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Bilal Ahmed, M.B.B.S.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Office: (585) 341-6867

Fax: (585) 341-8310

URMFGA member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

groupAn Accountable Health Partner

assignmentNot Accepting New Patients

Faculty Appointments

Patient Care Setting

Internal Medicine

Biography

Professional Background

Bilal Ahmed graduated medical school from Lahore, Pakistan in 1987. He soon moved to the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom to complete his internal Medicine training. He trained in Pulmonary Medicine, and his main area of interest was epidemiology of Asthma.

After attaining a consultancy in the NHS in UK, he moved to the USA and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Highland Hospital in Rochester, New York. He worked as an Internist in Geneseo, New York, after completing his chief resident year and then moved back to Highland Hospital.

He is presently the Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of Rochester and the Associate Medical Director at Highland Hospital.

He is closely involved with resident and medical student education and has received more than 30 teaching awards from the University in the last 10 years.

His particular areas of interest are bedside teaching and practice based learning.

He is currently boarded in Internal Medicine, as well as in Hospice and Palliative care.

He serves on various local and national committees, including the educational committee of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine.

Credentials

Specialties

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine/Hospice & Palliative Medicine
  • Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine

Education

1987
MBBS | Allama Iqbal Medical College (Pakistan)

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

06/26/1995 - 06/26/1997
Residency in Internal Medicine at Highland Hospital of Rochester

06/27/1994 - 06/24/1995
Internship in Internal Medicine at Highland Hospital of Rochester

Videos

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Bilal Ahmed, M.D. Commencement Speech

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SECOND OPINION | Art of Diagnosis | APT

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SECOND OPINION | Art of Diagnosis | APT | Full Episode