Sahar Ahmad

Dr. Sahar Ahmad is an Associate Professor of Medicine, with Tenure, at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University; She has several educational roles in the institution including: Program Director of Critical Care Fellowship; Director of Ultrasound Education for the Department of Medicine and Chair of the Ultrasound Curriculum Taskforce for the School of Medicine; Director of Critical Care Education at the Division of Pulmonary Critical Care; and Director of Simulation for the Internal Medicine Residency.

She serves administrative roles as well, including Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit, Chair of the Sepsis Team and Core Member for the Cardiac Arrest Committee at Stony Brook University Hospital.

Dr. Ahmad grew up in Brooklyn and is a NY native. She came to Stony Brook after completing her medical training at Cornell Medical College, Surgery internship at Northwell Hospital System, Internal Medicine residency at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and fellowship in Pulmonary & Critical Care at the Albert Einstein/ Montefiore Medical System in the Bronx.

She is currently an active faculty physician at the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Medicine. Her research interests include ultrasound for clinical use; ultrasound for cardiac arrest; MICU outcomes; simulation and ultrasound education.

Dr. Ahmad has been teaching point-of-care-ultrasound for over a decade including at national and regional courses and at the student, residency, fellowship, and faculty physician levels. More specific to Stony Brook, since starting at the institution at 2013, she has lead the initiative to develop and implement an integrated longitudinal course for the School of Medicine; and has started formal clinical ultrasound education programs for: Pulmonary & Critical Care fellows, Nephrology fellows, Gastroenterology fellows, Surgery residents, Internal Medicine residents, Physician Assistant students and other groups. Stony Brook Ultrasound (SBUS), under Dr. Ahmad’s direction, includes these educational initiatives as well a robust research lab & quality control programs throughout the hospital.

Dr. Ahmad is cardiology echocardiography board testamur status.