Tauseef Ahmed

Tauseef Ahmed, M.D. FACP is a widely recognized expert in the specialty fields of Oncology and Hematology and a consistent “Top Doctors” selection by Castle Connolly. Dr. Ahmed has been raising standards of cancer practice and care for more than three decades. 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 urologic cancers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and prepared for his role as Stem Cell Transplant Program Director at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.

Dr. Ahmed co-founded and heads the Westchester Oncology and Hematology Group. His appointments include Professor of Medicine at 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 other hospitals in Westchester including Hudson Valley Hospital Center, Phelps Memorial Hospital and St Johns Hospital, North.

Dr. Ahmed has comprehensive oncology experience with special interests in management of Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, stem cell transplantation, urologic 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, stem cell storage techniques, tandem and non-myeloablative transplant conditioning regimens for hematologic malignancies and selected solid tumors. He is currently working on strategies for the use of stem cells in non-malignant settings and gene transfer applications designed to sustain long-term, disease-free survival in transplanted patients. Dr. Ahmed chairs the Westchester Medical Center’s Cancer Committee and serves as oncology advisor for patient care improvement initiatives there and in many other hospitals throughout Westchester. He also advises a number of national organizations which take advantage of his talent, creativity and extensive knowledge on a range of topics. Dr. Ahmed is in high demand as a lecturer in both national and international settings – not surprising since he has been awarded numerous research grants and has published over 150 papers, book chapters and abstracts on a variety of cancer-related topics. Dr. Ahmed is fluent in English, Urdu/Hindi, and Punjabi.