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• Postoperative Radiation Therapy for Thymic Carcinoma: An Analysis of the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group/European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database.
  Andreas Rimner, Usman Ahmad, Stephanie M Lobaugh, Zhigang Zhang, Annemarie F Shepherd, James Huang, Alberto Antonicelli, Nicolas Girard, Bernhard Moser, Pierluigi Filo...> ;Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2024 Apr 1
• 3 citations
  Effect of donor smoking and substance use on post-lung transplant outcomes.
  Jesse M Rappaport, Hafiz Umair Siddiqui, Lucy Thuita, Marie Budev, Kenneth R McCurry, Eugene H Blackstone, Usman Ahmad> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Aug 1
• Commentary: Cutting the losses: Using lungs from donors with substance abuse history.
  Lin Chen, Usman Ahmad> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Jan 1
• 3 citations
  A comparative study of robotic and laparoscopic approaches to Heller myotomy.
  Siva Raja, Saurav Adhikari, Eugene H Blackstone, Andrew J Toth, Thomas W Rice, Usman Ahmad, Sudish C Murthy> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2022 Dec 1
• Commentary: Calling a spade a spade? What constitutes a segmentectomy.
  Andrew Tang, Usman Ahmad> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Jun 1
• 2 citations
  Endoscopic pyloromyotomy is feasible and effective in improving post-lung transplant gastroparesis.
  Jesse M P Rappaport, Siva Raja, Scott Gabbard, Lucy Thuita, Madhusudhan R Sanaka, Eugene H Blackstone, Usman Ahmad> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2022 Sep 1
• 3 citations
  Adjuvant Therapy After Neoadjuvant Therapy for Esophageal Cancer: Who Needs It?
  Siva Raja, Thomas W Rice, Min Lu, Marie E Semple, Eugene H Blackstone, Sudish C Murthy, Usman Ahmad, Michael McNamara, Andrew J Toth, Hemant Ishwaran> ;Annals of Surgery. 2023 Aug 1
• 6 citations
  A Phase 1 Study of Concurrent Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab Plus Chemoradiation Followed by Consolidation Pembrolizumab in Patients With Resectable Stage IIIA NSCLC.
  Christopher A Lemmon, Gregory M M Videtic, Sudish Murthy, Kevin L Stephans, Marc Shapiro, Usman Ahmad, Daniel Raymond, Vamsidhar Velcheti, Alejandro Bribriesco, Xuefei...> ;JTO Clinical and Research Reports. 2022 Jul 1
• Prospective cohort of cryobiopsy in interstitial lung diseases: a single center experience.
  Manuel L Ribeiro Neto, Andrea Valeria Arrossi, Ruchi Yadav, Daniel A Culver, Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, Joseph G Parambil, Brian D Southern, Leslie Tolle, Aman Pande, Franci...> ;BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 2022 Jun 2
• Select octogenarians with stage IIIa non-small cell lung cancer can benefit from trimodality therapy.
  Andrew Tang, Andrew Feczko, Sudish C Murthy, Siva Raja, Alejandro Bribriesco, Dean Schraufnagel, Usman Ahmad, Daniel P Raymond, Monisha Sudarshan> ;JTCVS Open. 2022 Jun 1
• 3 citations
  Clinical significance of donor lung weight at procurement and during ex vivo lung perfusion.
  Toshihiro Okamoto, Kamal S Ayyat, Ichiro Sakanoue, Hiromichi Niikawa, Sayf A Said, Usman Ahmad, Shinya Unai, Alejandro Bribriesco, Haytham Elgharably, Marie M Budev, J...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2022 Jun 1
• 13 citations
  Thymic Carcinomas-A Concise Multidisciplinary Update on Recent Developments From the Thymic Carcinoma Working Group of the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group.
  Anja C Roden, Usman Ahmad, Giuseppe Cardillo, Nicolas Girard, Deepali Jain, Edith M Marom, Alexander Marx, Andre L Moreira, Andrew G Nicholson, Arun Rajan, Annemarie F...> ;Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2022 May 1
• 5 citations
  How Much Delay Matters? How Time to Treatment Impacts Overall Survival in Early Stage Lung Cancer.
  Andrew Tang, Usman Ahmad, Siva Raja, Alejandro Bribriesco, Monisha Sudarshan, Jesse Rappaport, Alok A. Khorana, Eugene H. Blackstone, Sudish C. Murthy, Daniel P. Raymond> ;Annals of Surgery. 2021 Nov 18
• 3 citations
  ISHLT consensus document on lung transplantation in patients with connective tissue disease: Part III: Pharmacology, medical and surgical management of post-transplant...
  Maria M. Crespo, Tamara Claridge, Robyn T. Domsic, Matthew G. Hartwig, Jasleen Kukreja, Kathleen Stratton, Kevin M. Chan, Maria Molina, P Ging, A. Cochrane, Konrad Hoe...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2021 Jul 31
• 4 citations
  Intercostal Blocks with Liposomal Bupivacaine in Thoracic Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
  Donn Marciniak, Andrej Alfirevic, Ryan M. Hijazi, Andra E. Duncan, A. Marc Gillinov, Usman Ahmad, Sudish C. Murthy, Daniel P. Raymond> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2021 May 1
• Commentary: A new hope-neoadjuvant immunotherapy for resectable non-small cell lung cancer.
  Ramiro Fernandez, Usman Ahmad> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Apr 27
• Commentary: To flip or not to flip: Approaching the minimally invasive lobectomy.
  Ramiro Fernandez, Usman Ahmad> ;JTCVS Techniques. 2021 Apr 3
• 9 citations
  The eighth edition TNM stage classification for thymic tumors: What do I need to know?
  Usman Ahmad> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Apr 1
• 3 citations
  Pleural space management after lung transplant: Early and late outcomes of pleural decortication.
  Jesse Rappaport, Hafiz Umair Siddiqui, Andrew Tang, Lucy Thuita, Siva Raja, Alejandro Bribriesco, Monisha Sudarshan, Daniel P. Raymond, Marie Budev, Charles Lane, Atul...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2021 Mar 29
• 3 citations
  Evolution of Recipient Characteristics Over 3 Decades and Impact on Survival After Lung Transplantation.
  Haytham Elgharably, Kamal S. Ayyat, Toshihiro Okamoto, Lucy Thuita, Shinya Unai, Alejandro Bribriesco, James Yun, Douglas R. Johnston, Usman Ahmad, Sudish C. Murthy, M...> ;Transplantation. 2021 Mar 18
• The "bowtie" reconstruction flap: A unique solution to cervical esophageal discontinuity repair.
  Joseph B. Meleca, Usman Ahmad, Brandon Prendes, Eric Lamarre> ;American Journal of Otolaryngology. 2021 Mar 1
• 10 citations
  Looking beyond the eyeball test: A novel vitality index to predict recovery after esophagectomy.
  Andrew Tang, Usman Ahmad, Siva Raja, Jesse Rappaport, Daniel P. Raymond, Monisha Sudarshan, Alejandro Bribriesco, Eugene H. Blackstone, Sudish C. Murthy> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Mar 1
• 10 citations
  Peroral endoscopic myotomy provides effective palliation in type III achalasia.
  Monisha Sudarshan, Siva Raja, Saurav Adhikari, Sudish C. Murthy, Prashanthi N. Thota, Scott Gabbard, Monica Ray, Usman Ahmad, Mahdusudhan Sanaka> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Feb 6
• 1 citations
  Commentary: Lung Donation after Circulatory Death in the United States. Current and Future Challenges.
  Usman Ahmad> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Feb 1
• 10 citations
  Natural History of Pleural Complications After Lung Transplantation
  Andrew Tang, Hafiz Umair Siddiqui, Lucy Thuita, Jesse Rappaport, Alejandro Bribriesco, Kenneth R. McCurry, James Yun, Shinya Unai, Marie Budev, Sudish C. Murthy, Eugen...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Feb 1
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Journal Articles

• Incidence of occult pN2 disease following resection and mediastinal lymph node dissection in clinical stage I lung cancer patients  
  Bille A, Woo KM, Ahmad U, Rizk NP, Jones DR, Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 1/1/2017
• Thymic Carcinoma Management Patterns among International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group (ITMIG) Physicians with Consensus from the Thymic Carcinoma Working Group  
  Shepherd A, Riely G, Detterbeck F, Simone CB 2nd, Ahmad U, Huang J, Korst R, Rajan A, Rimner A, J Thorac Oncol, 1/1/2017
• Postoperative Radiation Therapy is Associated with Longer Overall Survival in Completely Resected Stage II and III Thymoma - An Analysis of the International Thymic Ma...  
  Rimner A, Yao X, Huang J, Antonicelli A, Ahmad U, Korst RJ, Detterbeck F, Gomez DR, J Thorac Oncol, 1/1/2016
• Thymic carcinoma outcomes and prognosis: Results of an international analysis  
  Ahmad U, Yao X, Detterbeck F, Huang J, Antonicelli A, Filosso PL, Ruffini E, Travis W, Jones DR, Zhan Y, Lucchi M, Rimner A, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1/1/2015
• Second primary lung cancers: smokers versus nonsmokers after resection of stage I lung adenocarcinoma  
  Ripley RT, McMillan RR, Sima CS, Hasan SM, Ahmad U, Lou F, Jones DR, Rusch VW, Rizk NP, Huang J, Ann Thorac Surg, 1/1/2014
• Outcome of primary neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus: A joint analysis of the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group and the European Society of Thoracic Sur...  
  Filosso PL, Yao X, Ahmad U, Zhan Y, Huang J, Ruffini E, Travis W, Lucchi M, Rimner A, Antonicelli A, Guerrera F, Detterbeck F; European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Th..., J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1/1/2014
• Current readings: The most influential and recent studies involving surgical management of thymoma  
  Ahmad U, Huang J, Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1/1/2013
• Reply: Outcomes for lung transplantation for lung cancer in the United Network for Organ Sharing Registry  
  Ahmad U, Boffa DJ, Ann Thorac Surg, 1/1/2013
• Low-cost simulation plank for microsurgical success  
  Patel A, Shah A, Ahmad U, Indes J, Persing J, Plast Reconstr Surg, 1/1/2012
• Current status of lung cancer screening  
  Ahmad U, Detterbeck FC, Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1/1/2012
• Association of the 9p213 locus with risk of first-ever myocardial infarction in Pakistanis: case-control study in South Asia and updated meta-analysis of Europeans  
  Saleheen D, Alexander M, Rasheed A, Wormser D, Soranzo N, Hammond N, Butterworth A, Zaidi M, Haycock P, Bumpstead S, Potter S, Blackburn H, Gray E, Di Angelantonio E, ..., Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 1/1/2010
• Genetic determinants of major blood lipids in Pakistanis compared with Europeans  
  Saleheen D, Soranzo N, Rasheed A, Scharnagl H, Gwilliam R, Alexander M, Inouye M, Zaidi M, Potter S, Haycock P, Bumpstead S, Kaptoge S, Di Angelantonio E, Sarwar N, Hu..., Circ Cardiovasc Genet, 1/1/2010
• Evaluation of therapeutic control in a Pakistani population with hypertension  
  Saleheen D, Hashmi SK, Zaidi M, Rasheed A, Murtaza M, Abbas A, Nasim S, Hameed MQ, Shuja F, Sethi MJ, Hussain I, Shahid K, Khalid H, Ahmad U, Frossard PM, Ishaq M, J Eval Clin Pract, 1/1/2010
• IFN-gamma primes intact human coronary arteries and cultured coronary smooth muscle cells to double-stranded RNA- and self-RNA-induced inflammatory responses by upregu...  
  Ahmad U, Ali R, Lebastchi AH, Qin L, Lo SF, Yakimov AO, Khan SF, Choy JC, Geirsson A, Pober JS, Tellides G, J Immunol, 1/1/2010
• The Pakistan Risk of Myocardial Infarction Study: a resource for the study of genetic, lifestyle and other determinants of myocardial infarction in South Asia  
  Saleheen D, Zaidi M, Rasheed A, Ahmad U, Hakeem A, Murtaza M, Kayani W, Faruqui A, Kundi A, Zaman KS, Yaqoob Z, Cheema LA, Samad A, Rasheed SZ, Mallick NH, Azhar M, Jo..., Eur J Epidemiol, 1/1/2009
• Association study of two interleukin-1 gene loci with essential hypertension in a Pakistani Pathan population  
  Khawaja MR, Taj F, Saleheen D, Ahmad U, Chohan MO, Jafar T, Frossard PM, J Hum Hypertens, 1/1/2008
• Anthropometric correlates of blood pressure in normotensive Pakistani subjects  
  Khan A, Haq FU, Pervez MB, Saleheen D, Frossard PM, Ishaq M, Hakeem A, Sheikh HT, Ahmad U, Int J Cardiol, 1/1/2008
• Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt: Immediate and Short-Term Follow-Up Results in Neonates  
  Ahmad U, Fatimi SH, Naqvi I, Atiq M, Moizuddin SS, Sheikh KB, Shahbuddin S, Naseem TM, Javed MA, Heart Lung Circ, 1/1/2008
• Interferon- Induces X-linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis-associated Factor-1 and Noxa Expression and Potentiates Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Apoptosis by STAT3 Activa...  
  Bai Y, Ahmad U, Wang Y, Li JH, Choy JC, Kim RW, Kirkiles-Smith N, Maher SE, Karras JG, Bennett CF, Bothwell AL, Pober JS, Tellides G, J Biol Chem, 1/1/2008
• Offsprings of hypertensive parents have higher blood pressure and BMI  
  Kazim SF, Salman MB, Zubairi AJ, Afzal A, Ahmad U, Frossard PM, J Coll Physicians Surg Pak, 1/1/2008
• Chamberlain Mediastinotomy for Diagnosis of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Trachea  
  Fatimi SH, Sajwani RA, Rizvi N, Javed MA, Khan A, Ahmad U, Heart Lung Circ, 1/1/2008
• Chronic cough secondary to post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta  
  Fatimi SH, Khan A, Shuja F, Javed MA, Ahmad U, Heart Lung Circ, 1/1/2008
• Large mesothelial cyst of the mediastinum causing respiratory distress  
  Fatimi SH, Javed MA, Ahmad U, Heart Lung Circ, 1/1/2008
• Attitudes towards genetic diagnosis in Pakistan: a survey of medical and legal communities and parents of thalassemic children  
  Gilani AI, Jadoon AS, Qaiser R, Nasim S, Meraj R, Nasir N, Naqvi FF, Latif Z, Memon MA, Menezes EV, Malik I, Memon MZ, Kazim SF, Ahmad U, Community Genet, 1/1/2007
• A novel haplotype in ABCA1 gene effects plasma HDL-C concentration  
  Saleheen D, Khanum S, Haider SR, Nazir A, Ahmad U, Khalid H, Hussain I, Shuja F, Shahid K, Habib A, Frossard PM, Int J Cardiol, 1/1/2007
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Books/Book Chapters

• Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery 
  Chapter: Diagnostic Evaluation of Anterior Mediastinal Masses and Clinical and Surgical Approach to Thymic Tumors via Sternotomy 
  Page 124.0 - 133.0Ahmad U, Detterbeck FCEditors: Kaiser L, Kron I, Spray T.Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Phildelphia, PAEdition 3rd,2014

Abstracts/Posters

• What Role Does Surgery Play in Stage III NSCLS?
  Ahmad U, Cleveland, OH, 1/1/2017
• Hindsight is 20:20
  Ahmad U, Cleveland, OH, 1/1/2017
• Advance in the Multidisciplinary Management of Lung Cancer: From Screening to Immunotherapy
  Ahmad U, Cleveland, OH, 1/1/2017
• Adjuvant Chemotherapy is Associated with Improved Survival in Node Negative NSCLC with Chest Wall Involvement
  Ahmad U, Crabtree TD, Patel AP, Morgensztern D, Robinson CG, Krupnick AS, Kreisel D, Jones DR, Patterson GA, Meyers BF, Puri V, 41st Annual Meeting of Western Thoracic Surgery Association, Vancouver, 1/1/2015
• Resection of Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Sternum: An Analysis of Prognostic Variables
  Ahmad U, Yang H, Sima C, Buitrago DH, Ripley RT, Suzuki K, Bains MS, Rizk NP, Rusch VW, Huang J, Adusumilli PS, Rocco G, Jones DR, Ann Thorac Surg, Sixty-first Annual Meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Tucson, AZ, 1/1/2015
• Outcomes of Thymic Carcinoma: A Joint Analysis of the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group and European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Databases
  Ahmad U, Yao X, Detterbeck F, Huang J, Antonicelli A, Filosso PL, Ruffini E, Travis W, Jones DR, Zhan Y, Lucchi M, Rimner A, 94th American Association for Thoracic Surgery meeting, Toronto, 1/1/2014
• Resection of Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Sternum: An Analysis of Prognostic Variables
  Ahmad U, Yang H, Sima C, Buitrago DH, Ripley RT, Suzuki K, Bains MS, Rizk NP, Rusch VW, Huang J, Adusumilli P, Rocco G, Jones DR, 61st Southern Thoracic Surgical Association meeting, Tucson, 1/1/2014
• Lung transplantation for Broncho-alveolar Carcinoma. A UNOS database study
  Ahmad U, Wang Z, Bryant AS, Kim AW, Kukreja J, Mason DP, Bermudez CA, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Society of Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, Florida, 1/1/2012
• Comparison of Open, HALS and Laparoscopic Splenectomy
  Ahmad U, Shariff A, Salem R, New England Surgical Society Meeting, 1/1/2011
• Polymorphisms in ABCA1 gene affect plasma HDL cholesterol concentration
  Ahmad U, Saleheen D, Frossard PM, 6th Annual Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Washington, DC, 1/1/2005
• Polymorphisms in ABCA1 gene affect plasma HDL cholesterol concentration
  Ahmad U, Saleheen D, Frossard PM, Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 6th Annual Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Washington, DC, 1/1/2005
• Identification of a Renin gene Dimorphism and Confirmation of its Association with Essential Hypertension
  Ahmad U, Saleheen D, Frossard PM, 44th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, San Francisco, California, 1/1/2004
• Identification of a Renin gene Dimorphism and Confirmation of its Association with Essential Hypertension
  Ahmad U, Saleheen D, Frossard PM, Circulation, 44th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, San Francisco, California, 1/1/2004
• Spectrum of Infections and Predictors of Mortality in Febrile Neutropenic Patients
  Yousaf MA, Siddiqui BK, Ahmad U, Shamim A, Zakiullah N, Burney I, 9th Annual Cancer Conference, Karachi, 1/1/2002
• Probing the Role of Immune System in Hypertension, Association of TNF alpha A-308G Dimorphism with Hypertension
  Ahmad U, Mahmood S, Frossard PM, 13th Annual European Student’s Conference, Berlin, 1/1/2002
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Lectures

• Interferon-gamma potentiates the effects of dsRNA on vascular smooth muscle cells 
  Yale University School of Medicine - 1/1/2008
• Tall Rounds: Solitary Pulmonary Nodule In the High Risk (for cancer) Patient, Surveillance and Adjuvant Therapy 
  Cleveland Clinic - 1/1./2016
• Primary Graft Dysfunction in Lung Transplantation the First 72 Hours 
  Cleveland Clinic - 1/12/2016
• Surgeons Approach to Stage I Lung Cancer 
  Cleveland Clinic - 1/7./2017
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