Salman Ahmad MD FACS FCCM MS (Informatics)

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Associate Professor, Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine

Summary

Dr. Salman Ahmad, based in Columbia, MO, is a general surgeon with subspecialties in trauma surgery and surgical critical care. He completed his surgical critical care fellowship at the University of California Davis Health and his surgery residency at Maine Medical Center. Dr. Ahmad holds a medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, a bachelor's in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University, and a master's in Health Informatics from the University of Missouri. Since 2013, he has been an Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri Hospital & Clinics. His research focuses on trauma and surgical critical care, with multiple publications in notable journals like Spine and the Global Spine Journal. Dr. Ahmad has received several honors, including a President’s Quality Award from Baystate Medical Center and the CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification.

University of MissouriMasters of Science, Health Informatics , 2021 - 2022
University of California Davis HealthFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2006 - 2007
Maine Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2001 - 2006
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public HealthClass of 2001
Purdue University West LafayetteB.S., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification PowerChart Touch, Cerner Corporation, 2013, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification PowerChart, Cerner Healthe, Cerner Patient Portal, HealthSentry and P2 Sentinel, Cerner Corporation, 2013, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification FirstNet (CQM), Cerner Corporation, 2013, 2016-2017

PubMed

Incarcerated Rectal Prolapse Secondary to Rectal Adenomatous Polyposis: A Case Report.
Alexandra L King, Raymond I Okeke, Katelynn Montgomery, Farrell Landwehr, Eugene Ismailov
Cureus. 2026-05-01
Preoperative Narcotic Education in Spine Surgery: A Retrospective Study.
Anas M Abbas, Alex Ngan, Jian H Li, Araf M Abbas, Aadi Pandya
Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024-11-06
3 citations
Determining the utility of three-column osteotomies in revision surgery compared with primary surgeries in the thoracolumbar spine: a retrospective cohort study in the...
Tyler Kade Williamson, Oluwatobi O Onafowokan, Ankita Das, Jamshaid Mahmood Mir, Oscar Krol
Asian Spine Journal. 2024-10-01

Journal Articles

The Resuscitation Game, Are We Winning?
Ahmad S, Surgical Grand Rounds, University of Missouri Hospital, 1/1/2013
Cardiac Power: Advancing Goal Directed Resuscitation
Ahmad S, Baystate Medical Center Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, 1/15/2011
History of Medicine in Medieval Islam
Ahmad S, Maine Medical Center Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, 1/1/2005

Abstracts/Posters

Catch me if you can: Missing Antiplatelet Agents in Traumatic Brain Injuries with the PFA—what are the consequences?
Bartels A, Sarpong Y, Coberly J, Hughes N, Litt J, Quick J, Kessel J, Nelson C, Coughenour J, Barnes S, Litofsky NS, Hammer R, Ahmad S, et.al, Central Surgical Association, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2015
Catch me if you can: Missing Antiplatelet Agents in Traumatic Brain Injuries with the PFA—what are the consequences?
Bartels A, Sarpong Y, Coberly J, Hughes N, Litt J, Quick J, Kessel J, Nelson C, Coughenour J, Barnes S, Litofsky NS, Hammer R, Ahmad S, et.al, Regional COT Competition, 1/1/2014
A Retrospective Study of 162 Anterior Abdominal Stab Wound Patients: Evaluation of the Discriminatory Power of an Artificial Neural Network Model
Ahmad S, Marsh J, Kwon E, Selby L, Teperman, S, National Trauma Institute meeting, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2012

Lectures

Computational Modelling of Multiple Myeloma Patient Genomic Signatures to Predict Treatment Outcome
2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018
Imaging of Trauma in a Pregnant Patient
1/1/2012
Sepsis: Current Thoughts and Role of Pressors
1/1/2008

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