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Sumayya Ahmad, MD
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Ophthalmology
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Ophthalmology (Eye), Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery

MD, Yale University School of Medicine

Internship, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Morningside

Residency, Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute - Johns Hopkins University

Fellowship, Corneal and External Diseases, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute-Human Resources

Certifications

American Board of Ophthalmology
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Publications

Selected Publications

Bayesian Analysis of Valacyclovir Treatment Effect in the Zoster Eye Disease Study. Bennie H. Jeng, Ting Fang Lee, Andrea B. Troxel, Ying Lu, Elisabeth J. Cohen, Jiyu Kim, Judith S. Hochman, Sarah B. Weissbart, Azin Abazari, Timothy Y. Chou, Eileen Chang, Guillermo Amescua, Rahul Tonk, Elaine Koo, Jaime D. Martinez, Anat Galor, Sanjay V. Patel, John S. Berestka, Afshan A. Nanji, Winston Chamberlain, Richard Stutzman, John Clements, James Chodosh, Emma C. Davies, Hajirah Saeed, Jessica B. Ciralsky, Ana G. Alzaga Fernandez, Kimberly C. Sippel, Victor L. Perez-Quinones, Melissa Daluvoy, Katy Liu, Mark D. Ewald, Erich B. Groos, Bernard Chang, Ira A. Shivitz, Jordan Hill, Priscilla G. Fowler, Russell W. Read, Harry S. Geggel, Ahmed Omar, Sayegh Rony, Christopher J. Rapuano, Beeran Meghpara, Zeba Syed, Gary N. Holland, Olivia Lee, John Irvine, Sophie X. Deng, Anthony Aldave, Tsui Edmund, Judy Chen, Marc A. Honig, Lee A. Snyder, Andrew J.W. Huang, Todd P. Margolis, Anthony Lubniewski, Douglas G. Katz, Seema Capoor, John Gonzales, Gerami Seitzman, Jeremy Keenan, Melina Morkin, Kenneth R. Kenyon, Pedram Hamrah, William B. Lee, Joseph G. Christenbury, Kara C. LaMattina, Hyunjoo Lee, Kambiz Negahban, Ronihi Rao, Christine S. Ament, Marta O. Lopatynsky, John D. Barbato, Jayati S. Sarkar, Marian Macsai, Joshua B. Herz, Mitchell P. Weikert, Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, Alice Y. Matoba, Theresa Cooney, Christopher Hood, Maria Woodward, Alan Sugar, Roni M. Shtein, Sarah M. Nehls, Evan J. Warner, Greg Nettune, Brad Bowman, Henry Gelender, Jamie K. Alexander, Tyrone McCall, Joshua Zaffos, Walter Beebe, Luke B. Potts, Jay Lustbader, Aruoriwo M. Oboh-Weilke, Kristin M. Hammersmith, Stephen E. Orlin, Parveen Nagra, Michael Sulewski, Vatinee Bunya, Brian Shafer, Christina R. Prescott, Ilyse Haberman, Elizabeth Viriya, Anam Qureshi, Douglas Lazzaro, Laura Palazzolo, Himani Goyal, Katie E. Schrack, Irving M. Raber, Brandon Ayres, Brenton Finklea, Sherman Reeves, Omar E. Awad, David R. Hardten, Charles D. Reilly, William J. Flynn, Edward D. Rashid, Angie E. Wen, David C. Ritterband, David J. Harris, Sumayya Ahmad, Neha Shaik, John A. Seedor, Steven I. Rosenfeld, Marc Winnick, Ahmad Amir, Mark D. Sherman, Divya Srikumaran, Esen Akpek, Benjamin Chaon, Sarkis H. Soukiasian, Naveen K. Rao, Anne S. Steiner, Jules Winokur, Ira Udell, Carolyn Shih, Matthew Gorski, Amilia Schrier, Ann Marie Lobo-Chan, Joel Sugar, Elmer Tu, Wuqaas W. Munir, Sarah Sunshine, Donald M. Miller, William G. Gensheimer, Michael E. Zegans, Jayne S. Weiss, Maria Bernal, Bruce Barron, Holly B. Hindman, Ronald Wise, Christopher Gelston, Michael J. Taravella, Richard S. Davidson, Uyen L. Tran, Christine Shieh, Jeremy Bartley, James McCulley, Steven Verity, Wayne Bowman, Preston Blomquist, Venkateswara V. Mootha, George Thorne, Ann M. Renucci, David Verdier, Kavitha Sivaraman, Michael Nordlund, Frank S. Hwang, John Affeldt, Herbert Ingraham, Nathalie M. Guibord, Kendall R.B. Dobbins, Tarika Thareja, Amy Lin, Brian Zaugg, Mark Mifflin, Stephan Lance Forstot, Robert A. Fish, Karen Repine, Michael Wildes, Christopher B. Estopinal, Donna Brown, Aaleya Koreishi, Patricia Ple-Plakon, Carol S. Clemons, Ravi Patel, Penny A. Asbell, Stephen Aaron Ashe, Sarah Bonaffini, Kourtney Houser, Michael Wallace, Jesse M. Wesberry, Alfonso Iovieno, Sonia N. Yeung, Joshua C. Teichman, Nima Noordeh, Anne Faucher, Marie Claude Robert, Mona Harissi-Dagher, Jacob Rullo, Stephanie Baxter, Davin Johnson, Dean Mah, Matthew Benson, Stephan Ong Tone, Hall Chew, Mojgan Hassonlou, Shaohui Liu, Jennifer L. Eikenberry, Chi Wah Yung, Joanne F. Shen, Charles Lin, Charles Yu, Christopher Ta, Kenneth R. Goins, John Sutphin, Kerri Svanda, Stacy Keppol, Audrey Rostov, Neil M. Vyas, Kimberly Hsu, Gerri Goodman, Lisa McHam, Dale Oates, Ramy Rizkalla, Anita Shukla, Mathew Veena, Craig See, Jeffrey Goshe, Robert S. Feder, Jeanine Baqai, Surendra Basti, Ramez Haddadin, Jae Young You, Lena A. Dixit, Ravi H. Patel, Kimberly T. Golde, Gerald W. Zaidman, Sankara Mahesh, Vikas Sharma, Jason Wesolosky, Darby D. Miller, Jeffrey H. Ma, Mark Mannis, Jay J. Meyer, Rachael Niederer, Kathryn A. Colby, Stephen McLeod, Michele Melia, Elizabeth Sugar, Carol R. Taylor, Maria Nagel, William J. Dupps, Jonathan H. Lass, Ann Bajart, Asim Farooq, Elizabeth Hofmeister, Adam Kaufman, Michelle Rhee, Janie Yoo. Ophthalmology

Complications after Cataract Surgery in Patients with versus without Uveitis. Gavin Li, Jihwan Hwang, Carl Wilkins, Janek Klawe, Sumayya Ahmad. Ophthalmology

Low-Dose Valacyclovir for Postherpetic Neuralgia in the Zoster Eye Disease Study: A Randomized Clinical Trial. David B. Warner, Bennie H. Jeng, Jiyu Kim, Mengling Liu, Andrea B. Troxel, Judith S. Hochman, Keith H. Baratz, Shahzad I. Mian, Mazen Y. Choulakian, Jay J. Meyer, Ying Lu, Alberta Twi-Yeboah, Ting Fang Lee, Carlos Lopez-Jimenez, Sarah C. Laury, Elisabeth J. Cohen, Sarah B. Weissbart, Azin Abazari, Timothy Y. Chou, Eileen Chang, Guillermo Amescua, Rahul Tonk, Elaine Koo, Jaime D. Martinez, Anat Galor, Sanjay V. Patel, John S. Berestka, Afshan A. Nanji, Winston Chamberlain, Richard Stutzman, John Clements, James Chodosh, Emma C. Davies, Hajirah Saeed, Jessica B. Ciralsky, Ana G. Alzaga Fernandez, Kimberly C. Sippel, Victor L. Perez-Quinones, Melissa Daluvoy, Katy Liu, Mark D. Ewald, Erich B. Groos, Bernard Chang, Ira A. Shivitz, Jordan Hill, Priscilla G. Fowler, Russell W. Read, David C. Ritterband, Sumayya Ahmad, John A. Seedor. JAMA Ophthalmology

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Sumayya Ahmad, MD: Cornea, External Diseases, and Refractive Surgery Specialist at Mount Sinai

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Ahmad during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

  • Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.