About
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Sports Medicine
Biography
Dr. Abdul-Aziz Ahmed is an assistant attending physician in emergency medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital. He also practices Sports Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and is an instructor in medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Dr. Ahmed completed his M.D. degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and residency training in Emergency Medicine at St Luke’s- Roosevelt Hospital Center. Following his residency training, Dr. Ahmed completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine at Northshore University Hospital.
Prior to joining Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Ahmed held positions as attending physician at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg, Texas and Huntington Hospital in Huntington, New York. Dr. Ahmed is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Sports Medicine; and is licensed to practice in New York and Texas.
Research
Credentials
Board Certifications
- American Board of Emergency Medicine
- American Board of Emergency Medicine (Sports Medicine)
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
- Assistant Attending Physician - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Education and Training
- M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, 2011
- B.A., Columbia University, 2006
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - Medicare
- AETNA - PPO
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee Managed Care Plan
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee PPO Plan
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Affinity Access
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell New York
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Connection
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus - CHP
- Fidelis Care
- GHI - CBP
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicaid
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Oxford Health Plans - Medicare Advantage
- Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Community Plan
- United Healthcare - Medicare
- United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - HMO
- VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare
- WellCare of NY
- WorldWide Medical
Locations and Appointments
External Relationships
External Relationships
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No External Relationships Reported