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Gulrayz Ahmed MD

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Assistant Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Medicine
Division: Hematology and Oncology - Medicine
Program: Bone Marrow Transplant

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Publications (38)

  • Unveiling WHIM syndrome: Mavorixafor's emerging role in immune restoration and therapy. (Khan MS, Azeem B, Kanwal A, Ahmed IE, Zehra A, Kabir A, Ahmed W, Nasir H, Khan M, Manzoor A, Hasanain M, Moeen W, Khan M, Ahmed G) Clin Exp Immunol 2025 Jan 21;219(1) PMID: 40065526 PMCID: PMC12001236 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105003115804 03/11/2025    
  • A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the BTK inhibitor zanubrutinib in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 respiratory distress: immune biomarker and clinical findings. (Treon SP, Kotton CN, Park DJ, Moranzoni G, Lemvigh CK, Gathe JC Jr, Varughese TA, Barnett CF, Belenchia JM, Clark NM, Farber CM, Abid MB, Ahmed G, Patterson CJ, Guerrera ML, Soumerai JD, Chea VA, Carulli IP, Southard J, Li S, Wu CJ, Livak KJ, Holmgren E, Kim P, Shi C, Lin H, Ramakrishnan V, Ou Y, Olszewski S, Olsen LR, Keskin DB, Hunter ZR, Tankersley C, Zimmerman T, Dhakal B) Front Immunol 2024;15:1369619 PMID: 39906744 PMCID: PMC11791645 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85216792148 02/05/2025       3 Citations
  • The potential of antibody-drug conjugates for effective therapy in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. (Ahmed G, Hamadani M, Al-Juhaishi T) Expert Opin Biol Ther 2025;25(2):161-173 PMID: 39798075 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85215272325 01/11/2025       1 Citation
  • Ibrutinib for therapy of steroid-refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease: a multicenter real-world analysis. (Pidala J, Kim J, Kalos D, Cutler C, DeFilipp Z, Flowers MED, Hamilton BK, Chin KK, Rotta M, El Jurdi N, Hamadani M, Ahmed G, Kitko C, Ponce D, Sung A, Tang H, Farhadfar N, Nemecek E, Pusic I, Qayed M, Rangarajan H, Hogan W, Etra A, Jaglowski S) Blood Adv 2025 Mar 11;9(5):1040-1048 PMID: 39454280 PMCID: PMC11909441 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-86000356197 10/26/2024       6 Citations
  • Reduction in ACE2 expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells during COVID-19 - implications for post COVID-19 conditions. (Ahmed G, Abdelgadir Y, Abdelghani A, Simpson P, Barbeau J, Basel D, Barrios CS, Smith BA, Schilter KF, Udani R, Reddi HV, Willoughby RE) BMC Infect Dis 2024 Jul 03;24(1):663 PMID: 38956476 PMCID: PMC11221185 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85197392688 07/03/2024       1 Citation
  • Bispecific antibodies in the treatment of relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma. (Ahmed G, Furqan F, Nasrollahi E, Hamadani M) Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2024 Aug;24(8):705-715 PMID: 38809821 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85195135820 05/29/2024       2 Citations
  • Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in secondary central nervous system lymphoma: A multicenter analysis. (Alsouqi A, Ahmed G, Wang J, Cassanello G, Szabo A, Rojek AE, Riedell PA, Awan F, Samples L, Shadman M, Hu M, Bachanova V, Wesson W, Ahmed N, Iqbal M, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Scordo M, Johnson PC, Chen YB, Ito S, Hamadani M, Frigault M) Am J Hematol 2024 Aug;99(8):1624-1627 PMID: 38769663 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85193730657 05/21/2024       9 Citations
  • CAR T-cell therapy in mantle cell lymphoma with secondary CNS involvement: a multicenter experience. (Ahmed G, Alsouqi A, Szabo A, Samples L, Shadman M, Awan FT, Rojek AE, Riedell PA, Iqbal M, Fenske TS, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Ito S, Hamadani M) Blood Adv 2024 Jul 09;8(13):3528-3531 PMID: 38701405 PMCID: PMC11261102 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85198252267 05/03/2024       7 Citations
  • Comprehensive genomic profiling: Does timing matter? (Thapa B, Ahmed G, Szabo A, Kamgar M, Kilari D, Mehdi M, Menon S, Daniel S, Thompson J, Thomas J, George B) Front Oncol 2023;13:1025367 PMID: 36865796 PMCID: PMC9971445 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85149381128 03/04/2023       7 Citations
  • Interim Positron Emission Tomography During Frontline Chemoimmunotherapy for Follicular Lymphoma. (Merryman RW, Michaud L, Redd R, Mondello P, Park H, Spilberg G, Robertson M, Taranto E, Ahmed G, Chase M, Jeter E, Ahn IE, Brown JR, Crombie J, Davids MS, Fisher DC, Jacobsen E, Jacobson CA, Kim AI, LaCasce AS, Ng SY, Odejide OO, Parry EM, Salles G, Zelenetz AD, Armand P, Schöder H, Jacene H) Hemasphere 2023 Feb;7(2):e826 PMID: 36713355 PMCID: PMC9875968 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85147554226 01/31/2023       7 Citations
  • Minimal residual disease in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation. (Merryman RW, Redd RA, Taranto E, Ahmed G, Jeter E, McHugh KM, Brown JR, Crombie JL, Davids MS, Fisher DC, Freedman AS, Jacobsen E, Jacobson CA, Kim AI, LaCasce AS, Ng SY, Odejide OO, Parry EM, Jacene H, Park H, Dahi PB, Nieto Y, Joyce RM, Chen YB, Shipp MA, Herrera AF, Armand P) Blood Adv 2023 Sep 12;7(17):4748-4759 PMID: 36399518 PMCID: PMC10468363 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85169330966 11/19/2022       12 Citations
  • Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease and Acute Kidney Injury on Safety and Outcomes of CAR T-Cell Therapy in Lymphoma Patients. (Ahmed G, Bhasin-Chhabra B, Szabo A, Shah NN, Longo W, Dhakal B, Chhabra S, D'Souza A, Fenske TS, Hamadani M) Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 2022 Nov;22(11):863-868 PMID: 35934632 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135507182 08/08/2022       11 Citations
  • CAR T-cell therapy for secondary CNS DLBCL. (Ahmed G, Hamadani M, Shah NN) Blood Adv 2021 Dec 28;5(24):5626-5630 PMID: 34551065 PMCID: PMC8714710 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122300713 09/23/2021       54 Citations
  • Pulmonary Lymphangitic Spread of Multiple Myeloma as Early Relapse after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation. (Thapa B, Ahmed G, Mohan M, Shponka V, Hari P) Case Rep Hematol 2021;2021:5590975 PMID: 33884207 PMCID: PMC8041536 04/23/2021    
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation with Right Ventricular Assist Device for COVID-19 ARDS. (Cain MT, Smith NJ, Barash M, Simpson P, Durham LA 3rd, Makker H, Roberts C, Falcucci O, Wang D, Walker R, Ahmed G, Brown SA, Nanchal RS, Joyce DL) J Surg Res 2021 Aug;264:81-89 PMID: 33789179 PMCID: PMC7969863 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85103400526 04/01/2021       60 Citations
  • Pandemic Perspective: Commonalities Between COVID-19 and Cardio-Oncology. (Brown SA, Zaharova S, Mason P, Thompson J, Thapa B, Ishizawar D, Wilkes E, Ahmed G, Rubenstein J, Sanchez J, Joyce D, Kalyanaraman B, Widlansky M) Front Cardiovasc Med 2020;7:568720 PMID: 33344513 PMCID: PMC7746643 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85115906217 12/22/2020       7 Citations
  • First Case of Topical 5-FU Therapy for Cutaneous Metastasis in a Patient with Colon Cancer. (Ahmed G, Velasco SA, Van Doren L, Saif MW) Eurasian J Med Oncol 2020;4(1):89-93 PMID: 32964198 PMCID: PMC7504877 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85152361231 09/24/2020       2 Citations
  • Blinatumomab-Associated Neurological Adverse Events. (Ahmed G, Khan R, Kamireddy C, Qadir H, Khan I, Gul Z) Am J Ther 2020;27(5):e543-e547 PMID: 32902938 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85090704764 09/10/2020       2 Citations
  • Reduced intensity conditioning for acute myeloid leukemia using melphalan- vs busulfan-based regimens: a CIBMTR report. (Zhou Z, Nath R, Cerny J, Wang HL, Zhang MJ, Abdel-Azim H, Agrawal V, Ahmed G, Al-Homsi AS, Aljurf M, Alkhateeb HB, Assal A, Bacher U, Bajel A, Bashir Q, Battiwalla M, Bhatt VR, Byrne M, Cahn JY, Cairo M, Choe H, Copelan E, Cutler C, Damlaj MB, DeFilipp Z, De Lima M, Diaz MA, Farhadfar N, Foran J, Freytes CO, Gerds AT, Gergis U, Grunwald MR, Gul Z, Hamadani M, Hashmi S, Hertzberg M, Hildebrandt GC, Hossain N, Inamoto Y, Isola L, Jain T, Kamble RT, Khan MW, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Kebriaei P, Kekre N, Khera N, Lazarus HM, Liesveld JL, Litzow M, Liu H, Marks DI, Martino R, Mathews V, Mishra A, Murthy HS, Nagler A, Nakamura R, Nathan S, Nishihori T, Olin R, Olsson RF, Palmisiano N, Patel SS, Patnaik MM, Pawarode A, Perales MA, Politikos I, Popat U, Rizzieri D, Sandmaier BM, Savani BN, Seo S, Shah NN, Uy GL, Valcárcel D, Verdonck LF, Waller EK, Wang Y, Weisdorf D, Wirk B, Wong E, Yared JA, Saber W) Blood Adv 2020 Jul 14;4(13):3180-3190 PMID: 32663298 PMCID: PMC7362362 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85088320644 07/15/2020       26 Citations
  • Validation of the Khorana Score to Assess Venous Thromboembolism and Its Association with Mortality in Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Community-based Observational Experience. (Ahmed G, Nasir HG, Hall K, Weissmann L) Cureus 2020 Apr 29;12(4):e7883 PMID: 32489737 PMCID: PMC7255532 06/04/2020    
  • First Case of Topical 5-FU Therapy for Cutaneous Metastasis in a patient with Colon Cancer (Gulrayz Ahmed, Sylvia Alarcon Velasco, Layla Van Doren, Muhammad Wasif Saif) Eurasian Journal of Medicine and Oncology Ahmed G, Velasco S, Van Doren L, Saif M. First Case of Topical 5-FU Therapy for Cutaneous Metastasis in a patient with Colon Cancer. EJMO. 2020; 4(1): 89-93 03/12/2020    
  • Validation of the Khorana Score to Assess Venous Thrombolembolism and Its Association with Mortality (Gulrayz Ahmed, Kathryn Tayo Hall, Lisa Beth Weissmann ) Blood Gulrayz Ahmed, Kathryn Tayo Hall, Lisa Beth Weissmann; Validation of the Khorana Score to Assess Venous Thrombolembolism and Its Association with Mortality. Blood 2019; 134 (Supplement_1): 2119. doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2019-124240 11/13/2019    
  • Outcomes and Toxicities of Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) Inhibitors in Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients in the United States: A Real-World, Multicenter Retrospective Analysis. (Bair SM, Strelec LE, Feldman TA, Ahmed G, Armand P, Shah NN, Singavi AN, Reddy N, Khan N, Andreadis C, Vu K, Huntington SF, Giri S, Ujjani C, Howlett C, Faheem M, Youngman MR, Nasta SD, Landsburg DJ, Schuster SJ, Svoboda J) Oncologist 2019 Jul;24(7):955-962 PMID: 30568021 PMCID: PMC6656463 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85058939991 12/21/2018       34 Citations
  • Pulmonary Tuberculosis Versus Recurrent Chemotherapy-Induced Pneumonitis: A Clinical Dilemma. (Ahmed G, Saif MW) Cureus 2017 Oct 04;9(10):e1742 PMID: 29218257 PMCID: PMC5714401 12/09/2017    
  • Continuing Medical Education: A Cross Sectional Study on a Developing Country's Perspective. (Ali SA, Hamiz Ul Fawwad S, Ahmed G, Naz S, Waqar SA, Hareem A) Sci Eng Ethics 2018 Feb;24(1):251-260 PMID: 28349340 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85016107273 03/30/2017       12 Citations
  • Clinical and demographic features of burn injuries in karachi: a six-year experience at the burns centre, civil hospital, Karachi. (Ali SA, Hamiz-Ul-Fawwad S, Al-Ibran E, Ahmed G, Saleem A, Mustafa D, Hussain M) Ann Burns Fire Disasters 2016 Mar 31;29(1):4-9 PMID: 27857643 PMCID: PMC5108226 11/20/2016    
  • Clinical and demographic features of burn injuries in Karachi: A six-year experience at the burns centre, civil hospital, Karachi (Ali SA, Hamiz-Ul-Fawwad S, Al-Ibran E, Ahmed G, Saleem A, Mustafa D, Hussain M) Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters March 2016;29(1):3-7 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84959463374 03/01/2016       15 Citations
  • How many deaths before we put cough syrups behind the counter? (Ahmed G, Saleem MD, Naim H) Perspect Public Health 2014 Nov;134(6):309 PMID: 25485349 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84909629887 12/09/2014       6 Citations
  • Marital disharmony in Pakistani women: a doctor's role. (Qamar Z, Haider SS, Ahmed G, Saleem MD) J Pak Med Assoc 2013 Nov;63(11):1457 PMID: 24392546 01/08/2014    
  • Psychiatry in Pakistan: focus on child mental health. (Saleem A, Ahmed G, Ali SA, Hamiz Ul Fawwad S, Saleem B, Farrukh T) Asian J Psychiatr 2013 Dec;6(6):618-9 PMID: 24309886 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84888873625 12/07/2013       1 Citation
  • Marital disharmony in Pakistani women: A doctor's role (Qamar Z, Haider SS, Ahmed G, Saleem MD) Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association November 2013;63(11):1457 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84886409630 11/01/2013       1 Citation
  • Weight misperception amongst youth of a developing country: Pakistan -a cross-sectional study. (Saleem MD, Ahmed G, Mulla J, Haider SS, Abbas M) BMC Public Health 2013 Aug 02;13:707 PMID: 23915180 PMCID: PMC3734050 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84880954677 08/07/2013       22 Citations
  • HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C in garbage scavengers of Karachi. (Rauf MU, Saleem MD, Anwer MO, Ahmed G, Aziz S, Memon MA) J Pak Med Assoc 2013 Jun;63(6):798-802 PMID: 23901694 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84878240543 08/02/2013       18 Citations
  • Cutting down on your Cola drinks. (Ahmed G, Saleem MD, Qamar Z) Perspect Public Health 2013 May;133(3):136 PMID: 23657224 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84877624146 05/10/2013    
  • Polio-can it be eradicated from Pakistan? (Ahmed G, ul Fawwad SH) Pediatr Infect Dis J 2013 Mar;32(3):303 PMID: 23558327 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84876209246 04/06/2013       3 Citations
  • Gentian violet - A blessing in disguise for the developing world. (Arsalan Ali S, Ahmed G, Hamiz-ul-Fawwad S, Waqar SA, Saleem A) Burns 2013 Sep;39(6):1326-7 PMID: 23465793 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84880939608 03/08/2013       4 Citations
  • Continuing medical education: Pakistan, a developing country's perspective. (Hamiz-Ul-Fawwad S, Ahmed G, Ali SA) Am J Med Qual 2013;28(2):175 PMID: 23462659 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84874788299 03/07/2013       2 Citations
  • Postoperative use of drain in thyroid lobectomy - a randomized clinical trial conducted at Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. (Memon ZA, Ahmed G, Khan SR, Khalid M, Sultan N) Thyroid Res 2012 Sep 28;5(1):9 PMID: 23021778 PMCID: PMC3568003 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84873589959 10/02/2012       21 Citations
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