Sarah Ahmad • UCSF Profiles

Sarah Ahmad, MD

Title(s)	Assistant Professor, Neurology
School	School of Medicine
Address	2330 Post Street, #610 San Francisco CA 94115
Phone	415-353-8393
ORCID	0000-0001-5500-3100
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Biography

Education and Training

University of California, San Francisco, CA		03/2021	Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
Stanford		06/2019	Neurology Residency
University of Utah	MD	05/2015	Medicine
Stanford Clinical Teaching Seminar Series (CTSS), Honors Scholar		05/2019	Medical Education

Overview

Dr. Sarah Ahmad is a neurologist and headache specialist who cares for patients with headache disorders. Her interests include clinical research, research in diversity and equity in health care, and medical education.

In The News

	The Spark, Episode 20: Gender in Medicine (5/26/2020)
	Female physicians far more likely to experience microaggressions from patients (9/22/2022)

Bibliographic

Publications

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Vestibular Migraine: Cognitive Dysfunction, Mobility, Falls. Otol Neurotol. 2022 12 01; 43(10):1216-1221. Preysner TA, Gardi AZ, Ahmad S, Sharon JD. PMID: 36136612.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 4 Fields:
Neu Neurology Oto Otolaryngology
Translation:Humans
Sex and Gender Considerations in Episodic Migraine. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2022 Jul; 26(7):505-516. Ahmad SR, Rosendale N. PMID: 35679008; PMCID: PMC9325838.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 7 Fields:
Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
Translation:Humans
Are You Really the Doctor? Physician Experiences with Gendered Microaggressions from Patients. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2022 04; 31(4):521-532. Ahmad SR, Ahmad TR, Balasubramanian V, Facente S, Kin C, Girod S. PMID: 34747651.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 2 Fields:
Gyn Gynecology Wom Women's Health
Translation:Humans
Evaluation of Sexual Harassment Policies at Medical Institutions to Understand Attention to Harassment of Physicians by Patients. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 11 01; 4(11):e2135131. Reed G, Ahmad SR, Khoong EC, Olazo K, Jagsi R, Mangurian C, Sarkar U. PMID: 34787660; PMCID: PMC8600387.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 1 Fields:
Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans
American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting. Effect of Dihydroergotamine Infusion Rate on Inpatient Headache Treatment Outcomes. 2020. Riggins N, Ehrlich A, Corroo J, Ahmad S, Breithaupt A, Parekh M, Levin M. View Publication.
Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. Semin Neurol. 2019 12; 39(6):682-691. Ahmad SR, Moss HE. PMID: 31847039; PMCID: PMC7713505.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 8 Fields:
Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
13th Annual UCSF Health Disparities Research Symposium. Gendered microaggressions from patients and their impact on physicians. 2019. Ahmad SR, Ahmad TR, Balasubramanian V, Girod S, Kin C.
American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting. Assessment of Resident Opinions and Knowledge of Neurology Subspecialty Fellowship Application. 2019. Ahmad SR & Razavi B. View Publication.
Current State of Immunotherapy for Treatment of Glioblastoma. Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2019 02 21; 20(3):24. McGranahan T, Therkelsen KE, Ahmad S, Nagpal S. PMID: 30790064; PMCID: PMC6394457.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 131 Fields:
Neo Neoplasms
Translation:Humans
Video NeuroImages: Paraneoplastic spinal myoclonus associated with Caspr2 antibodies. Neurology. 2018 04 03; 90(14):660-661. Hines H, Murray NM, Ahmad S, Jaradeh S, Gold CA. PMID: 29610228.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 4 Fields:
Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
Disulfide cross-linked micelles of novel HDAC inhibitor thailandepsin A for the treatment of breast cancer. Biomaterials. 2015 Oct; 67:183-93. Xiao K, Li YP, Wang C, Ahmad S, Vu M, Kuma K, Cheng YQ, Lam KS. PMID: 26218744; PMCID: PMC4550558.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 16 Fields:
Bio Biomedical Engineering
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Cancer of the ampulla of vater: current evaluation and therapy. Hosp Pract (1995). 2014 Dec; 42(5):45-61. Ahmad SR, Adler DG. PMID: 25485917.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 4 Fields:
Hos Hospitals
Translation:Humans
First reported case of intentional use of a duodenal stent to treat gastric outlet obstruction prior to pancreaticoduodenectomy in a patient with pancreatic cancer. Dig Dis Sci. 2014 Feb; 59(2):489-92. Ahmad S, Adler DG. PMID: 24114048.

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Gas Gastroenterology
Translation:Humans