Abushama | Pediatrics | Queen's University

Ahmed Abushama MD

Position(s)

Assistant Professor

Contact Info

Ahmed.Abushama@kingstonhsc.ca

Telephone: 613-549-6666 ext 3808

Fax: 613-548-1368

Dr. Ahmed J. Abushama is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurologist at Queen's University, joining the department in August 2024. He earned his medical degree from Damascus University in 2011 and completed his residency in General Pediatrics in Jerusalem, Palestine. Dr. Abushama pursued further specialization with a Pediatric Neurology fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, completed in 2020, followed by a three-year fellowship in Pediatric Epilepsy and Neurophysiology.

His clinical expertise encompasses pediatric general neurology, with a focus on managing children with drug-resistant epilepsy, neuromuscular disorders, and acquired brain injuries. Dr. Abushama's research interests include EEG, refractory epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, ketogenic diet, vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), and genetic epilepsy, as well as child neurology care in low-resource settings.

Dedicated to medical education, Dr. Abushama has received numerous awards for his contributions to teaching. He was honored with the Dr. Michael (Mickey) Lester Award for enhancing the patient and family experience in pediatrics in June 2022, the Subspecialty Trainee Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching in June 2022, the Subspecialty Trainee CanMEDS Excellence Award in June 2022, and the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2021-2022 academic year from the University of Toronto MD Program.

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