Faran Ahmad, MBBS

Department

Medicine

Position

Assistant Professor

Publications

• Canadian journal of respiratory, critical care, and sleep medicine
  Fite Abdi Adugna, etal Short-course versus long-course antibiotic treatment for ventilator-associated pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, p. 1 - 8 2025
• Infectious disease reports
  Mielke Nicholas, etal Health Disparities in Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections: Analysis of the U.S. National Inpatient Sample Database (2016–2022)
  17:5, p. 105 2025
• The Annals of pharmacotherapy
  Destache Chris, etal Evaluating Cefepime Dosing Strategies in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis, p. 10600280251339770 2025
• Chest
  Shafique NOUMAN, etal PREVALENCE OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE EXACERBATION OF COPD: AN UPDATED SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
  166:4, p. A4749 - A4750 2024
• Proceedings - Baylor University. Medical Center
  Isern Raul D., etal Legionella pneumophila urine antigen testing in community-acquired pneumonia: a quality improvement initiative in diagnostic stewardship, p. 1 - 2 2024
• American journal of therapeutics
  Naveed Aiman, etal Favipiravir for the Treatment of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials 2024
• Jizba Theresa, etal A comparison of clinical outcomes associated with dosing metronidazole every 8 hours versus every 12 hours: a systematic review and metaanalysis 2024
• Critical care medicine
  Cheema Huzaifa, etal 1466: LOWER VERSUS HIGHER IV FLUID VOLUMES IN SEPSIS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS
  52:1, p. S704 - S704 2024
• Critical care medicine
  Naveed Aiman, etal 30: FAVIPIRAVIR IN HOSPITALIZED COVID-19 PATIENTS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS
  52:1, p. S15 - S15 2024
• Journal of critical care
  Cheema Huzaifa Ahmad, etal Efficacy and safety of corticosteroids for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
  80, p. 154507 2023
• Gastroenterology research
  Addasi Yazan, etal Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis: A Clinical Review
  16:5, p. 249 - 253 2023
• Chest
  Isern RAUL, etal REFRACTORY PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII PNEUMONIA IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON EXISTING COMPLICATIONS
  164:4, p. A1000 - A1001 2023
• Isern R.D., etal Diagnostic Stewardship Initiative Focusing on Appropriate Urine Legionella Pneumophila Antigen Testing in Patients With Community Acquired Pneumonia 2023
• Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
  Ahmad Faran, etal Association of Non-traditional Indicators of Readers’ Engagement With Traditional Dissemination Metrics of COVID-19-Related Research
  15:1, p. e34238 - e34238 2023
• Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
  Isern Raul D, etal Multifocal Brain Abscesses Due to Streptococcus intermedius
  14:12, p. e32797 2022
• Chest
  Ahmad FARAN, etal COVID-19-ASSOCIATED PULMONARY MUCORMYCOSIS PRESENTING AS SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX: A RARE PRESENTATION
  162:4, p. A462 - A462 2022
• Pharmacy
  Destache Christopher J, etal COVID-19 Mortality and Therapeutics in Nebraska and Southwest Iowa during Early Pandemic
  10:4, p. 69 - 2022
• Patel Shiv A., etal Outbreak of Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Changes in Central Line Dressing Care Accompanying Changes in Nursing Education, Nursing Documentation, and Dressing Supply Kits 2022
• Open forum infectious diseases
  Azeem Ahad, etal 1401. Infliximab for Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) in Tuberculous Meningitis; A Treatment Paradox
  8:Supplement_1, p. S785 - S785 2021
• Open forum infectious diseases
  Azeem Ahad, etal 774. Outbreak of Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Changes in Central Line Dressing Care Accompanying Changes in Nursing Education, Nursing Documentation, and Dressing Supply Kits
  8:Supplement_1, p. S484 - S484 2021
• American journal of clinical pathology
  Sabri A, etal Bacillus cereus Bacteremia: An Unusual Case Following Food Poisoning
  156:Supplement_1, p. S132 - S133 2021
• Chest
  Rajendraprasad SANU, etal CASE OF MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN (MIS-C) PRESENTING WITH RASH AND SHOCK
  160:4, p. A670 - A670 2021
• Chest
  Ahmad FARAN, etal SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION: A RARE SEQUELA OF COVID-19
  160:4, p. A94 - A95 2021
• Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
  Ahmad Faran, etal Challenges in the Management of Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections in Patients With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
  13:8, p. e17035 - e17035 2021
• International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  Ahmad Faran, etal Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults
  108, p. 209 - 211 2021
• Meza Daniel A., etal Outcomes of COPD Patients with Coronavirus 2021
• Critical Care Medicine
  Rajendraprasad Sanu, etal COVID-19 Therapeutics: What Works?
  49:1, p. 93 - 93 2021
• Critical Care Medicine
  Ahmad Faran, etal Influence of Health Disparities on COVID-19 Critical Care Admissions
  49:1, p. 101 - 101 2021
• Open forum infectious diseases
  Ahmad Faran, etal 94. Appropriate Urine Legionella Antigen Testing: A Step Towards Diagnostic Stewardship
  7:Supplement_1, p. S62 - S63 2020
• Open forum infectious diseases
  Ahmed Mahmoud, etal 771. A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce 30-days Sepsis-Related Readmissions by Internal Medicine Residents
  6:Supplement_2, p. S343 - S343 2019
• Open forum infectious diseases
  Jamil Saad Bin, etal Implementing Pneumococcal Vaccination in Hospitalized Adults with COPD, Asthma, Current Smokers, and/or Over Age 65 Years. A Performance Improvement Project
  4:suppl_1, p. S469 - S470 2017
• Open forum infectious diseases
  Ahmad Faran, etal A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative for Influenza Disease Management Lead by Internal Medicine House Staff
  3:suppl_1 2016

Presentations

• Fever and Rash in ICU [01/2023] ID Division Grand Rounds, Creighton University, Omaha. 2023
• Sepsis: Ever Evolving Discussion on Early Detection & Management. [10/2022] Graduate Medical Education, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Creighton University, Omaha. 2022
• Dermatological Findings of Infections in Critical Illness. [05/2022] Pulmonary & Critical Care Division Grand Rounds, Creighton University, Omaha. 2022
• Review of the Updated Guidelines for the Management of CDI [6/2021]. Citywide Infectious Diseases Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2021
• HIV Encephalopathy [06/2020]. Citywide Infectious Diseases Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2020
• Infectious Processes of the Pleural Space [05/2020]. Citywide Infectious Diseases Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2020
• Progressive disseminated Histoplasmosis [03/2020]. Citywide Infectious Diseases Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2020
• N. meningitidis Bacteremia [02/2020]. Citywide Infectious Diseases Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2020
• Actinomycosis [11/2019]. Citywide Infectious Diseases Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2019
• Multi-drug resistant Tuberculous Lymphadenitis [8/2019]. Citywide Infectious Diseases Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2019
• Scrub Typhus (Tsutsugamushi disease) [07/2019]. City Wide Infectious Disease Case Conference/Omaha, Nebraska 2019

Awards

• Excellence in Scholarly Activity
  “Excellence in Scholarly Activity” Award from Creighton University, Department of Medicine (6/2021)
  Creighton University Department of Medicine
• Excellence in Poster Presentation
  Trainee Award, by IDSA at ID week 2020 for excellence in poster presentation (10/2020).
  IDSA
• Excellence in Poster Presentation
  Trainee Award, by IDSA at ID week 2019 for excellence in poster presentation (10/2019).
  IDSA
• Statement of Accomplishment: Statistics in Medicine
  "Statement of Accomplishment" for successfully completing with distinction in the online offering of "Statistics in Medicine", by Stanford University (8/28/2013).
  Stanford University