Osman Ahmed, MD
Osman Ahmed, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Specialties
- Radiology
- Transplant Oncology
- Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
My name is Osman Ahmed. And I'm a vascular and interventional radiologist. One big component of my treatments or my interests includes cancer care. And specifically, liver cancer is one thing that I have a deep interest in. And that's because some of the procedures that we can do is we can directly treat these tumors with high doses of chemotherapy or radiation with some of the techniques that we offer.
The second other kind of major clinical interest I have is in treating blood clots that affect the legs and the arms. And specifically, using minimally invasive methods to kind of go in and remove those blood clots and help treat patients with symptoms related to that.
My approach to medicine is that it's not just me that helps these patients get better. We often see these patients in clinic beforehand and in coordination with our nurses, our nurse practitioners. We formulate a plan for them. And then during the procedure with the technologists, often a trainee and myself included, we treat the patient. And then afterwards, we see them and make sure that what we did actually help them.
I think one of the greatest parts of my job is that we are a pretty unique and innovative field. And so a lot of the solutions that we offer our patients are things that they often haven't heard of before. And so one of the most rewarding things about what I do is being able to offer this solution.
And it's often an alternative to surgery. And so we'll do the procedure in patients. And when we see them afterwards, and we see the benefit they had, and being able to get them on their feet quicker and get them home sooner is really rewarding.
Osman Ahmed, MD, is an expert vascular and interventional radiologist who diagnoses and treats a wide range of conditions. Using image-guided technology and small, sophisticated instruments, Dr. Ahmed performs minimally invasive procedures for acute and chronic deep vein thrombosis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, peripheral vascular disease, liver/bone/lung/kidney cancer, spinal fractures, uterine fibroids and more. He also implants inferious vena cava (IVC) filters, which prevent a blood clot from traveling around the body or creating a blockage.
In additional to his clinical expertise, Dr. Ahmed researches novel treatment options that improve outcomes for patients. His research on liver cancer, IVC filters and venous diseases has been published in several high-impact, peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Radiology, Chest, Journal of American College of Radiology, and Journal of Surgical Oncology.
Dr. Ahmed also believes in the importance of educating medical students, residents, fellowships and peers in order to enhance health care across the world. He has been invited to speak at a number of symposiums, practicums and national/international meetings about the newest advancements in interventional radiology.
Specialties
- Radiology
- Transplant Oncology
- Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Areas of Expertise
- Histotripsy
- Interventional Oncology
- Pulmonary Embolism Therapies
- Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE)
Board Certifications
- Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- University of Illinois College of Medicine
Internship
- NorthShore University HealthSystem
Residency
- University of Chicago Medicine
Fellowship
- Stanford University School of Medicine
Memberships & Medical Societies
- Society of Interventional Radiology
- American College of Radiology
- American Roentgen Ray Society
- Association of University Radiologists
- Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe
- Radiological Society of North America
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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