Munir Ahmad, MD
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Munir Ahmad, MD, BSc, MBBS, FRCSI, is a staff physician with the Congenital Heart Surgery Team in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute. He sees patients and performs surgery at Main Campus.
Specialty Interests: Cono-truncal anomalies, palliative surgery for single ventricle, adult congenital heart surgery, reoperations in congenital heart disease, coronary artery anomalies.
Experience: Dr. Ahmad has more than 30 years’ experience in adult and pediatric cardiac surgery, treating patients of all ages from neonates to adults. He is an expert in developing teams that perform high-risk, complex surgical procedures with excellent results and minimal morbidity and has specialized expertise in surgery for aortic root and coronary artery abnormalities.
Dr. Ahmad is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
Success Rates: Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute is nationally and internationally renowned for the world’s best cardiovascular care, drawing patients from across the country and around the world. To learn about patient outcomes for specific conditions and procedures at Cleveland Clinic, go to http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/about-heart-vascular-institute/treatment-outcomes.aspx
Education: Dr. Ahmad received his medical degree from University of the Punjab, Pakistan, and completed his internal medicine and general surgery residencies at Nishtar Hospital, Multan, Pakistan. He relocated to Ireland where he placed first in the examination from the Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in Ireland, leading to his acceptance into the prestigious Dublin Region Surgical Training Program. He received his general surgery training at the leading teaching hospitals in Dublin through this program, followed by adult cardiac surgery training at University Hospitals of the West-Midland Region, United Kingdom.
As a mid-career surgeon, Dr. Ahmad completed a congenital cardiac surgery fellowship under The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Pakistan at King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was a staff cardiac surgeon there for seven years before joining the Cleveland Clinic Congenital Surgery Team in 2016.
Research Publications and Speaking: Dr. Ahmad has coauthored more than 60 scientific papers on complex surgery for congenital and pediatric heart anomalies published in leading peer-reviewed medical journals. He also has coauthored and presented more than two dozen research abstracts at major national and international surgical meetings.
About Dr. Ahmad: “With improvement in congenital cardiac surgical results, more patients are surviving into adulthood, and the population of adult congenital patients in the United States now exceeds that of children with heart disease. I believe my greatest strength is the ability to treat patients of all ages, thus providing them life-long surgical care. I enjoy complex cases and re-do surgical procedures, helping those patients other centers may not be able to treat.”
Leisure Activities: Outside of work, Dr. Ahmad enjoys travel, gardening and exploring the culinary arts.
Education & Professional Highlights
Appointed
2016
Education & Fellowships
Residency - Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Cardiac Surgery
Birmingam,
United Kingdom
1994
Residency - North Staffordshire Royal Infirmaty
Cardiac Surgery
Stoke-On-Trent,
1993
Medical Education - Punjab University Faculty of Medicine
Punjab,
1982
Undergraduate - University of Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan,
1979
Professional Highlights
- Acceptance into Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- Fellowship in congenital cardiac surgery at two of the highest-volume specialty centers in Saudi Arabia, performing more than 1,200 cases a year
- Member of the Congenital Heart Surgery Team that led to Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital being ranked among the “10 Best Heart Centers for Children” by U.S. News & World Report
- Mentoring and supervising medical students and residents in clinical research, manuscript writing and presentation at regional and national meetings
Certifications
- General Surgery
Memberships
- Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland
- Pakistan Society of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons
- The Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia
Research & Publications
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