Dr. Ahmed Ahmed, MD
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Dr. Ahmed Ahmed, MD is a cardiology specialist in Webster, TX and has been practicing for 17 years. He specializes in cardiology, internal medicine, and more.Read his story
The Heart Center
290 E Medical Center Blvd
Webster, TX 77598Insurance Accepted
- Aetna
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- Anthem Blue Cross
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Assurant Health
- Beech Street (Multiplan)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
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Chest Pain
very high
more than 99% of peers
Cardiovascular Stress Test
very high
more than 97% of peers
Hypertensive Heart Disease
very high
more than 97% of peers
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Dr. Ahmed's bio
This content was provided by Dr. Ahmed "Ahmed Ahmed, MD,FSCAI American Board Certified and Fellowship Trained Interventional Cardiologist Dr Ahmed Ahmed, a part of the Clinical faculty at the University of Texas Medical Center School of Medicine, earned his Medical degree in Kar El-Einy Medical School, Cairo University where he graduated with honors, he completed his Internal Medicine Residency training in the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and went on to join the Cardiology Fellowship program in the University of Missouri in Columbia. Dr Ahmed subsequently pursued advanced training in the Cardiology Subspecialty of Interventional Cardiology in the where he received specialized training in advanced treatment of coronary artery and peripheral vascular diseases with state of the art technology and devices. Dr Ahmed is a Diplomat of five prestigious Board Certification including Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular disease, Interventional Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology and Advanced Heart failure and Cardiac transplant. Dr Ahmed has very extensive and solid background in the Cardiovascular disease screening and management, he is a recipient of the American College of Cardiology National cardiovascular Data base grant and in cooperation with the American College of Cardiology he published and presented in numerous esteemed Medical Journal and National Cardiology Conferences including the American College of Cardiology and the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conferences, he received several Excellency Awards to include "3rd Annual Cardiology Fellows Forum of Excellence Award" American Heart Association 2003 and "Young Investigator Award". First Annual Cardiology Fellowship Conference, 2004. Dr Ahmed is especially interested in cardiovascular risk factors including prevention and treatment of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and high Cholesterol and their effects on the heart and the best use of new devices and stents to treat heart arteries and peripheral vascular diseases. Dr Ahmed Ahmed has been nominated by the Citizen Newspaper as the best Cardiologist in the Bay Area and has been a local pioneer in advancing state of the art excellent patient care with cost containment focused on prevention, coordination of care, quality and managing the patient utilization in the most efficient way."
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Care Philosophy
This content was provided by Dr. Ahmed "Dr. Ahmed has an extensive background in Cardiovascular Disease Screening and management. He has published in many notable medical journals and presented at national conferences. Dr. Ahmed has received numerous Excellency Awards, including the Cardiology Fellows Forum of Excellence Award from the American Heart Association, he has particular interest in the risk factors of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and high cholesterol and their effects on the heart."
4 Specialties
- Cardiology
- Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases
- Internal Medicine
- Interventional Cardiology
3 Board Certifications
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyAccredited by: American Board of Internal Medicine*
- Cardiovascular DiseaseAccredited by: American Board of Internal Medicine*
- Interventional CardiologyAccredited by: American Board of Internal Medicine*
137 Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
- Accelerated Hypertension
- Acute Venous Embolism Thrombosis
- Aneurysm
- Aneurysm of Sinus of Valsalva
- Aneurysm, Intracranial Berry
- Angina
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Aneurysm, Familial Abdominal
- Aortic Aneurysm, Familial Thoracic
- Aortic Ectasia
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Arrhythmias
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Cardiomyopathy With Heart Block
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Autoimmune Atherosclerosis
- Autonomic Disorders
- Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Autonomic Neuropathy
- Benign Tumor
- Buerger's Disease
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiomegaly
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiomyopathy 1, Familial Hypertrophic
- Cardiomyopathy Due to Anthracyclines
- Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic
- Cardiomyopathy, Chagas
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated With Conduction Defect
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated With Conduction Defect Type 1
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated With Conduction Defect Type 2
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, Idiopathic
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, With Woolly Hair and Keratoderma
- Cardiomyopathy, Familial Dilated
- Cardiomyopathy, Fatal Fetal, Due to Myocardial Calcification
- Cardiomyopathy, Fetal Hypertrophic
- Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
- Cardiomyopathy, Hypogonadism, Collagenoma Syndrome
- Cardiomyopathy, Infantile Histiocytoid
- Cardiomyopathy, Takotsubo
- Cardiomyopathy, X-Linked, Fatal Infantile
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Carotid Artery Disease
- Carotid Artery Stenosis
- Carotid Atherosclerosis
- Carotid Sinus Syncope
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Pulmonary Heart Diseases (incl. Pulmonary Hypertension)
- Congenital Aneurysms of the Great Vessels
- Congenital Heart Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Congestive Heart Failure
- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Coronary Artery Aneurysm
- Coronary Artery Calcification
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
- Coronary Artery Disease, Autosomal Dominant 1
- Coronary Artery Disease, Autosomal Dominant 2
- Dexamethasone Sensitive Hypertension
- Dissecting Aneurysm
- Endocarditis
- Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm
- Exertional Hypertension
- False Aneurysm
- Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia
- Familial Hypercholesterolemia
- Familial Hypertension
- Femoral Aneurysm
- Heart Attack (Acute Myocardial Infarction)
- Heart Disease
- Heart Palpitations
- High Cholesterol
- High-Risk Hypertension
- Hypercholesterolemia Due to Arg3500 Mutation of apo B-100
- Hypercholesterolemia Due to LDL Receptor Deficiency
- Hypercholesterolemia, Autosomal Dominant
- Hypercholesterolemia, Autosomal Recessive
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypertension
- Hypertension in Pheochromocytoma
- Hypertension, Alcohol-Induced
- Hypertension, Corticosteroid-Induced
- Hypertension, Environment-Induced
- Hypertension, Nasal Decongestant-Induced
- Hypertension, Stress-Induced
- Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease
- Hypertensive Heart and Chronic Kidney Disease
- Hypertensive Heart Disease
- Hypertensive Hypokalemia Familial
- Hypotension
- Iliac Aneurysm
- Isolated Systolic Hypertension
- Labile Hypertension
- Limb Swelling
- Ludwig's Angina
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Multifocal Premature Beats
- Neurogenic Hypertension
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Pediatric Hypertension
- Pericardial Disease
- Pericarditis
- Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD, PVD)
- Popliteal Aneurysm
- Portal Hypertension
- Primary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Arteriovenous Aneurysm
- Pulmonary Disease
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Raynaud's Disease
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- Renal Artery Arteriosclerotic Disease
- Renal Hypertension
- Resistant Hypertension
- Ruptured Aneurysm
- Saccular Aneurysm
- Secondary Hypertension
- Suprarenal Aneurysm
- Syncope
- Syncope, Familial Neurocardiogenic
- Thrombosis
- Tricuspid Valve Atresia
- Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Tricuspid Valve Stenosis
- Unstable Angina
- Vascular Disease
- Venous Hypertension
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Visceral Aneurysm
- White Coat Hypertension
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68 Procedures
- 3D Quantitative Echocardiography
- 3D Ultrasound
- Ablation
- Ablation for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
- Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Aneurysm Stenting
- Angioplasty
- Angioplasty With Stent Placement
- Arterial Doppler Ultrasound
- Arterial Duplex Ultrasound
- Atherectomy
- Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
- Balloon Angioplasty
- B-Scan Ultrasound
- Cardiac Ablation
- Cardiac Angiography
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac Doppler
- Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Cardiac Event Monitor
- Cardiac Imaging
- Cardiac Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardiovascular Stress Test
- Cardioversion, Elective
- Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
- Carotid Artery Stent Placement
- Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
- Complex Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Ablation
- Coronary Angioplasty, Atherectomy and Stent
- Coronary Atherectomy
- Coronary Stenting
- Coumadin® Management
- Cryoablation
- Defibrillator Implantation
- Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization
- Diagnostic Ultrasound
- Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography
- Echocardiography
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Endoscopic Ultrasound
- Extremity Ultrasound
- Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis
- Intracranial Vessel Angioplasty and Stenting
- Laser Angioplasty
- Minimally Invasive Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Non-Coronary Angioplasty, Atherectomy, and Stenting
- Nuclear Stress Testing
- Pacemaker Implantation, Permanent
- Pacemaker Implantation, Temporary
- Pacemaker Insertion or Replacement
- Pacemaker Monitoring
- Pacemaker Therapy for Heart Failure
- Peripheral Angioplasty
- Peripheral Artery Catheterization
- Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
- Renal Artery Angioplasty
- Stenting
- Stress Echocardiogram
- Thrombolysis
- Tilt Table Testing
- Tilt Testing or Cardiac Event Monitors
- Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
- Ultrasound, Cardiac
- Vascular Duplex Ultrasonography and Plethysmography
- Vascular Stenting
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0 Malpractice Claims
No malpractice history found for Texas.
0 Sanctions
No sanctions history found for the years that Healthgrades collects data.
0 Board Actions
No board actions found for the years that Healthgrades collects data.
Education
- Lycee francaisUndergraduate School | Graduated 1987
- Kasr-El-Aini UniversityMedical School | Graduated 1990
- University of Texas At Galveston / Medical BranchInternship Hospital | Completed 1998
- University Tx Med BrchResidency Hospital | Completed 2001
- University MoFellowship Hospital | Completed
Awards & Recognition
Awards & Honors
- Healthgrades Honor Roll
Media & Publications
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Languages Spoken
- English
- French Creole
- Arabic
- French
- Spanish
Memberships & Professional Affiliations
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- AetnaAdvantageAetna HMOChoiceChoice Plus POS IIChoice POSChoice PPOCommercial HMO
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)MedicaidMedicaid HMO
- Anthem Blue CrossCaliforniaCare HMO
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue ShieldAnthem Blue Cross Blue Shield HMOAnthem Blue Cross Blue Shield POSAnthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPOBlue Access Choice PPOBlue Cross Blue Shield of Nevada POSBlue Cross Blue Shield of Nevada PPOBlue Preferred HMOBlue Preferred Plus POSBlue Preferred SelectHealthKeepers Plus HMOHealthKeepers Plus POS
- Assurant Health
- Beech Street (Multiplan)Beech Street (Multiplan) EPOBeech Street (Multiplan) HMOBeech Street (Multiplan) POSBeech Street (Multiplan) PPOBeech Street (Multiplan) WCWorker's Compensation WC
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