Oncology, Oncologist, Dr. Tauseef Ahmed, Westchester Oncology & Hematology

Tauseef Ahmed, M.D. FACP is a widely recognized expert in the specialty fields of Oncology and Hematology. Dr. Ahmed has been raising the standards for nearly 25 years. After basic training at King Edward Medical College in Pakistan and medical residency training at Sinai Hospital of Detroit, he completed fellowship training in medical oncology with a specialty in genitourinary cancers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and prepared for his role as Stem Cell Transplant Program Director at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center in Seattle.

Dr. Ahmed co-founded and heads the Westchester Oncology Hematology Group. His appointments include Professor of Medicine for New York Medical College, Medical Director of the Arlin Cancer Institute and Director of the Blood Cell Transplant and Collection Center programs at Westchester Medical Center. He is also an attending physician at Sound Shore Medical Center Hudson Valley Hospital Center and Phelps Memorial Hospital.

OFFICE:
New York Medical College
Division of Oncology/Hematology
Department of Medicine
Valhalla, New York 10595

LICENSURE:
Michigan 1979 040644
New York 1980 142238

COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED:
Cadet College,Hasanabdal, Pakistan:
Matriculation Certificate, 1968.
Cadet College,Hasanabdal, Pakistan:
F.Sc.(Pre-Med), 1968 -1970.
King Edward MedicalCollege,Lahore,
Pakistan:M.B.,B.S.,1970-76.

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
Subintern/Intern in Medicine, New
York University Hospital, New York,
New York: March, 1977 - June, 1977.
Intern in Medicine, Sinai Hospital
of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan:
July, 1977 - June, 1978.
Resident in Medicine, Sinai Hospital
of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan: July,
1978 - June, 1980.
Chief Resident, Department of Medicine,
Sinai Hospital of Detroit, Detroit,
Michigan: July, 1979 - June, 1980.
Fellow in Medical Oncology, Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York,
New York: July, 1980 - June, 1983.
Assistant Attending Physician, Westchester
County Medical Center, Valhalla, New
York, 10595: July, 1983 - May, 1986.
Associate Attending Physician, Westchester
County Medical Center, Valhalla, New York,
10595: May, 1986 - June 1991.
Attending Physician, Westchester County
Medical Center, Valhalla, New York,
10595: June 1991 - present.
Attending Physician, St. Agnes Hospital,
305 North Street, White Plains, New York,
10605: July 1992 %u2013 December 2003.
Attending Physician, Hudson Valley
Hospital Center, 1980 Crompond Road,
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567: September
2000 - Present
Attending Physician, Phelps Memorial
Hospital Center, 701 North Broadway,
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591: May 2003 -
Present

RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Research Fellow, Sloan-Kettering Institute
for Cancer Research, New York, New York:
July, 1980 - June, 1983.
Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Cornell
University Medical College, New York,
New York: July, 1980 - June, 1983.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division
of Neoplastic Diseases, New York Medical
College, Valhalla, NY, 10595: July, 1983
- May, 1986.
Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation
Services, New York Medical College,
Valhalla, NY, 10595: July, 1983 -
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division
of Neoplastic Diseases, New York Medical
College, Valhalla, NY, 10595: May, 1986 -
Jan. 1992
Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology/
Hematology, New York Medical College,
Valhalla, NY: Jan. 1992 - present.
Chief, Division of Oncology/Hematology,
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY:
October 1992 - present.
Medical Director, Zalmen A. Arlin Cancer
Institute, Westchester County Medical
Center, Valhalla, NY 1996 - present.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:
National Research Service Award: DHHS 1981-1982.
Alumni Award for Resident Contributing Most to
Education at The Sinai Hospital of Detroit,
Detroit, Michigan: June, 1980.
Merit Scholar, Government of the Punjab:
1970 - 1976.
ECMFG 1975
FLEX 1978
Board Certified, American Board of Internal
Medicine, September, 1980.
Board Certified, Hematology, November, 1982.
Board Certified, Medical Oncology, November,
1983.

He has comprehensive experience , and has special interests in the management of Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, stem cell transplantation, genitourinary and breast cancers. A recognized clinical investigator and pioneer, Dr. Ahmed has developed many techniques and approaches that are today considered standards of care including the M-VAC regimen for bladder cancer, peripheral stem cell technology applications, cryopreservation techniques, tandem and non-myeloablative transplant conditioning regimens for hematologic malignancies and selected solid tumors.