Languages: English, Urdu
Endocrinology, Gender Affirming Care
Shabina Ahmed, M.D., practices endocrinology at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Downtown Bethesda. She received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and also completed her residency in endocrinology at Johns Hopkins Medicine School of Medicine.
She practices general endocrinology, including the treatment of thyroid disorders, diabetes, gender-affirming hormone therapy, PCOS, pituitary/adrenal disorders, hypogonadism and osteoporosis.
Ahmed SR, Bellamkonda S, Zilbermint M, et alEffects of the low carbohydrate, high fat diet on glycemic control and body weight in patients with type 2 diabetes: experience from a community-based cohort BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care 2020;8:e000980. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-00098
Haque W , Ahmed SR, Zilbermint M Nivolumab-induced autoimmune diabetes mellitus and hypothyroidism in a patient with rectal neuroendocrinetumor, Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2020; 10(4): 338-339, DOI:10.1080/20009666.2020.1771126T
Ahmed SR, Azad NS, Ball DW, Rudek MA, Nelkin B, Cosgrove D, Gong J, Finkelstein F, Zahurak M, Janku F, Downs M, O'Connor A, Markus S, Carducci MA, Sherman SI, Kurzrock R. A Phase I study determining the safety and tolerability of combination therapy with pazopanib, a VEGFR/PDGFR/Raf inhibitor, and GSK1120212, a MEK inhibitor, in advanced solid tumors enriched with patients with advanced differentiated thyroid cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2012:30 (suppl;abstr TPS3117) Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Meeting, Chicago, 2012
Ahmed SR, Ball DW. Incidentally-discovered Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Diagnostic strategies and treatment. J Clin Endocrinol and Metab 2011: 96 (5):1237-1245
Ahmed SR, Cosgrove D, Ball D, Donehower R, Nelkin B, Petito E, Downs M, Scardina A, Carducci M, Azad N. A Phase I, single-institution open-label, dose-escalation trial with an expansion cohort evaluating the safety and tolerability of AZD6244 and IMC-A12 in subjects with advanced solid malignancies. J Clin Oncol. 2011(suppl; abstr TPS156) Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Meeting, Chicago, 2011, 2012
Affirming Treatment: An endocrinologist helps transgender patients Blossom into their true selves, Bethesda Magazine, (July/August 2022)
Fitness, Wellness, Medicine and Health, Bethesda Magazine (July/August 2022)
The Most Important Things to Know About Diabetes Signs and Symptoms, Weight Watchers (July 28, 2022)
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