Assistant Professor of Surgery
Global Center for Integrated Colorectal Surgery & IBD Interventional Endoscopy Columbia University Irving Medical Center / New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY, United States
Dr. Usama Ahmed Ali completed his medical training at Utrecht University in the Netherlands in 2007. He then did colorectal research as a PhD researcher and was a colorectal research fellow at the Cleveland Clinic in 2011 under the guidance of Dr. Victor Fazio and Dr. Pokala Ravi Kiran. He trained in general and colorectal surgery at the University Medical Center Utrecht and the St. Antonius Hospital in The Netherlands after which he worked as a general and colorectal surgeon in Riverieland Ziekenhuis in Tiel until 2022. He joined Columbia University in 2023 as an advanced fellow and trained with Dr. Kiran and Dr. James Church. He works collaboratively with Dr. Church on complex fistula disease within the Anal Fistula Center and is part of the Hereditary Cancer and Familial Polyposis Center. He also works closely with Dr. Kiran in the management of various conditions including complex and reoperative colorectal surgery. Dr. Ahmed Ali has a double PhD in medicine, one of which is in the surgical treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. He also has a Masters in Evidence-Based Medicine from Oxford University. He is a Member of Dutch Society for Surgery and Dutch Society for Gastro-intestinal Surgery (2021).
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EP409 - A Novel Simplified Classification System for Complex Anal Fistulas that Affects Management
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12:40 PM - 12:45 PM PT
EP744 - Impact of Obesity on 30-Day Outcomes After Laparoscopic Colectomy
Monday, May 12, 2025
10:36 AM - 10:41 AM PT
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