Department of Pediatrics

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

• 2009ECFMG certificate
• 2012Pediatric Residency Completion - Washington University in St. Louis & St. Louis Children's Hospital
• 2013 - PresBoard certified in Pediatrics
• 2013Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics
• 2014 - PresMO, Missouri permanent medical license/Physician and surgeon
• 2016 - PresACLS provider
• 2016 - PresBLS provider
• 2016 - PresPALS provider
• 2016 - PresPediatric Critical Care Boards

Honors and Awards

• 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
• Sixth Annual Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Biology Young Investigators Forum - Abstract, 2019
• 2019 Excellence in Research Grant - Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Biology Young Investigator Forum, 2019

Recent Publications view all (17)

Publication Co-Authors

Matthew I. Goldsmith, M.D.

S. Paul Hmiel, M.D., Ph.D.

James A.J. Fitzpatrick, PhD

Mary E. Hartman, M.D., M.P.H.

Anthony W. Orvedahl, M.D., Ph.D.

Dennis J. Dietzen, Ph.D.

Edon J Rabinowitz

Kristin Guilliams, MD MSCI

Philip C. Spinella, M.D., FCCM

Avihu Z. Gazit, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Ahmed, Said, M.D., Ph.D.

1. Sarah L. Bauer Huang, Ahmed S. Said, Christopher D. Smyser, John C. Lin, Kristin P. Guilliams, and R´ejean M. Guerriero. Seizures Are Associated With Brain Injury in Infants Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation JCN. 2020. doi:10.1177/0883073820966917  
2. Edon J. Rabinowitz, Kailyn McGregor, Nicole R. O’Connor, Tara M. Neumayr, and Ahmed S. Said. Systemic Hypertension in Pediatric Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ASAIO. 2020. doi:10.1097/MAT.0000000000001267  PMID:33074862 
3. Matthew R Schill, Matthew T Douds, Emily L Burns, Michael A Lahart, Ahmed S Said, Aaron M Abarbanell. Is Anticoagulation With Bivalirudin Comparable to Heparin for Pediatric Extracorporeal Life Support? Results From a High-Volume Center Artif Organs. 2020. doi:10.1111/aor.13758  PMID:32557733 
4. Robert M. MacGregor, Ryan M. Antiel, Tasnim Najaf, Ahmed S. Said,Brad W. Warner, Mehul V. Raval, Baddr Shakhsheer. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pediatric Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019–Related Illness PCCM. 2020;21(10):893-897. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000002432  PMCID:PMC7523473  PMID:32427689 
5. Ahmed S. Said, Kristin P. Guilliams, Melania M. Bembea. Neurological Monitoring and Complications of Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support Pediatric Neurology. 2020. doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.03.014  PMID:32299748 
6. 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 
7. 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 
8. 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 
9. 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 
10. 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 
11. 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 
12. 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. 
13. 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 
14. 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 
15. 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 
16. 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 
17. Caren J Liviskie, Michael A Lahart, Nicole R O'Connor, Ahmed S Said, Christopher C McPherson. Antithrombin Dose Optimization in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Infants ASAIO. doi:10.1097/MAT.0000000000001340  PMID:33528157