Dr. Ahmad is an assistant professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and a practicing ophthalmologist
with specialization in retinal diseases and surgery.
The Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin is an academic medical and research center, which serves as the center of educational leadership in the southeastern Wisconsin region.
Dr. Ahmad’s educational background is non-traditional, having graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas, summa cum laude, with a degree in electrical engineering. After working for several years as an engineer, he pursued a career in medicine. He completed medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, followed by a residency in ophthalmology at the prestigious Cole Eye Institute of the Cleveland Clinic. Given an interest in providing care for complex ocular diseases, he then completed a fellowship in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery at The Retina Institute of St. Louis.
Following fellowship. Dr. Ahmad returned to his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio and led the busy retina service as its primary surgeon in the Department of Ophthalmology at University Hospitals / Case Western Reserve University. This was followed by several years in private practice, prior to a return to academic medical practice in order to focus on teaching and research interests in big data/artificial intelligence. As such, he joined the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network in summer of 2019 with a secondary appointment at Marquette University’s School of Biomedical Engineering.
Dr. Ahmad also currently acts as the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin residency’s retina curriculum director, and is deeply involved in training future ophthalmologists and vitreoretinal specialists. He has also authored several dozen peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, instructive videos, and online articles regarding vitreoretinal diseases and surgery. He has been board-certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO) since 2014, and is an active member of the American Society of Retina Specialists.