Ahmed Zaafran

Ahmed Zaafran, M.D, is a Clinical Instructor at the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine.

Born in Cairo, Egypt, Dr. Zaafran moved to the U.S.A. with his family as a child and settled in Sugar Land, Texas in 1981. After completing undergraduate education at The University of Texas, at Austin, he went on to complete his medical diploma at St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies in 2008. He completed his anesthesia residency training at The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas in 2012. Dr. Zaafran focused much of his senior year at UT-Houston working under the tutelage of Dr. Carin Hagberg, primarily on advanced airway management in neurosurgical cases.

Ahmed joined Stanford after completing his residency training in Houston, and is currently the Director of Endoscopic Services at Stanford University Hospital, and is an attending in Head and Neck Anesthesia and Advanced Airway Management team.

Dr. Zaafran focuses his clinical and teaching activities around advanced airway management, in addition to perioperative management of gastroenterology and hepatology patients undergoing endoscopic procedures.

Education

• Certificate in Global Innovations Program, Stanford Ignite Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2013 — 2013)
• The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2009 — 2012)
• Alameda County Medical Center (2009 — 2010)
• Doctor of Medicine (MD) St. George's University (2004 — 2008)
• Bachelor's degree The University of Texas at Austin (1999 — 2003)
• Clements High School (1995 — 1999)

Companies

• Co-Founder Lucid Lane Inc. (2018)
• Venture Team Advisor Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2018)
• Anesthesiologist Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (2015)
• Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Stanford University School of Medicine (2015)
• Counsel Member GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group) (2014)
• Medicine X: Director of Development, Middle East Region Stanford University School of Medicine (2014)
• Advisory Board Member The American Festival for the Arts (2012)
• Director Of Quality Improvement and Assurance, Department of Anesthesiology Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (2017 — 2021)
• Venture Team Advisor New York University Abu Dhabi (2019 — 2019)

Skills

• Inpatient Care
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Other

ENT, Clinical, Endoscopy, Lifesciences, Life Sciences, Healthcare Consulting, Orthopedic, Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), ACLS, Clinical Trials, Oncology, Physicians, Critical Care Medicine, Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, BLS, Inpatient, Medical Research, Healthcare Information Technology, EMR, Microsoft Office, Cancer, Pediatrics, Patient Safety, Treatment, Critical Care, Board Certified, Neuroscience, Internal Medicine, Healthcare Management, Public Health, Anesthesia, Anesthesiology, Hospitals, Surgery, Medical Education, Medicine, Clinical Research, Healthcare