Prof. Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed

Name

Prof. Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed

Designation

Director OICD, Professor, Dean & HOD of Medicine DUH, Dow International Medical College, DUHS

Email

iftekhar.ahmed@duhs.edu.pk

Office

Office Location: Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases Director office & Dean & Faculty office of Medicine Ist floor Dow University Hospital Ojha Campus

Qualifications

  • M.B.B.S,
  • M.C.P.S (Family Medicine)
  • F.C.P.S ‘’Medicine”
  • PhD (Medicine)
  • CCFP Certification in the College of Family Physicians (Canada) 

Research

1. Effect of drinking high fluoride water on Journal of Community No 11 2021  350- 353 Liver enzymes a comparative Hospital Internal Medicine  cross-sectional study. perspective 

2. Cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia: Journal of Community No.6 December 2019  499-502  A rare association with triple-positive Hospital Internal Medicine  Breast cancer Perspectives 

3. Nailfold changes as a sign of Fortune Journal of 2 March 2020  42-60 Underlying systemic illnesses Rheumatology 

4. Characteristics of Asymptomatic Saudi Journal of Kidney Accepted on 27th May  2020. Bacteriuria in patients with Chronic kidney Diseases and Transplantation Disease, A tertiary care hospital experience From a developing country

5. Levels of Anxiety and Depression Journal of Psychiatry and No.4 July 2020 158-173 amongst the Frontline Healthcare Psychiatric disorders Workers of COVID-19: A  Cross-Sectional Survey with Follow-Up 

6. Spirometry changes due to prolonged European Respiratory 42 2013 10-17 exposure to high level of fluoride in Journal 

drinking water 

7. MRI features of spinal fluorosis: Results Pakistan Journal of 29 No.1 Jan-March 2013  177-180 of an endemic community screening Medical Sciences 

8. Correlation of fluoride in drinking water Fluoride 45 No.4 December 2012  336-340 with urine, blood plasma, and serum 

fluoride levels of people consuming high and low fluoride drinking water in Pakistan 

9. Fluoride Levels in Urine, Blood Plasma Journal- Chemical Society 37 No. 6 December 2015  1223-1330  and Serum of People Living in an Endemic of Pakistan Fluorosis Area in the Thar Desert, Pakistan 

10. Effect of glycaemic control Medical Channel 10 No. 3 Jul.-Sep.2004  44-46 On lipid profile in diabetic 

11. A prospective study of micro Pakistan Journal of 9 No. 3 July-Sept.2003  3-12 Organisms & their antibiotic resistance Chest Medicine in acute exacerbation of COPD 

12. Risk factors implicated in peripartum Pakistan Heart journal 36 No. 1-4 June 2003  4-8  cardiomyopathy 

13. Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistan journal of 10 No. 1 Jan.-Mar 2004  11-22 Close contacts of diagnosed cases chest medicine Of pulmonary tuberculosis  

14. Evaluate the sensitivity pattern of Medical Channel 10 No. 2 April – June 2004  13 – 16  Enteric fever in Karachi 

15. Frequency of Impaired Glucose Tolerance Pakistan Heart Journal 38 No. 3-4 July-Dec 2005  46-51 In Hypertensive Patients 

16. Zinc deficiency and Hepatic Medical Channel 13 No. 1 Jan – March 2007  11 -14  Encephalopathy 6 

17. Evaluation of Immunochromatography Medical Channel 13 No. 1 Jan-March 2007  28-31 (ICT) Test versus Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Falciparum Malaria 

18. Study of Etiology of Chronic Liver Medical Channel 13 No.1 Jan-March 2007  45-48 Disease in Young Patients (Below 40yrs) 

19. Do we always need Endoscopy to Medical Channel 13 No.1 Jan-March 2007  55-58 Predict Varices. 

20. Prevalence & pattern of resistance to Pakistan Journal of 13. No:1 March 2007  21-291  Anti Tuberculosis Drugs Chest Medicine  

21. Measuring the blood pressure do we Pakistan Heart Journal 39 No.3-4 July-Dec 2006  38-41 Really need sleeves rolled up? 

22. Dissertation on “Peptic ulcer in chronic Approved by CPSP  1995 Hepatitis 

23. Sick EUTHYROID Syndrome: Thyroid Function JLUMHS May 2008 Abnormalities in Patients with non thyroid illness 

24. Knowledge among a TB course participation regarding Pakistan Journal 15 NO 04  December 2009 Pulmonary Tuberculosis Chest Medicine  

25. Submitted, successfully defended PhD thesis “Health impact of Fluorosis”  2020 

26. Comparing Daily versus partially International Pakistan Journal 15 No 05  March 2010 Regimen of ATT (Ethambutol, Pyrazinamide INH Chest Medicine  Rifampicin in non HIV with new Pulmonary  

27. Demographic Profile and Clinical Features of Admitted Pakistan Journal 25 No 05 Oct Nov 2009 HIV Patients in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital Chest Medicine  Of Karachi- Pakistan   

 28 Frequency of dental fluorosis in population drinking water JPDA 29 (4 ) 2020  259--263  With high fluoride level in thar 

29.Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Abubakar Tauseef, Muhammad Sohaib Qamar, Saad Aslam, Mohammed Akram, Basmah Fayaz, Uzma Rasheed, Maryam Zafar, Gul Muhammad Memon, Iftekhar Ahmed. Nailfold Changes as a Sign of Underlying Systemic Illnesses. Fortune Journal of Rheumatology 2 (2020): 042-060.

30.Iftekhar Ahmed, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Sadia Iqbal, Salma Salman, Maira Hassan, Uzma Rasheed, Mohammed Akram, Muhammad Saleem, Ibraj Fatima, Marium Batool Abbas. Levels of Anxiety and Depression amongst the Frontline Healthcare Workers of COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Survey with Follow-Up. Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Disorders 4 (2020): 270-284.

31.Ahmed I, Salman S, Iqbal S, Siddiqui A, Fatima I. Effect of drinking high fluoride water on liver enzymes a comparitive cross-sectional study. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2021 May 10;11(3):350-353. doi: 10.1080/20009666.2021.1898088. PMID: 34234904; PMCID: PMC8118520.

32.Asghar MS, Ahsan MN, Akram M, Ahmed I, Hassan M, Rasheed U. Characteristics of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Tertiary Care Hospital Experience from a Developing Country. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2021 May-Jun;32(3):821-837. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.336779. PMID: 35102926.

33.Asghar MS, Khan MT, Hamid RB, Lal N, Ahmed I, Hameed B, Yasmin F. Clinical Characteristics, Biochemical Markers, and Outcomes of Postrenal Transplant Patients with Coronavirus Diseases 2019: A Single-Center Experience. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2021 Nov-Dec;32(6):1689-1699. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.352430. PMID: 35946282.

34.Asghar MS, Ahmed I, Alvi H, Iqbal S, Khan I, Alvi RS, Saeed Z, Irfan S, Akhtar M, Fatima I. Correlation of refractory hypoxemia with biochemical markers and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 patients in a developing country: A retrospective observational study: Running head: Predictors of hypoxemia in COVID-19. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2021 Jan 26;11(1):9-16. doi: 10.1080/20009666.2020.1835214. PMID: 33552406; PMCID: PMC7850320.

35.Siddiqui A, Iqbal S, Salman S, Iltaf S, Aurengzaib M, Ahmed I. Anxiety and depression among Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Ref: Ro J Neurol. 2021;20(4). DOI: 10.37897/RJN.2021.4.6 

36.Ahmed I, Salman S, Farman T. Cardiac Manifestation with Rare Pancreatic Agenesis: A Case Report with Review of Literature. Pak Heart J 2021;54(01):120–123. https://doi.org/10.47144/phj.v54i

37.Asghar MS, Kumar K, Iqbal S, Sagar, Parkash O, Kumar S, Singh M, Jawed R, Akram M, Yasmin F, Tahir MJ, Yousaf Z. Split Dosage Weekly Regimen of Oral Methotrexate is Associated With Improved Side Effect Profile in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Quasi-Experimental Study. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2022 Jul 4;12(4):34-42. doi: 10.55729/2000-9666.1085. PMID: 36262901; PMCID: PMC9533787.

38.Ahmed I, Ghuman F, Salman S, Fatima I. Does drinking water with raised fluoride content affect the thyroid hormone status: A study from Tharparker Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2022 Feb;72(2):228-230. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.481. PMID: 35320166.

39.Iltaf S, Jawwad-us-Salam, Salman S, Siddiqui A, Abbas S, Ahmed I. Demographics, Frequency and Pattern of Stroke in COVID-19 Patients: Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital. Med Forum 2022;33(9):2-4.