Omar G. Ahmed, MD

Assistant Clinical Member, Academic Institute
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology , Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


Publications

International consensus statement on allergy and rhinology: Allergic rhinitis – 2023
Wise, SK, Damask, C, Roland, LT, Ebert, C, Levy, JM, Lin, S, Luong, A, Rodriguez, K, Sedaghat, AR, Toskala, E, Villwock, J, Abdullah, B, Akdis, C, Alt, JA, Ansotegui, IJ, Azar, A, Baroody, F, Benninger, MS, Bernstein, J, Brook, C, Campbell, R, Casale, T, Chaaban, M, Chew, FT, Chambliss, J, Cianferoni, A, Custovic, A, Davis, EM, DelGaudio, JM, Ellis, AK, Flanagan, C, Fokkens, WJ, Franzese, C, Greenhawt, M, Gill, A, Halderman, A, Hohlfeld, JM, Incorvaia, C, Joe, SA, Joshi, S, Kuruvilla, ME, Kim, J, Klein, AM, Krouse, HJ, Kuan, EC, Lang, D, Larenas-Linnemann, D, Laury, AM, Lechner, M, Lee, SE, Lee, VS, Loftus, P, Marcus, S, Marzouk, H, Mattos, J, McCoul, E, Melen, E, Mims, JW, Mullol, J, Nayak, JV, Oppenheimer, J, Orlandi, RR, Phillips, K, Platt, M, Ramanathan, M, Raymond, M, Rhee, CS, Reitsma, S, Ryan, M, Sastre, J, Schlosser, RJ, Schuman, TA, Shaker, MS, Sheikh, A, Smith, KA, Soyka, MB, Takashima, M, Tang, M, Tantilipikorn, P, Taw, MB, Tversky, J, Tyler, MA, Veling, MC, Wallace, D, Wang, DY, White, A, Zhang, L, Ahmed, OG, Arianpour, K, Barrow, E, Cavaliere, C, Cantu, JCC, Chaskes, MB, Chua, AJK, Daggumati, S, Daines, L, Daraei, P, Edwards, T, Gigliotti, D, Gore, M, Goshtasbi, K, Han, DH, Hossenbaccus, L, Jolicoeur, M, Kanjanawasee, D, Kilic, S, Linton, S, Liu, D, Low, C, Mahomva, C, Malenke, JA, Miglani, A, Nagy, P, Park, JA, Paz-Lansberg, M, Pfeffer, P, Ryan, M, Saraswathula, A, Sheehan, C, Struss, N, Tie, K, Torabi, S, Tsai, EF, Velasquez, N, Vuncannon, J, Watley, D & Xu, X 2023, , International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 293-859. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.23090

Association between ambient temperature and chronic rhinosinusitis
Du, R, Jiao, W, Ma, J, Zhou, Q, Liang, ZS, Sun, S, Ahmed, OG, Rowan, NR, Pinto, JM, Ramanathan, M & Zhang, Z 2023, , International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 1906-1914. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.23152

GPT-4 accuracy and completeness against International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Rhinosinusitis
Yoshiyasu, Y, Wu, F, Dhanda, AK, Gorelik, D, Takashima, M & Ahmed, OG 2023, , International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 2231-2234. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.23201

Evaluation and treatment of rhinosinusitis with primary antibody deficiency in adults: Evidence-based review with recommendations
Makary, CA, Luong, AU, Azar, A, Kim, J, Ahmed, OG, Chaaban, MR, Damask, CC, Hannikainen, P, Joe, S, Lam, K, Peppers, BP, Peters, AT, Toskala, E & Lin, SY 2023, , International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 2205-2230. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.23206

Endotype evaluation of Hispanic/Latinx-American patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps
Wu, AW, Tang, DM, Hur, K, Jafari, A, Chen, PG, Takashima, M, Chang, EE, Balzer, B, Mathew, A, Divatia, M, Xu, H, Robledo, J, Amin, L, Tam, B, Cvancara, DJ, Kinua, AG, Syed, TA, Paderin, DL, Vasquez, M & Ahmed, OG 2023, , International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.23298

Utility of hospital frailty risk score in predicting postoperative outcomes of sinonasal malignancies
Kandula, RA, Linquest, LA, Kandregula, S, Latour, M, Ahmed, OG & Yim, MT 2023, , International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.23307

Optimization of diagnostic and procedural codes to identify patients with acute invasive fungal sinusitis
Munyemana, MA, Ahmed, OG, Takashima, M, Dhanda, AK, Tang, D, Wu, A, Wu, MJ, Kallogjeri, D, Piccirillo, JF & Roland, LT 2024, , International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 728-731. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.23253

Postnasal drip and chronic cough in patients with chronic rhinitis treated with temperature-controlled radiofrequency neurolysis
Gorelik, D, Ahmad, JG, Razmi, SE, Takashima, M, Yiu, Y, Thekdi, A, Ramanathan, M, Dhanda, AK, Yim, MT & Ahmed, OG 2024, , International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 621-629. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.23238

Air Quality, Allergic Rhinitis, and Asthma
Alenezi, A, Qureshi, H, Ahmed, OG & Ramanathan, M 2023, , Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 293-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otc.2023.10.005

New Medical Device and Therapeutic Approvals in Otolaryngology: State of the Art Review of 2021
Choi, AM, Brenner, MJ, Gorelik, D, Erbele, ID, Crowson, MG, Kadkade, P, Takashima, M, Santa Maria, PL, Hong, RS, Rose, AS, Ostrander, BT, Rabbani, CC, Morrison, RJ, Weissbrod, PA, Tate, AD, Kain, JJ, Lina, IA, Shaffer, SR & Ahmed, OG 2022, , OTO Open, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 2473974X221126495. https://doi.org/10.1177/2473974X221126495

New Medical Device and Therapeutic Approvals in Otolaryngology: State of the Art Review of 2021
Choi, AM, Brenner, MJ, Gorelik, D, Erbele, ID, Crowson, MG, Kadkade, P, Takashima, M, Santa Maria, PL, Hong, RS, Rose, AS, Ostrander, BT, Rabbani, CC, Morrison, RJ, Weissbrod, PA, Tate, AD, Kain, JJ, Lina, IA, Shaffer, SR & Ahmed, OG 2022, , OTO Open, vol. 6, no. 3. https://doi.org/10.1177/2473974X221126495

Vidian canal diameter: A possible link to chronic rhinitis diagnosis
Chandna, M, Gorelik, D, Takashima, M, Ordonez, A, Rowan, NR, Jafari, A, Razmi, SE, Newstrom, E, Choi, A, Dubey, P, Syed, T & Ahmed, OG 2023, , International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 942-945. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.23091

Vidian canal diameter: A possible link to chronic rhinitis diagnosis
Chandna, M, Gorelik, D, Takashima, M, Ordonez, A, Rowan, NR, Jafari, A, Razmi, SE, Newstrom, E, Choi, A, Dubey, P, Syed, T & Ahmed, OG 2022, , International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.23091

Correlation between middle turbinate insertion in relation to sphenopalatine foramen and failure rates of cryotherapy and radiofrequency treatment for chronic rhinitis
Fan, T, Chandna, M, Gorelik, D, Takashima, M, Yim, MT, Rowan, NR, Dubey, P, Garner, JJ, Ohlstein, JF, Wu, AW & Ahmed, OG 2023, , International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 88-91. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.23058

Is Posterior Nasal Nerve Ablation Effective in Treating Symptoms of Allergic Rhinitis?
Davies, C, Gorelik, D, Lane, AP, Takashima, M & Ahmed, OG 2022, , Laryngoscope, vol. 132, no. 12, pp. 2295-2298. https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.30337

Indirect comparison of the efficacy of radiofrequency neurolysis and cryotherapy in the treatment of chronic rhinitis
Gorelik, D, Choi, A, Desisto, N, Ordonez, A, Takashima, M, Rowan, NR, Tang, DM, Syed, T, Yim, MT & Ahmed, OG 2023, , International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 175-178. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.23068

Telemedicine in Otolaryngology in the COVID-19 Era: A Year Out
Ohlstein, JF, Ahmed, OG, Garner, J & Takashima, M 2021, , Cureus, vol. 13, no. 12, pp. e20794. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20794

Quality-of-life instruments in endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery—A practical systematic review
Shukla, A, Ahmed, OG, Orlov, CP, Price, C, Mukherjee, D, Choby, G & Rowan, NR 2021, , International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 1264-1268. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.22783

New Medical Device and Therapeutic Approvals in Otolaryngology: State of the Art Review 2020
Brenner, MJ, Shenson, JA, Rose, AS, Valdez, TA, Takashima, M, Ahmed, OG, Weissbrod, PA, Hong, RS, Djalilian, H, Wolf, JS, Morrison, RJ, Santa Maria, PL & Erbele, ID 2021, , OTO Open, vol. 5, no. 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/2473974X211057035

Is Sublingual Immunotherapy an Effective Therapy for Allergic Rhinitis?
Ahmed, OG & Lane, AP 2020, , Laryngoscope, vol. 130, no. 10, pp. 2301-2302. https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.28574