Salaar Ahmed, MBBS

Medical Student
Aga Khan University

Salaar Ahmed is a postdoctoral research scholar in Ramayya’s Lab in the Department of Neurological Surgery at Stanford University. His research focuses on the mechanisms and novel treatments for chronic and cancer pain, neuro modulation, and global neurosurgery.

He earned his MD from the Aga Khan University in 2025, graduating summa cum laude with a record 15 honors and 18 university awards across all courses. During medical school, he conducted research on Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas (DIPG) and global neurosurgical outcomes under the mentorship of Dr. Ather Enam and Dr. Naureen Mushtaq.

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Presentation(s):

• Developing a DIPG Care Checklist: Standardizing Diagnosis and Management Pathways in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries

  Friday, May 1, 2026
  3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT

• Patterns of Sedative and Analgesic Medication Use in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Multicenter Analysis from Two International Research Networks

  Friday, May 1, 2026
  3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT

• Diagnostic Utility of Liquid Biopsies in Pediatric Brain Tumors: A Systematic Review

  Sunday, May 3, 2026
  3:21 PM - 3:23 PM CT

• Clinical Outcomes of Congenital Brain Tumors: A 40-Year Experience from a Resource-Limited Setting

  Sunday, May 3, 2026
  4:57 PM - 5:00 PM CT