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EARLY CLOSURE MARCH 4 - Due to the forecast for severe winter weather, Creighton's Omaha campus will close at 7 P.M. this evening.
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Faran Ahmad, MBBS
Assistant Professor
Contact
School of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Fellowships
Infectious Diseases Division
Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship
Faran Ahmad, MBBS
Assistant Professor
Fellowship: Creighton University School of Medicine
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
Medical School: King Edward Medical University
Department
Medicine
Position
Assistant Professor
Publications
- Chest
Shafique NOUMAN, Muhibullah FNU, Aleem MUHAMMAD, Lohana ABHI, Ali FARMAN, Akbar USMAN, Shafique ADEENA, Pulipati YOCHITHA, Rasool MUHAMMAD WAJID, Shahid MUHAMMAD AHMAD, Khan MUHAMMAD, Ehsan AMNA, Adhikari SUGAT, Khan MUHAMMAD ALI, Khan LATEEF, Ahmad FARAN, PREVALENCE OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE EXACERBATION OF COPD: AN UPDATED SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
166:4, p. A4749 - A4750 2024 - Proceedings - Baylor University. Medical Center
Isern Raul D., Biermann Kelly, Krajicek Bryan J., Andukuri Venkata G., Velagapudi Manasa, Bittner Marvin J., Ahmad Faran, Legionella pneumophila urine antigen testing in community-acquired pneumonia: a quality improvement initiative in diagnostic stewardship, p. 1 - 2 2024 - American journal of therapeutics
Naveed Aiman, Cheema Huzaifa Ahmad, Shahid Abia, Umer Mohammad, Hussain Hassan ul, Ahmad Sharjeel, Rehman Mohammad Ebad Ur, Singh Harpreet, Kurman Jonathan S., Sahra Syeda, Ahmad Faran, Iqbal Sana, Favipiravir for the Treatment of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials 2024 - Jizba Theresa, Ahmad Faran, Walters Ryan, Foral Pamela, Destache Christopher, Velagapudi Manasa, A comparison of clinical outcomes associated with dosing metronidazole every 8 hours versus every 12 hours: a systematic review and metaanalysis 2024
- Critical care medicine
Cheema Huzaifa, Ebad Ur Rehman Mohammad, Ehsan Muhammad, Jani Chinmay, Singh Harpreet, Ahmed Gangat Shazil, Shahzil Muhammad, Shahid Abia, Ul Hussain Hassan, Jahangir Abdullah, Sahra Syeda, Ahmad Faran, Ahmad Sharjeel, 1466: LOWER VERSUS HIGHER IV FLUID VOLUMES IN SEPSIS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS
52:1, p. S704 - S704 2024 - Critical care medicine
Naveed Aiman, Cheema Huzaifa, Singh Harpreet, Kurman Jonathan, Shahid Abia, Ahmad Faran, Ahmad Sharjeel, Sahra Syeda, Ur Rehman Mohammad Ebad, Umer Mohammad, 30: FAVIPIRAVIR IN HOSPITALIZED COVID-19 PATIENTS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS
52:1, p. S15 - S15 2024 - Journal of critical care
Cheema Huzaifa Ahmad, Musheer Adeena, Ejaz Arooba, Paracha Anousheh Awais, Shahid Abia, Rehman Mohammad Ebad Ur, Torres Antoni, Hermis Alaa Hamza, Singh Harpreet, Duric Natalie, Ahmad Faran, Ahmad Sharjeel, Szakmany Tamas, Efficacy and safety of corticosteroids for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
80, p. 154507 2023 - Gastroenterology research
Addasi Yazan, Velagapudi Manasa, Rangray Rajani, Nguyen Anny H., Sabri Ahmed, Ahmad Faran, Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis: A Clinical Review
16:5, p. 249 - 253 2023 - Chest
Isern RAUL, Swaney RICHARD, Krajicek BRYAN J, Plambeck ROBERT W, Ahmad FARAN, REFRACTORY PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII PNEUMONIA IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON EXISTING COMPLICATIONS
164:4, p. A1000 - A1001 2023 - Isern R.D., Ahmad F., Krajicek B., Andukuri V., Bittner M.J., Velagapudi M., Diagnostic Stewardship Initiative Focusing on Appropriate Urine Legionella Pneumophila Antigen Testing in Patients With Community Acquired Pneumonia 2023
- Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
Ahmad Faran, Merwin Matthew, Jaffri Abbis H, Krajicek Bryan, Association of Non-traditional Indicators of Readers’ Engagement With Traditional Dissemination Metrics of COVID-19-Related Research
15:1, p. e34238 - e34238 2023 - Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
Isern Raul D, Toth Stephen, Goldfarb Mikhail, Ahmad Faran, Multifocal Brain Abscesses Due to Streptococcus intermedius
14:12, p. e32797 2022 - Chest
Ahmad FARAN, Batool AYESHA, Mendoza NEIL, S DEPEW ZACHARY, COVID-19-ASSOCIATED PULMONARY MUCORMYCOSIS PRESENTING AS SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX: A RARE PRESENTATION
162:4, p. A462 - A462 2022 - Pharmacy
Destache Christopher J, Ahmad Faran, Rajendrapasad Sanu, Loranger Austin, Pruett William, Jagan Nikhal, Krajicek Bryan, Schmidt David, Quimby David, Velagapudi Manasa, Boldt Dayla, Hayes Sarah, Anthone Jennifer, Kessel Brittney, Vivekanandan Renuga, COVID-19 Mortality and Therapeutics in Nebraska and Southwest Iowa during Early Pandemic
10:4, p. 69 - 2022 - Patel Shiv A., Truong Gia Thinh D., Creech Zachary A., Ahmad Faran, Bittner Marvin J., Rajan Ajay K., Azeem Ahad, Newquist Irene L., Royal Lesley L., Hemrick Kimberly S., Outbreak of Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Changes in Central Line Dressing Care Accompanying Changes in Nursing Education, Nursing Documentation, and Dressing Supply Kits 2022
- Open forum infectious diseases
Azeem Ahad, Ahmad Faran, Velagapudi Manasa, 1401. Infliximab for Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) in Tuberculous Meningitis; A Treatment Paradox
8:Supplement_1, p. S785 - S785 2021 - Open forum infectious diseases
Azeem Ahad, Newquist Irene L, Royal Lesley L, Hemrick Kimberly S, Creech Zachary A, Patel Shiv A, Rajan Ajay K, Truong Gia Thinh D, Ahmad Faran, Bittner Marvin J, 774. Outbreak of Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Changes in Central Line Dressing Care Accompanying Changes in Nursing Education, Nursing Documentation, and Dressing Supply Kits
8:Supplement_1, p. S484 - S484 2021 - American journal of clinical pathology
Sabri A, Cavalieri S, Ahmad F, Martin S, Abushattal A, Bacillus cereus Bacteremia: An Unusual Case Following Food Poisoning
156:Supplement_1, p. S132 - S133 2021 - Chest
Rajendraprasad SANU, Ahmad FARAN, Nair SUNIL, CASE OF MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN (MIS-C) PRESENTING WITH RASH AND SHOCK
160:4, p. A670 - A670 2021 - Chest
Ahmad FARAN, Ahmed ARSLAN, Rajendraprasad SANU, Loranger AUSTIN, Vivekanandan RENUGA, Moore DOUG, SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION: A RARE SEQUELA OF COVID-19
160:4, p. A94 - A95 2021 - Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
Ahmad Faran, Brubaker Margaret, Rajendraprasad Sanu S, Hoeynck Brian, Clyde Brent L, Velagapudi Manasa, Challenges in the Management of Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections in Patients With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
13:8, p. e17035 - e17035 2021 - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Ahmad Faran, Ahmed Arslan, Rajendraprasad Sanu S., Loranger Austin, Gupta Sonia, Velagapudi Manasa, Vivekanandan Renuga, Nahas Joseph A., Plambeck Robert, Moore Douglas, Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults
108, p. 209 - 211 2021 - Meza Daniel A., Reyfman Paul A., Ahmad Faran, Kalhan Ravi, Khuder Basil, Outcomes of COPD Patients with Coronavirus 2021
- Critical Care Medicine
Rajendraprasad Sanu, Anthone Jennifer, Ahmad Faran, Loranger Austin, Pruett William, Kessel Brittney, Quimby David, Velagapudi Manasa, Krajicek Bryan, Vivekanandan Renuga, Jagan Nikhil, Boldt Dayla, Schmidt David, Destache Chris, Hayes Sarah, COVID-19 Therapeutics: What Works?
49:1, p. 93 - 93 2021 - Critical Care Medicine
Ahmad Faran, Rajendraprasad Sanu, Loranger Austin, Pruett William, Kessel Brittney, Jagan Nikhil, Boldt Dayla, Schmidt Dave, Hayes Sarah, Anthone Jennifer, Vivekanandan Renuga, Krajicek Bryan, Destache Chris, Quimby David, Velagapudi Manasa, Influence of Health Disparities on COVID-19 Critical Care Admissions
49:1, p. 101 - 101 2021 - Open forum infectious diseases
Ahmad Faran, Ahmed Moeed, Velagapudi Manasa, Bittner Marvin J, 94. Appropriate Urine Legionella Antigen Testing: A Step Towards Diagnostic Stewardship
7:Supplement_1, p. S62 - S63 2020 - Open forum infectious diseases
Ahmed Mahmoud, Khalid Nida, Ahmad Faran, 771. A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce 30-days Sepsis-Related Readmissions by Internal Medicine Residents
6:Supplement_2, p. S343 - S343 2019 - Open forum infectious diseases
Jamil Saad Bin, Ahmad Faran, Patel Ajay, Polo Shruti, Syed Talat, Dharmarajan Ts, Syed Shakera, Casper Theodore, Implementing Pneumococcal Vaccination in Hospitalized Adults with COPD, Asthma, Current Smokers, and/or Over Age 65 Years. A Performance Improvement Project
4:suppl_1, p. S469 - S470 2017 - Open forum infectious diseases
Ahmad Faran, Nair Rahul, Puli Srikanth, Jamil Saad Bin, Rizvi Farhan, Mapakshi Swapna, Venugopal Sangeetha, Shahid Tamoor, Haider Tahseen, Nori Priya, Boland-Reardon Carmel, Sultana Sania, Corpuz Marilou, Denneny Brenda, A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative for Influenza Disease Management Lead by Internal Medicine House Staff
3:suppl_1 2016
Presentations
- Fever and Rash in ICU [01/2023] ID Division Grand Rounds, Creighton University, Omaha. 2023
- Sepsis: Ever Evolving Discussion on Early Detection & Management. [10/2022] Graduate Medical Education, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Creighton University, Omaha. 2022
- Dermatological Findings of Infections in Critical Illness. [05/2022] Pulmonary & Critical Care Division Grand Rounds, Creighton University, Omaha. 2022
- Review of the Updated Guidelines for the Management of CDI [6/2021]. Citywide Infectious Diseases Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2021
- HIV Encephalopathy [06/2020]. Citywide Infectious Diseases Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2020
- Infectious Processes of the Pleural Space [05/2020]. Citywide Infectious Diseases Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2020
- Progressive disseminated Histoplasmosis [03/2020]. Citywide Infectious Diseases Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2020
- N. meningitidis Bacteremia [02/2020]. Citywide Infectious Diseases Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2020
- Actinomycosis [11/2019]. Citywide Infectious Diseases Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2019
- Multi-drug resistant Tuberculous Lymphadenitis [8/2019]. Citywide Infectious Diseases Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2019
- Scrub Typhus (Tsutsugamushi disease) [07/2019]. City Wide Infectious Disease Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2019
Awards
- Excellence in Scholarly Activity
“Excellence in Scholarly Activity” Award from Creighton University, Department of Medicine (6/2021)
Creighton University Department of Medicine - Excellence in Poster Presentation
Trainee Award, by IDSA at ID week 2020 for excellence in poster presentation (10/2020).
IDSA - Excellence in Poster Presentation
Trainee Award, by IDSA at ID week 2019 for excellence in poster presentation (10/2019).
IDSA - Statement of Accomplishment: Statistics in Medicine
"Statement of Accomplishment" for successfully completing with distinction in the online offering of "Statistics in Medicine", by Stanford University (8/28/2013).
Stanford University