Saeed Ahmed, MD

Treating alcohol withdrawal syndrome: Going beyond ‘benzos’

VPA and carbamazepine may be as useful as benzodiazepines for managing alcohol withdrawal syndrome.

In this Career Choices, Saeed Ahmed, MD, talked with William Pirl, MD, MPH, FACLP, FAPOS, about psychiatric oncology.

In this Career Choices, Saeed Ahmed, MD, Addiction Psychiatry Fellow at Boston University Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine,...

In this Career Choices, Saeed Ahmed, MD, Chief Resident at Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York, talked with Donald W. Black,...

In this Career Choices, Dr. Ahmed talked with Dr. Stanciu, an addiction psychiatrist who provides support to clinicians managing patients with...

Author:: Samantha A. Gnanasegaram, MD; Cornel N. Stanciu, MD, MRO; Saeed Ahmed, MD

Psychiatrists often fail to adequately address their patients’ smoking, and often underestimate the impact of ongoing tobacco use.

Publish date: May 1, 2018

Dextromethorphan (DXM) is commonly found in over-the-counter (OTC) cold and cough preparations.

Publish date: January 16, 2018

Dr. Saeed Ahmed urges more residency trainees to get involved in addiction psychiatry.

Publish date: June 23, 2017

What I thought would be a typical morning at the major county hospital – if that were ever possible on a psychiatric emergency unit (EU) – quickly...

Publish date: November 9, 2016

Do we stand by our Hippocratic Oath when providing physician-assisted suicide?Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is a form of euthanasia in which a...