Education/CredentialsFellowship: University of Cincinnati (Interventional Cardiology)Fellowship: University of Cincinnati (Cardiovascular Disease)Fellowship: University of Cincinnati (Heart Failure/Transplant)Residency: University of Cincinnati (Internal Medicine)Medical Degree: Aga Khan University Board Certifications & LicensesAmerican Board of Internal Medicine (Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology) (Certification Date: 2018-10-03)American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease) (Certification Date: 2015-10-06)American Board of Internal Medicine (Certification Date: 2011-08-17) - (Recertification Date: 2021-09-01)American Board of Internal Medicine (Interventional Cardiology) (Certification Date: 2016-10-06) - (Recertification Date: 2023-05-04) SpecialtiesCardiovascular DiseaseHeart Failure/TransplantInternal MedicineInterventional Cardiology Contact Information Clinical Interests CardiologyCardiology InterventionalCardiovascular DiseaseHeart Failure Peer Reviewed Publications Connelly, Katherine M; Winslow, Stephanie E; Smith, Justin; Ahmad, Saad S; Xie, Changchun; Hinckley, William R; Gottula, Adam L; Lane, Bennett H 2023. Management of patients with impella devices or intra-aortic balloon pumps during helicopter air ambulance transport in observational data. Perfusion, , 2676591231158273Alhasan, Faysal; Rayes, Hamza; Girgla, Saavia; Kompella, Divya; Ali, Mahboob; Ahmad, Saad 2022. Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device Fracture in the Right Ventricle and its Retrieval. JACC. Case reports, 4 15, 982-986Taramasso, Maurizzio; Ahmad, Saad S 2022. A Road Less Traveled. JACC. Case reports, 4 7, 395-396Waqar, Fahad; Athar, Muhammad W; Dwivedi, Alok K; Ahmad, Saad; Sanghvi, Saagar; Scott, Elonia; Khan, Naseer; Gerson, Myron C 2022. Visual patterns of breast attenuation artifacts in women and men with an upright and supine cadmiun-zinc-telluride camera. Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 29 4, 1976-1984Moseley, Alex; Mazur, Wojciech; Ahmad, Saad 2021. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in unclear cases of ventricular interdependence: a case series. European heart journal. Case reports, 5 7, ytab223Athar, Muhammad W; Waqar, Fahad; Dwivedi, Alok K; Ahmad, Saad; Sanghvi, Saagar; Scott, Elonia; Khan, Naseer; Gerson, Myron C 2019. Effects of gender and defect reversibility on detection of coronary disease with an upright and supine cadmium-zinc-telluride camera. Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, , Kingsley, Clotilde; Ahmad, Saad; Pappachan, John; Khambekar, Sujata; Smith, Thomas; Gardiner, Diane; Shambrook, James; Baskar, Shankar; Moore, Ryan; Veldtman, Gruschen 2018. Right ventricular contractile reserve in tetralogy of Fallot patients with pulmonary regurgitation. Congenital heart disease, 13 2, 288-294Ahmad, Saad S; Gerson, Myron C 2017. Sympathetic drive stimulating diastolic dysfunction? Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, , Ahmad, Saad; Jamali, Hina K; Waqar, Fahad; Harris, David M 2016. Cardiac Tamponade Physiology Secondary to Tense Ascites. Cardiology, 134 4, 423-5Ahmad, Saad; Wilt, Heath 2016. Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation and Valvular Heart Disease. The open cardiovascular medicine journal, 10 , 110-6Ahmad, Saad; Gujja, Pradeep; Naz, Tehmina; Ying, Jun; Dunlap, Stephanie H; Shizukuda, Yukitaka 2015. Clinical significance of left atrial volume in clinical outcomes of heart transplant recipients. Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 10 , 96Ahmad, Saad; Bhatti, Sabha; Shizukuda, Yukitaka 2013. Continuing medical education activity in echocardiography. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), 30 2, 190Ahmad, Saad; Bhatti, Sabha; Shizukuda, Yukitaka 2013. Functional assessment of donor and recipient left atrium in heart transplant patients using full-volume three-dimensional echocardiography. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), 30 2, 191-5Gottula, Adam L; Shaw, Christopher R; Milligan, Justine; Chuko, Jonathan; Lauria, Michael; Swiencki, Amy; Bonomo, Jordan; Ahmad, Saad; Hinckley, William R; Gorder, Kari L . Impella in Transport: Physiology, Mechanics, Complications, and Transport Considerations. Air medical journal, 41 1, 114-127
Peer Reviewed Publications Connelly, Katherine M; Winslow, Stephanie E; Smith, Justin; Ahmad, Saad S; Xie, Changchun; Hinckley, William R; Gottula, Adam L; Lane, Bennett H 2023. Management of patients with impella devices or intra-aortic balloon pumps during helicopter air ambulance transport in observational data. Perfusion, , 2676591231158273Alhasan, Faysal; Rayes, Hamza; Girgla, Saavia; Kompella, Divya; Ali, Mahboob; Ahmad, Saad 2022. Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device Fracture in the Right Ventricle and its Retrieval. JACC. Case reports, 4 15, 982-986Taramasso, Maurizzio; Ahmad, Saad S 2022. A Road Less Traveled. JACC. Case reports, 4 7, 395-396Waqar, Fahad; Athar, Muhammad W; Dwivedi, Alok K; Ahmad, Saad; Sanghvi, Saagar; Scott, Elonia; Khan, Naseer; Gerson, Myron C 2022. Visual patterns of breast attenuation artifacts in women and men with an upright and supine cadmiun-zinc-telluride camera. Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 29 4, 1976-1984Moseley, Alex; Mazur, Wojciech; Ahmad, Saad 2021. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in unclear cases of ventricular interdependence: a case series. European heart journal. Case reports, 5 7, ytab223Athar, Muhammad W; Waqar, Fahad; Dwivedi, Alok K; Ahmad, Saad; Sanghvi, Saagar; Scott, Elonia; Khan, Naseer; Gerson, Myron C 2019. Effects of gender and defect reversibility on detection of coronary disease with an upright and supine cadmium-zinc-telluride camera. Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, , Kingsley, Clotilde; Ahmad, Saad; Pappachan, John; Khambekar, Sujata; Smith, Thomas; Gardiner, Diane; Shambrook, James; Baskar, Shankar; Moore, Ryan; Veldtman, Gruschen 2018. Right ventricular contractile reserve in tetralogy of Fallot patients with pulmonary regurgitation. Congenital heart disease, 13 2, 288-294Ahmad, Saad S; Gerson, Myron C 2017. Sympathetic drive stimulating diastolic dysfunction? Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, , Ahmad, Saad; Jamali, Hina K; Waqar, Fahad; Harris, David M 2016. Cardiac Tamponade Physiology Secondary to Tense Ascites. Cardiology, 134 4, 423-5Ahmad, Saad; Wilt, Heath 2016. Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation and Valvular Heart Disease. The open cardiovascular medicine journal, 10 , 110-6Ahmad, Saad; Gujja, Pradeep; Naz, Tehmina; Ying, Jun; Dunlap, Stephanie H; Shizukuda, Yukitaka 2015. Clinical significance of left atrial volume in clinical outcomes of heart transplant recipients. Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 10 , 96Ahmad, Saad; Bhatti, Sabha; Shizukuda, Yukitaka 2013. Continuing medical education activity in echocardiography. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), 30 2, 190Ahmad, Saad; Bhatti, Sabha; Shizukuda, Yukitaka 2013. Functional assessment of donor and recipient left atrium in heart transplant patients using full-volume three-dimensional echocardiography. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), 30 2, 191-5Gottula, Adam L; Shaw, Christopher R; Milligan, Justine; Chuko, Jonathan; Lauria, Michael; Swiencki, Amy; Bonomo, Jordan; Ahmad, Saad; Hinckley, William R; Gorder, Kari L . Impella in Transport: Physiology, Mechanics, Complications, and Transport Considerations. Air medical journal, 41 1, 114-127
Connelly, Katherine M; Winslow, Stephanie E; Smith, Justin; Ahmad, Saad S; Xie, Changchun; Hinckley, William R; Gottula, Adam L; Lane, Bennett H 2023. Management of patients with impella devices or intra-aortic balloon pumps during helicopter air ambulance transport in observational data. Perfusion, , 2676591231158273Alhasan, Faysal; Rayes, Hamza; Girgla, Saavia; Kompella, Divya; Ali, Mahboob; Ahmad, Saad 2022. Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device Fracture in the Right Ventricle and its Retrieval. JACC. Case reports, 4 15, 982-986Taramasso, Maurizzio; Ahmad, Saad S 2022. A Road Less Traveled. JACC. Case reports, 4 7, 395-396Waqar, Fahad; Athar, Muhammad W; Dwivedi, Alok K; Ahmad, Saad; Sanghvi, Saagar; Scott, Elonia; Khan, Naseer; Gerson, Myron C 2022. Visual patterns of breast attenuation artifacts in women and men with an upright and supine cadmiun-zinc-telluride camera. Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 29 4, 1976-1984Moseley, Alex; Mazur, Wojciech; Ahmad, Saad 2021. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in unclear cases of ventricular interdependence: a case series. European heart journal. Case reports, 5 7, ytab223Athar, Muhammad W; Waqar, Fahad; Dwivedi, Alok K; Ahmad, Saad; Sanghvi, Saagar; Scott, Elonia; Khan, Naseer; Gerson, Myron C 2019. Effects of gender and defect reversibility on detection of coronary disease with an upright and supine cadmium-zinc-telluride camera. Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, , Kingsley, Clotilde; Ahmad, Saad; Pappachan, John; Khambekar, Sujata; Smith, Thomas; Gardiner, Diane; Shambrook, James; Baskar, Shankar; Moore, Ryan; Veldtman, Gruschen 2018. Right ventricular contractile reserve in tetralogy of Fallot patients with pulmonary regurgitation. Congenital heart disease, 13 2, 288-294Ahmad, Saad S; Gerson, Myron C 2017. Sympathetic drive stimulating diastolic dysfunction? Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, , Ahmad, Saad; Jamali, Hina K; Waqar, Fahad; Harris, David M 2016. Cardiac Tamponade Physiology Secondary to Tense Ascites. Cardiology, 134 4, 423-5Ahmad, Saad; Wilt, Heath 2016. Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation and Valvular Heart Disease. The open cardiovascular medicine journal, 10 , 110-6Ahmad, Saad; Gujja, Pradeep; Naz, Tehmina; Ying, Jun; Dunlap, Stephanie H; Shizukuda, Yukitaka 2015. Clinical significance of left atrial volume in clinical outcomes of heart transplant recipients. Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 10 , 96Ahmad, Saad; Bhatti, Sabha; Shizukuda, Yukitaka 2013. Continuing medical education activity in echocardiography. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), 30 2, 190Ahmad, Saad; Bhatti, Sabha; Shizukuda, Yukitaka 2013. Functional assessment of donor and recipient left atrium in heart transplant patients using full-volume three-dimensional echocardiography. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), 30 2, 191-5Gottula, Adam L; Shaw, Christopher R; Milligan, Justine; Chuko, Jonathan; Lauria, Michael; Swiencki, Amy; Bonomo, Jordan; Ahmad, Saad; Hinckley, William R; Gorder, Kari L . Impella in Transport: Physiology, Mechanics, Complications, and Transport Considerations. Air medical journal, 41 1, 114-127