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Shahzad Ahmad, MD<\/h2>\n

Treasurer<\/h4>\n

Dr. Shahzad Ahmad has performed the most number of RFA procedures as an endocrinologist in the US.<\/p>\n

He also performed the first successful North American RFA procedures on a Pararthyroid tumor and the first North American RFA of a medullary thyroid cancer recurrence.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Ahmad completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Englewood, New Jersey and then went on to an Endocrinology fellowship at Harbour-UCLA. His special focus is the diagnosis, and medical treatment of thyroid dysfunction, nodules, and cancer. He was also an Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ahmad Is ECNU certified, a professional certification awarded to Endocrinologists who have expertise in thyroid ultrasounds, and procedures. Dr. Ahmad also has performed the first radiofrequency ablation (RFA) on a Toxic Thyroid Nodule (hyperfunctioning) in the United States.<\/p>\n

He has been involved in trying to bring this technique to the USA for over 4 years and has extensively practiced this technique on tissue models. He has now successfully ablated over 150 nodules\/Goiters without complications. The first 3 cases were observed by the STARmed team from Korea under the guidance of the pioneer of the RFA technology, Dr. Jung Hwan Baek of Seoul, South Korea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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