Sultan Mahmood MD
Sultan Mahmood
MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Co-Program Director GI Fellowship Program
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Professional Summary:
My clinical practice is General Gastroenterology and I enjoy seeing patients with Inflammatory bowel disease, Barrett‘s esophagus, Chronic constipation, Achalasia, Nutritional disorders and other Gastrointestinal issues. I am passionate about colon cancer screening and have participated in various research projects and quality improvement projects to improve the access and quality of colonoscopy procedure.
"While we teach, we learn", said the Roman philosopher Seneca. I have been fortunate to have excellent mentors during my training and want to continue their legacy. Being a faculty at UBMD, I get the opportunity to work with medical students, residents and gastroenterology fellows.
Medicine is an ever evolving field and my practice is based on incorporating the latest medical literature in the plan of care. I like to present all options to patients and make them an integral part of the care plan.
Education and Training:
- Fellowship, Gastroenterology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (2018)
- Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (2015)
- MBBS, Medicine and Surgery, King Edward Medical University (2010)
- BS, Punjab University (2007)
- Student, FG Sirsyed College (2003)
Employment:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, University at Buffalo (2019-present)
- Attending Physician, Medicine, Marshfileld Clinic (2018–2019)
- Resident House Officer, Mayo Hosptial, Pakistan (2011)
- Resident House Officer, Lahore General Hospital, Pakistan (2011)
- Medical Officer, Zahid Medical Complex, Pakistan (2009–2010)
Awards and Honors:
- Chief Fellow Gastroenterology (2017)
- Resident Council-Member (2017)
- Oral Presentation (2017)
- GI Patient Safety Committee (2016)
- Complications Index Team (2016)
- Department of Medicine (2015)
- Program Evaluation Commmittee (2014)
- The James F. Hammersten Award (2014)
- Young Achiever Award (2014)
- 2013 National ACP (2013)
- ACP Podium Presentation (2013)
- Resident Mentorship Program (2013)
- Resident Recruitment Committee (2013)
Research Expertise:
- Colonoscopy: Screening, Diagnostic and Therapeutic
- EGD: Diagnostic and therapeutic Upper endoscopy
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy: Diagnostic
- Single Balloon Enteroscopy: Small bowel enteroscopy, Single balloon enteroscopy
- Video Capsule Endoscopy: Diagnostic VCE
Journal Articles:
- Ali IA, Mahmood S, Tierney WM. Bouveret syndrome: a tough nut to crack. VideoGIE. 2019; 4(3).
- Mahmood S, Hoffman L, Ali IA, Zhao YD, Chen A, Allen K. Smart Phone/Device Application to Improve Delivery of Enteral Nutrition in Adult Patients Admitted to the Medical Intensive Care Unit. Nutr Metab Insights. 2019; 12.
- Syed T, Fazili J, Ali IA, Zhao D, Hughes D, Mahmood S. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Occurrence and Recurrence in Hepatitis C-infected Patients Treated with Direct-acting Antivirals. Cureus. 2018; 10(6).
- Mir Fahad Faisal, Natalie Cosgrove, Vladimir Kushnir, Thomas Hollander, Swaroop P. Vitta, Riddhi S. Patel, Sreenivasa S. Jonnalagadda, Sultan Mahmood. Lumen apposing self expanding Metal Stents have a higher rate of Long term complications compared to Double Pig-Tail Stents in management of Walled off Pancreatic Necrosis: A Multicenter Experience. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2018.
- Mahmood S, Farooqui SM, Madhoun MF. Predictors of inadequate bowel preparation for colonoscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018; 30(8).
- Mahmood S, Jackson R, Zhao YD, Oxentenko AS, Ali T. Assessment of Work-Life Balance of Resident Physicians. Am J Med Sci. 2015; 350(6).
- Nusrat S, Mahmood S, Bitar H, Tierney WM, Bielefeldt K, Madhoun MF. The impact of chronic opioid use on colonoscopy outcomes. Dig Dis Sci. 2015; 60(4).
- Chaudrey K, Salvaggio M, Ahmed A, Mahmood S, Ali T. Updates in vaccination: recommendations for adult inflammatory bowel disease patients. World J Gastroenterol. 2015; 21(11).
- Ali T, Kaitha S, Mahmood S, Ftesi A, Stone J, Bronze MS. Clinical use of anti-TNF therapy and increased risk of infections. Drug Healthc Patient Saf. 2013; 5.
Evaluative Studies and Case Reports:
- Syed T, Farooqui S, Tajammal R, Mahmood S, Kastens D. Chilaiditi's Sign Associated with Acute Colonic Pseudo-obstruction: A Radiological Diagnosis. Cureus. 2018; 10(3).
- Nusrat S, Mahmood S, Kastens D, Bielefeldt K. Cholecystectomy for biliary dyskinesia in gastroparesis: mimic or misfortune? South Med J. 2014; 107(12).
- Ali T, Chakraburtty A, Mahmood S, Bronze MS. Risk of nocardial infections with anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy. Am J Med Sci. 2013; 346(2).
- Tariq S, Mahmood S, Madeira S, Tarasov E. Congenital complete absence of pericardium masquerading as pulmonary embolism. Heart Views. 2013; 14(1).
Presentations:
- "Personalized CRC Screening: Choosing the Best Option" City-Wide Grand Rounds, University at Buffalo, Department of Medicine (2020)
- "Total Abdominal Colectomy Amongst Hospitalized Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Biologic Era: Evidence from the National Inpatient Sample (1998 - 2013)" DDW 2019, American Gastroenterology Association, Gastroenterology (2019)
- "Updates in Gastroenterology" System-Wide Surgery & Digestive Disease Meeting, Marshfield Clinic, Gastroenterology and General Surgery (2019)
- "Tube Feed App: A Novel Smart Phone Application for Enteral Nutrition" 27th Annual North American Conference of Gastroenterology Fellows (2017)
- "Enteral Nutrition in the Intensive Care Union" DDW (2016)
- "Gastrinomas: Always onthe Differential" Stewar Wolf Research Day (2016)
- "Inpatient Burden of Morbid Obesity in the U.S.: An analysis of Time trends: A comparison between 1197 and 2013." Stewar Wolf Research Day (2016)
- "The Burden of Cirrhosis and Its Complications in the United States" DDW (2016)
- "Immunization against Hepatittis A and Hepatitis B in patients with Chronic Liver Disease" American Journal of Gastroenterology (2015)
- "Inpatient Burden of Morbid Obesity in U.S.: An Analysis of Time Trends from 1997 - 2012" American Journal of Gastroenterology (2015)
- "Assessment of Secual Dysfunction Among Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients" American Journal of Gastroenterology (2014)
- "Bile Leak atter Cholecystectomy" American Journal of Gastroenterology (2014)
- "Factors Affecting Adverse Outcomes During Colonoscopy" American Journal of Gastroenterology (2014)
- "Impact of Chronic Opioid Use on Colonoscopy Outcomes" Stewart Wolf Day (2014)
- "Screening Pap Smear: A Resident Clinic Quality Improvement Project" Stewart Wolf Day (2014)
- "The Impact of Chronic Opioid Use on Colonoscopy" Digested Disease Week (2014)
- "Tube Feeding Calculator: A Smartphone Application Project" Stewart Wolf Day (2014)
- "Work-Life Balance of Gastroenterology Trainees" Digested Disease Week (2014)
- "A Web Based Cross sectional Survey" National American College of Physicians Meeting, National American College of Physicians (2014)
- "Diagnostic Dilemma: EBV and CMV Co-Infection in a Patient with Crohn's Disease" CSCTR/MWAFMR Combined Annual Meeting (2014)
- "Assessment of Work-Life Balance Issues Of Resident Physicians" Stewart Wolf Lecture and House Staff Research Presentations, American College of Physicians (2013)
- "A Rare Case of Multiple Myeloma Presenting as Obstructive Jaundice" Stewart Wolf Lecture and House Staff Research Presentations (2013)
- "Are you Happy with your Work Life Balance?" Stewart Wolf Lecture and House Staff Research Presentations (2013)
- "Cutaneous Nocardiosis: A rare compllication of anti-TNF therapy" Oklahoma Chapter Annual Meeting (2012)
- "An Audit of Colonoscopies Carried out in Lahore General Hospital Pakistan" Lahore Chapter Annual Meeting (2011)