
,
2001
-
2004
Pediatric Flexible Bronchoscopy, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital
,
2005
-
2005
Pediatric research fellow, Washington University in St Louis
,
2007
-
2008
Resident of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital
,
2010
-
2012
Clinical Fellow - Pediatric Intensive Care, Washington University in St. Louis
,
2012
-
2015
Advanced training apprenticeship, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Washington University in St. Louis
,
2015
-
2016
Clinical Observer in Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, Harvard University
,
2016
-
2016
Academic Medical Leadership Program for Physicians and Scientists, Washington University School of Medicine, Olin School of Business and BJC Healthcare
,
2018
-
2018
Licensure and Board Certification
ECFMG certificate
,
2009
Pediatric Residency Completion - Washington University in St. Louis & St. Louis Children's Hospital
,
2012
Board certified in Pediatrics
,
2013
Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics
,
2013
MO,
Missouri permanent medical license/Physician and surgeon
,
2014
ACLS provider
,
2016
BLS provider
,
2016
PALS provider
,
2016
Pediatric Critical Care Boards
,
2016
Honors
Pediatric section travel award - Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress for abstract
,
2014
In-training section travel award - Society of Critical Care Medicine - for abstract
,
2014
Young Professional Abstract Award at the 8th World Congress on Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care
,
2016
Recent Publications
view all (11)
Publication Co-Authors
Matthew I. Goldsmith, M.D.
Audrey R. Odom John, M.D., Ph.D.
S. Paul Hmiel, M.D., Ph.D.
Mary E. Hartman, M.D., M.P.H.
Dennis J. Dietzen, Ph.D.
Allan Doctor, M.D.
Philip C. Spinella, M.D., FCCM
Avihu Z. Gazit, M.D.
Stephen C. Rogers, Laura B. Dosier, Timothy J. McMahon, Hongmei Zhu, David Timm, Hengtao Zhang, Joseph Herbert, Jacqueline Atallah, Gregory M. Palmer, Asa Cook, Melanie Ernst, Jaya Prakash, Mark Terng, Parhom Towfighi, Reid Doctor, Ahmed Said, Matthew S. Joens, James A. J. Fitzpatrick, Gabi Hanna, Xue Lin, Julie A. Reisz, Travis Nemkov, Angelo D’Alessandro, Allan Doctor.
Red blood cell phenotype fidelity following glycerol cryopreservation optimized for research purposes.
PLOS One
.
2018;13
(12).
doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0209201
PMID:
30576340
Ahmed S. Said, Mary E. McBride and Avihu Z. Gazit .
Successful preoperative bridge with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in three neonates with D-transposition of the great vessels and pulmonary hypertension
Cardiology in the Young
.
2018;1-3.
doi:
10.1017/S1047951118001038
PMID:
29991376
Shaan Amdani, Hannah Kim, Anthony Orvedahl, Audrey John, Ahmed Said and Kathleen Simpson.
Successful treatment of fulminant neonatal enteroviral myocarditis in monochorionic diamniotic twins with cardiopulmonary support, intravenous immunoglobulin and pocapavir.
BMJ Case Rep
.
2018.
doi:
10.1136/bcr-2017-224133
PMID:
29776940
Ahmed S. Said, Stephen C. Rogers and Allan Doctor.
Physiologic Impact of Circulating RBC Microparticles upon Blood-Vascular Interactions
Font. Physiol.
.
2018;8:1120.
doi:
10.3389/fphys.2017.01120
PMID:
29379445
Ahmed S. Said, Allan Doctor.
Influence of red blood cell-derived microparticles upon vasoregulation
Blood transfusion
.
2017;15:1-13.
doi:
10.2450/2017.0353-16
PMID:
28686154
Ahmed Said, Philip Spinella, Mary Hartman, Katherine Steffen, Ronald Jackups, Richard Holubkov, Michael Wallendorf, Allan Doctor..
RBC Distribution Width: Biomarker for Red Cell Dysfunction and Critical Illness Outcome?
Pediatr Crit Care Med.
.
2016.
doi:
10.1097/PCC.0000000000001017
PMID:
27832023
Arun Saini, Mary E. Hartman, Brian F. Gage, Ahmed Said, Avihu Z. Gazit, Pirooz Eghtesady, Umar S. Boston and Philip C. Spinella.
Incidence of Platelet Dysfunction by Thromboelastography-Platelet Mapping in Children Supported with ECMO: A Pilot Retrospective Study
Frontiers in Pediatrics
.
2016;3.
Said A, Rogers S, Doctor A.
Red cell physiology and signaling relevant to the critical care setting.
Curr Opin Pediatr
.
2015.
doi:
10.1097/MOP.0000000000000225
PMID:
25888155
Said A, Hmiel P, Goldsmith M, Dietzen D, Hartman ME.
Successful use of plasma exchange for profound hemolysis in a child with loxoscelism.
Pediatrics
.
2014;134
(5):
e1464-7.
doi:
10.1542/peds.2013-3338
PMID:
25349320
Said AS, Abd-Elaziz MM, Farid MM, Abd-ElFattah MA, Abdel-Monim MT, Doctor A.
Evolution of surfactant protein-D levels in children with ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Pediatr Pulmonol
.
2012;47
(3):
292-9.
doi:
10.1002/ppul.21548
PMID:
21901856
Rogers SC, Said A, Corcuera D, McLaughlin D, Kell P, Doctor A.
Hypoxia limits antioxidant capacity in red blood cells by altering glycolytic pathway dominance.
FASEB J
.
2009;23
(9):
3159-70.
doi:
10.1096/fj.09-130666
PMCID:
PMC2735367
PMID:
19417084
Last updated: 01/08/2019
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