Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Interests

I am interested in using clinical informatics and dissemination and implementation (D&I) research to investigate ways to improve patient care across a variety of diseases, primarily in the pediatric emergency department, but also in the primary care and inpatient setting.

My areas of interest include reproductive health issues in adolescents, neonatal HSV, bronchiolitis, and children with complex medical diseases. I also have an interest in airway management and the use of advanced airway equipment in critically ill pediatric patients.

I also spend time working to improve the personal financial knowledge of medical trainees. I have given several talks on personal finance to multiple groups of medical students as well as residents in multiple specialities. I led creation of a new personal finance/business of medicine lecture series for the residents in pediatrics and internal medicine at WashU, and have led or co-led studies related to personal finance education for trainees.

Education

• BSBA, Magna cum laude with honors certificate, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002
• MD, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, 2006
• MSCI, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 2012

Training

• Residency in Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital and Ben Taub General Hospital, 2006 - 2009
• Fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine & St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2009 - 2012
• Postdoctoral Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation (MTPCI), Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 2010 - 2012
• Biomedical and Health Informatics for Emergency Physicians, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 2014
• Introduction to Dissemination and Implementation Science, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 2014
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine Bedside Ultrasound Course, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2017

Licensure and Board Certification

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 2006 - Pres
• MO, Medical Licensure, 2009 - Pres
• MO, DEA License, 2009 - Pres
• American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics, 2009 - Pres
• Advanced Trauma Life Support, 2009 - Pres
• Advanced Hazmat Life Support, 2011 - Pres
• MO, BNDD, 2011 - Pres
• American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2013 - Pres
• American Board of Preventive Medicine, Clinical Informatics, 2016 - Pres
• Clinical Training Program NEXPLANON, 2017 - Pres

Honors

• Graduated Summa cum Laude with an Honors Certification, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002
• Fellowship, Religion & Professions, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005
• Reba Michels Hill Scholarship, Baylor College of Medicine Pediatrics Alumni Association, 2008
• Academic Pediatric Association Ludwig/Seidel Award for Best Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow Research Project, 2012
• Academic Pediatric Association Fellow Research Award for Best Fellow Research Project, 2012
• Lecturer of the Month, February 2015, by Pediatric Residents, 2015
• Lecturer of the Month, April 2015, by Pediatric Residents, 2015
• Lecturer of the Month, August 2017, by Pediatric Residents, 2017
• St. Louis Children's Hospital Emergency Unit -- EU Strong Award Nominee -- January, 2018
• St. Louis Children's Hospital Emergency Unit -- EU Strong Award Nominee -- August, 2018
• Lecturer of the Month, August 2018, by Pediatric Residents, 2018

Recent Publications view all (18)

Publication Co-Authors

Gregory A. Storch, M.D.

Andrew J. White, M.D.

Charles Samson, M.D.

Tara Copper, M.D.

Jane M. Garbutt, M.D.

Kimberly S. Quayle, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Fahd Ahmad, M.D., M.S.C.I.

1. Anthony Spirito, PhD, Julie R.  Bromberg, MPH, T. Charles Casper, PhD3, Thomas Chun, MD, MPH, Michael J. Mello, MD, MPH, Colette C. Mull, MD; ; Rohit P. Shenoi, MD5; Cheryl Vance, MD; Fahd Ahmad,  MD, MSCI; Lalit Bajaj, MD8; Kathleen M. Brown, MD; Lauren S. Chernick, MD, MSc; Daniel M. Cohen, MD; Joel Fein, MD, MPH; Timothy Horeczko, MD, MSCR, FACEP, FAAP; Michael N. Levas, MD; B McAninch, MD; Michael C.Monuteaux, SC.D.; Jackie Grupp-Phelan, MD,  MPH; Elizabeth C. Powell, MD, MPH; Alexander Rogers, MD, Brian Suffoletto, MD, MS and James G. Linakis, PhD, MD  for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network.. Pediatric Emergency Care Research Network (PECARN). Screening for Adolescent Alcohol Use in the Emergency Department: What Does It Tell Us About Cannabis, Tobacco and Other Drug Use? Substance Use and Misuse. 2019;Accepted, In Press. doi:10.1080/10826084.2018.1558251  
2. Thomas H. Chun, MD, MPH, Lauren S. Chernick, MD, MSc, Fahd A. Ahmad, MD, MSCI, Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH, Rohit P. Shenoi, MD, T. Charles Casper, PhD, Joel A. Fein, MD, MPH, Jackie Grupp-Phelan, MD, MPH, B. McAninch, MD, Elizabeth C. Powell, MD, MPH, Julie R. Bromberg, MPH, James G. Linakis, PhD, MD, and Anthony Spirito, PhD for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. For the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Adolescent Substance Abuse Risk: A Comparison of PECARN Emergency Department Patients and Two Nationally Respresentative Samples; Accepted 2019;(Accepted). 
3. Carden MA, Brousseau DC, Ahmad FA, Bennett J, Bhatt S, Bogie A, Brown K, Casper TC, Chapman LL, Chumpitazi CE, Cohen D, Dampier C, Ellison AM, Grasemann H, Hickey RW, Hsu LL, Leibovich S, Powell E, Richards R, Sarnaik S, Weiner DL, and Morris CR on behalf of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Normal Saline Bolus Use is Associated with Worse Pain Control in Children with Sickle Cell Disease and Vaso-occlusive Pain Episodes: A Multicenter Experience; (Accepted) 2018. 
4. Linakis, James G.; Bromberg, Julie; Casper, T.; Chun, Thomas; Mello, Michael; Richards, Rachel; Mull, Colette; Shenoi, Rohit; Vance, Cheryl; Ahmad, Fahd; Bajaj, Lalit; Brown, Kathleen; Chernick, Lauren; >Cohen, Daniel; Fein, Joel; Horeczko, Timothy; Levas, Michael; McAninch, Brett; Monuteaux, Michael; Grupp-Phelan, Jackie; Powell, Elizabeth; Rogers, Alexander; Suffoletto, Brian; Dean, J. Michael; Spirito, Anthony. Predictive Validity of a Two-Question Alcohol Screen at One, Two and Three Year Follow-up; (Accepted) 2018. doi:2018-2001.R1  
5. Leonard, J; Browne, L; Ahmad, FA; Schwartz, H; Wallendorf, M; Lerner, EB; Leonard, J; Kupperman, NK;. Cervical Spine Injury Risk Factors in Children with Blunt Trauma Pediatrics. 2018. 
6. Puffenbarger MS, Ahmad FA, Argent M, Gu H, Samson C, Quayle KS, Saito JM. Reduction of Computed Tomography Use for Pediatric Closed Head Injury Evaluation at a Nonpediatric Community Emergency Department. Acad Emerg Med. 2018. PMID:30428150 
7. Ahmad FA, Jeffe DB, Carpenter CR, Chernick LS, Stukus KS, Turco M, Yu FB, Bailey TC. Emergency Department Directors Are Willing to Expand Reproductive Health Services for Adolescents. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2018. PMID:30339833 
8. Copper TC, Jeffe DB, Ahmad FA, Abraham G, Yu F, Hickey B, Schnadower D. Emergency Information Forms for Children With Medical Complexity: A Qualitative Study. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018. PMCID:PMC6113122  PMID:29489603 
9. Browne LR, Schwartz H, Ahmad FA, Wallendorf M, Kuppermann N, Lerner EB, Leonard JC. Interobserver Agreement in Pediatric Cervical Spine Injury Assessment Between Prehospital and Emergency Department Providers. Acad Emerg Med. 2017;24(12):1501-1510. PMID:28921731 
10. Ahmad FA, Jeffe DB, Plax K, Schechtman KB, Doerhoff DE, Garbutt JM, Jaffe DM. Characteristics of Youth Agreeing to Electronic Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk Assessment in the Emergency Department. Emerg Med J. 2017;35(1):46-51. doi:10.1136/emermed-2016-206199  PMID:28801483 
11. Bromberg JR, Spirito A, Chun T, Mello MJ, Casper TC, Ahmad FA, Bajaj L, Brown KM, Chernick LS, Cohen DM, Fein J, Horeczko T, Levas MN, McAninch BL, Monuteaux M, Mull C, Grupp-Phelan J, Powell EC, Rogers A, Shenoi RP, Suffoletto B, Vance C, Linakis JG, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Methodology and Demographics of a Brief Adolescent Alcohol Screen Validation Study. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000001221  PMCID:PMC5752626  PMID:29112110 
12. Ahmad FA, White AJ, Hiller KM, Amini R, Jeffe DB. An Assessment of Residents' and Fellows' Personal Finance Literacy: An Unmet Medical Education Need Int J Med Educ. 2017;29(8):192-204. doi:10.5116/ijme.5918.ad11  PMCID:PMC5457786  PMID:28557777 
13. Ahmad FA, Schwartz H, Browne LR, Lassa-Claxton S, Wallendorf M, Brooke Lerner E, Kuppermann N, Leonard JC. Methods for Collecting Paired Observations From Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Department Providers for Pediatric Cervical Spine Injury Risk Factors. Acad Emerg Med. 2017;24(4):432-441. doi:10.1111/acem.13144  PMID:27976464 
14. Abraham G, Fehr J, Ahmad F, Jeffe D, Copper T, Yu F, White A, Auerbach M, Schnadower D. Emergency Information Forms for Children with Medical Complexity: A Simulation Study. Pediatrics. 2016;138(2). doi:10.1542/peds.2016-0847  PMCID:PMC5603153   PMID:27436504 
15. Curfman AL, Glissmeyer EW, Ahmad FA, Korgenski EK, Blaschke AJ, Byington CL, Miller AS. Initial Presentation of Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection J Pediatr. 2016;172:121-126.e1. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.02.015  PMID:26960921 
16. Ahmad FA, Storch GA, Miller AS. Impact of an Institutional Guideline on the Care of Neonates at Risk for Herpes Simplex Virus in the Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2015. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000000498  PMID:26308608 
17. Ahmad FA, Jeffe DB, Plax K, Collins KK, Schechtman KB, Doerhoff DE, Garbutt J, Jaffe DM. Computerized self-interviews improve Chlamydia and gonorrhea testing among youth in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2014;64(4):376-384. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.01.031  PMCID:PMC4156563  PMID:24612901 
18. Ahmad FA, Macias CG, Allen JY. The Use of Incentive Spirometry in Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Disease to Reduce the Incidence of Acute Chest Syndrome. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011;33(6):415-420. doi:10.1097/MPH.0b013e31821ed4ce  PMID:21792036