MAGDY AHMAD, MD, FAAP
EDUCATION:
Medical School: Alexandria University (1982)
Residency: Christ Hospital/Rush University (1990)
Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center (1992)
Fellowship: Stony Brook Medical Center (1999)
Pediatric Boards: (2003)
Neonatal-Perinatal Board Eligible
Magdy Ahmad, MD, FAAP, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at New York Medical College and Attending Neonatologist at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh, New York.
His research focuses on the issue of hypo-responsiveness to iNO (inhaled Nitric Oxide) in newborns with pulmonary hypertension, specifically the role of pro-inflammatory cytokines and others. A pulmonary targeted approach to enhance that response is being investigated. Studies about the link between steroid use and increased incidence of sepsis in premature newborns as well as steroids’ effect on the oxidative burst of the neutrophils were performed in collaboration with the Department of Pathology.
Dr. Ahmad participated in the study of in vivo effect of rh-GCSF on phagocytic function and oxidative burst activity in septic neutropenic babies. Work is in progress to assess the protective role of the placenta in ameliorating the neurological injury of prenatal steroids. He presented research findings at the Society of Pediatric Research (SPR) annual conference regarding the neurological injury in premature babies who received transfusion with aged PRBC's > 28 days old.
