Tamer A Ahmed, MD, 315 464-2878

Current Appointments

• Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Hospital Campus

• Downtown

Clinic/Unit

• Center for Children's Surgery
  Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital and
  University Hospital East Tower
  Google Maps & Directions
  3N, One Children's Circle
  Syracuse, NY 13210
  315 464-3630
  
• Pediatric Surgery Clinic
  Physicians' Office Building
  Google Maps & Directions
  Suite 401, 725 Irving Ave
  Syracuse, NY 13210
  315 464-2878
  

Education & Fellowships

• Fellowship: Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock AR, 2010, Pediatric Surgery
• Residency: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 2008, General Surgery
• MD: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas, 2000

Specialties & Certification

• Pediatric Surgery

Diseases & Conditions Treated

• Abdominal Pain
• Abdominal Wall Defects
• Achalasia
• Appendicitis
• Bile Duct Stricture
• Birth Defects
• Childhood Cancers
• Cholelithiasis
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax) Caused by Injury
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax) not Related to Injury
• Critical ill Newborns and Premature Infants
• Diaphragmatic Hernia
• Duodenal Atresia
• Enlarged Lymph Nodes
• Failure to Thrive (FTT)
• Gallstones
• Ganglion Cyst
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Groin Hernia
• Hernias
• Hirschsprung's Disease
• Imperforate Anus
• Malrotation
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Tracheoesophageal Fistula
• Volvulus
• Wilm's Tumor

Treats

• Children

Treatments/Services

• Circumcision
• Colostomy, Pediatric
• Esophageal Surgery
• Fundoplication Procedure, Pediatric
• Hepaticojejunostomy
• Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery
• Laparoscopic Appendectomy
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
• Laparoscopic Colectomy
• Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy
• Laparoscopic Hemicolectomy
• Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair
• Laparoscopic Splenectomy
• Lung Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Lung Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
• Nephrectomy, Laparoscopic
• Nephrectomy, Open
• Pediatric Colostomy
• Pediatric Fundoplication Procedure
• Pediatric Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery
• Pediatric Laparoscopic Ileocolectomy
• Pediatric Laparoscopic Intestinal Surgery
• Pediatric Total Abdominal Colectomy
• Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
• Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS)
• Trauma Care

Current Hospital Privileges

• Upstate University Hospital
• Crouse Hospital

Languages Spoken (Other Than English)

• Arabic