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Dr Iftikhar Ahmed


Dr Iftikhar Ahmed

Gastroenterologists

Biography

Dr Ahmed is a consultant gastroenterologist at Aldar Hospital and Medical Centre Riyadh KSA and visiting consultant at East Sussex Hospitals NHS foundation trust Eastbourne. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Alfaisal University Riyadh, and an Hon. Senior clinical lecturer at the University of Southampton UK. His research interests include investigating the changes in the smell of faeces and breathe in order to understand the pathophysiological mechanisms of GI disorders and to develop a non-invasive biomarker. Through formal laboratory research, Dr Ahmed studied the faecal volatile metabolomics profiles of patients with Liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in comparison with healthy individuals, and was awarded the degree of Doctorate of Medicine (MD) by University of the Bristol in 2012. Dr Ahmed has collaborative research experience with international colleagues, presented his work at both national and international conferences, and was awarded travel grants and prizes for the best abstracts and oral presentations on various occasions.
Dr Ahmed is on the reviewer panel of several national and international journals, including Gut, PLoS One, Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease and BMJ.

Abstract

Abstract : Volatile organic metabolites as novel, non-invasive diagnostic biomarkers in Liver Disease