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Tauseef
Ahmed, M.D. FACP
Tauseef Ahmed, M.D. FACP is a
widely recognized expert
in the specialty fields of Oncology and Hematology. Dr.
Ahmed has been raising standards of cancer practice and
care for close to three decades. After basic training
at King Edward Medical College in Pakistan and medical residency
training at Sinai Hospital of Detroit, he completed fellowship
training in medical
oncology with a specialty
in genitourinary cancers at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center and prepared for his role as Stem Cell
Transplant Program Director at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center in Seattle. Dr. Ahmed co-founded and
heads the Westchester Oncology and Hematology Group.
His appointments include Professor of Medicine at New
York Medical College, Medical Director of the Arlin Cancer
Institute and Director of the Blood Cell Transplant and
Collection Center programs at Westchester Medical Center.
He is also an attending physician at other hospitals
in Westchester including the Sound Shore Medical Center
Hudson Valley Hospital Center, Phelps Memorial Hospital
and St Johns Hospital, North.
Dr. Ahmed has comprehensive oncology experience with
special interests in the management of Hodgkin’s
and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, stem cell transplantation,
genitourinary and breast cancers. A recognized clinical
investigator and pioneer, Dr. Ahmed has developed many
techniques and approaches that are today considered standards
of care including the M-VAC regimen for bladder cancer,
peripheral stem cell technology applications, stem cell
storage techniques, tandem and non-myeloablative transplant
conditioning regimens for hematologic malignancies and
selected solid tumors. He is currently working on strategies
for the use of stem cells in non-malignant settings and
gene transfer applications designed to sustain long-term,
disease-free survival in transplanted patients. Dr. Ahmed
chairs the Westchester Medical Center’s Cancer
Committee and serves as oncology advisor for patient
care improvement initiatives there and in many other
hospitals throughout Westchester. He also advises a number
of national organizations which take advantage of his
talent, creativity and extensive knowledge on a range
of topics. Dr. Ahmed is in high demand as a lecturer
in both national and international settings – not
surprising since he has been awarded numerous research
grants and has published over 150 papers, book chapters
and abstracts on a variety of cancer-related topics.
Dr. Ahmed is fluent in English, Urdu/Hindi, and Punjabi.
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