Dr. Naveed Ahmed

Dr. Naveed Ahmed, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. He brings more than twenty-five years of experience in providing high quality care to patients.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Ahmed held several roles at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS, US, including Staff Surgeon and Consultant in General Surgery, Trauma & Critical Care Surgery and Endocrine & Hepatobiliary Surgery. Before that, he served at Cleveland Clinic’s Huron Hospital in East Cleveland, Ohio, US, as Co-Director then Director of Surgical Intensive Care where he helped establish the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. He also served as Director, Division of Trauma Services, Chief, Division of General Surgery and Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery.

Dr. Ahmed earned his medical degree at Allama Iqbal Medical Collage of Punjab University in Lahore, Pakistan. He followed with his Surgical Residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Hospital and Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center in New York, New York, US, from 1993 to 1998. He also completed his Fellowship in Surgical Intensive Care there in 1997.

In 2000, he completed his Surgical Residency at Cleveland Clinic’s Huron Hospital, where he continued to work as a Staff Surgeon and on the teaching staff until 2009.

Dr. Ahmed is a Diplomate with the American Board of General Surgery and the American Board of Surgical Intensive Care and completed the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Fellowship Program with Cleveland Clinic in 2009 for Kidney and Liver Transplant Surgery.

Dr. Ahmed has been mentoring and teaching medical students and surgical, ENT and anesthesia residents since 2000 and has received multiple teaching accolades and awards. He has participated in multiple studies to improve quality of care for patients, as well as quality of life and training of medical students and surgeons. He has published numerous studies, presented multiple journals and lectured globally.

Dr. Ahmed now lives in Abu Dhabi with his wife and two children.​

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

1983 - 1989: PUNJAB UNIVERSITY, LAHORE, PAKISTAN. Doctor of Medicine (MD)

RESIDENCY

• 1993 - 1998: LINCOLN MEDICAL ＆ MENTAL HEALTH CENTER (CORNELL UNIVERSITY), OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER (NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US. Intern, General Surgery; Resident, General Surgery
• 1991 - 1993: FEDERAL POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF PAKISTAN, LAHORE, PAKISTAN. Surgical Registrar
• 1990 - 1991: SERVICES HOSPITAL, LAHORE, PAKISTAN. Surgical House Officer

FELLOWSHIP

• 2008 - 2009: CLEVELAND CLINIC, CLEVELAND, OHIO, US. Fellow, American Society of Transplant Surgeons; Fellow, Multi-Organ Abdominal Transplant Surgery
• 2005 - 2006: CLEVELAND CLINIC, CLEVELAND, OHIO, US. Surgical Scholar, Hepatobiliary & Liver Transplantation Surgery
• 1996 - 1997: LINCOLN MEDICAL ＆ MENTAL HEALTH CENTER (CORNELL UNIVERSITY), OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER (NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US. Fellow, Surgical Critical Care

WORK EXPERIENCES

• 2011 - 2014: CLEVELAND CLINIC, CLEVELAND, OHIO, US. Consultant Staff, Department of General Surgery
• 2011 - 2015: UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, US. Staff Surgeon/Consultant, Endocrine, Hepatobiliary & Complex Acute General Surgery
• 2009 - 2011: UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, US. Staff Surgeon/Consultant, Trauma & Critical Care Surgery/General Surgery
• 2006 - 2009: HURON HOSPITAL, CLEVELAND CLINIC, EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO, US. Chief, Division of General Surgery; Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
• 2004 - 2009: HURON HOSPITAL, CLEVELAND CLINIC, EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO, US. Director, Division of Trauma Surgery
• 2002 - 2009: HURON HOSPITAL, CLEVELAND CLINIC, EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO, US. Associate Program Director, General Surgical Residency
• 2002 - 2004: HURON HOSPITAL, CLEVELAND CLINIC, EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO, US. Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
• 2001 - 2002: HURON HOSPITAL, CLEVELAND CLINIC, EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO, US. Co-Director, Surgical Instensive Care Unit
• 2000 - 2009: HURON HOSPITAL, CLEVELAND CLINIC, EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO, US. Teaching Staff, Department of General Surgery

Achievements & Career Highlights

• Recipient, Dr. Fred Rushton Teaching Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center Surgical Residency Program, 2014 to 2015 and 2013 to 2014
• Member of Hardy Society, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2013
• Recipient, Dr. Robert Schmieg Resident Advocate Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center Surgical Residency Program, 2011 to 2012
• Recipient, Evers Society Award for All-Star Attending (M-3), University of Mississippi Medical Center, Surgical Residency Program, 2010 to 2011
• Member of Southern Surgical Association, 2010
• Certified, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Liver and Transplant Surgery trained in Cleveland Clinic, 2009
• Licensed, Mississippi Medical Board, US, 2009 till Present
• Member of The Central Surgical Association (CSA), 2008 to Present
• Recipient, Residents Award for the Best Attending Physician of the Year, Huron Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, 2007 to 2008, 2004 to 2005 and 2001 to 2002
• Member of American Association for Surgery of Trauma (AAST), 2007
• Member of Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma (EAST), 2004 till Present
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons (ACS), 2003 till Present
• Councilor, Cleveland Surgical Society, 2003
• Member of Association for Surgical Education (ASE), 2003
• Licensed, Ohio Medical Board, US, 2001 till Present
• Diplomate, American Board of General Surgery, 2001
• Diplomate, American Board of Surgical Critical Care, 2001
• Chief Resident of the Year, Huron Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, 1999 to 2000
• Recipient, Residents Choice Award, Huron Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, 1998 to 1999
• Certified, Royal College of Surgeons, Part A, Edinburgh, UK, 1992