Muzaffar Ahmad, MD, is Chairman Emeritus of Medicine and a Staff Physician in the Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Ahmad received his medical degree from Kashmir University in 1965 and after completing his pulmonary fellowship at Cleveland Clinic in June 1973, he joined the Department of Pulmonary Disease. He served as Chairman of the department from March 1983 to September 1991 and Chairman of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic from 1991 to 2003. Dr. Ahmad has served on the Medical Executive Committee and on the Board of Trustees and the Board of Governors.

His specialty interests include chronic obstructive lung disease, bronchial asthma, lung cancer and fiberoptic bronchoscopy. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific publications.  

• Past President, Ohio Chapter, American College of Chest Physicians
• Founding Member, Board of Directors, Association of Pulmonary Program Directors

Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic

Pulmonary Disease
Cleveland, OH USA
1973

Residency - Fairview General Hospital

Internal Medicine
Cleveland, OH USA
1971

Residency - Queens Hospital Center

Internal Medicine
Jamaica, NY USA
1969

Internship - Barberton Citizens Hospital

Rotating Intern
Barberton, OH USA
1968

Medical School - University of Kashmir Faculty of Medicine

Srinagar India
1965

Undergraduate - University of Kashmir

PreMed
Srinagar India
1960

• Internal Medicine
• Internal Medicine- Pulmonary Disease

• Chairman, Department of Pulmonary And Critical Care Medicine, 1983-1991
• Chairman, Division of Medicine, 1991-2003
• Executive Committee of Cleveland Clinic Board of Trustees, 1988-1989
• Elected to the Board of Governors of Cleveland Clinic, 1989-1993
• Chairman, Accountability Committee (World-Class Care), 2002-2003

• Program for Chiefs of Clinical Services, Harvard School of Public Health
• Office of Practice Management, Case Western Reserve University

• American College of Physician Executives
• American Medical Association
• Fellow, American College of Physicians
• American Thoracic Society
• Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians

• Bronchoscopy
• Diagnosing Asthma
• Pulmonary Immunology
• Treating Asthma With Bronchodialators

• Asthma
• Cough
• Emphysema
• Interstitial Lung Disease
• Lung Cancer
• Pneumonia
• Pulmonary Fibrosis

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