Dr. Ahmed is originally from Pakistan and received his medical degree from Dow University of Health Sciences in Karachi, followed by a post-doctoral research fellowship in medical education at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore.
Dr. Ahmed then completed a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, followed by hematopathology fellowship at Yale and dermatopathology fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Following training, Dr. Ahmed started his career as an assistant professor at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, gaining independent sign-out experience in inpatient, outpatient and consult cases in dermatopathology and hematopathology. Dr. Ahmed currently serves as director of the dermatopathology section at the Illinois Dermatology Institute while holding an adjunct appointment in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine where he continues to be involved in education and research activities.
In addition to his passion for routine dermatopathology, his background in hematopathology gives him additional diagnostic expertise in skin lymphomas. Dr. Ahmed is well-published, has won several national awards, and sits on multiple committees of the College of American Pathologists and the American Society of Dermatopathology.