The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce the promotion of Sahar Ahmad, M.D., Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine to Professor of Medicine with Tenure in the Renaissance School of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Dr. Ahmad has been Chief of the division since August 2022. She is originally from Brooklyn, New York and a graduate of Vassar College. Dr. Ahmad earned her MD degree from Cornell Medical College and completed her Internal Medicine residency training at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, and her Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship training at Montefiore Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.
Dr. Ahmad joined Stony Brook in 2013 and is currently board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She is also testamur status Adult Echocardiography by the National Board of Echocardiography. Dr. Ahmad has clinical and research specialization in pleural diseases, echo-dynamics and clinical applications of Point- of Care- Ultrasound for the critically ill patient.
In addition to her practice and research, Dr. Ahmad contributes to the institution in several administrative roles including: Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit, Program Director of Pulmonary- Critical Care Medicine and Critical Care Medicine fellowships, Director of Ultrasound and Critical Care Education and chair for the Ultrasound Curriculum Task Force within the Renaissance School of Medicine. Dr. Ahmad oversees Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) education across the institution and simulation-based training for the DOM residents & Critical Care fellows.
Dr. Ahmad has received numerous recognitions and awards for teaching, highlighted by her induction as a faculty member into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and receiving the 2017 Aesculapius Award for Excellence in Medical Education from the Renaissance School of Medicine. Most recently, Dr. Ahmad won the Excellence in Faculty Mentorship award from the Renaissance School of Medicine in November 2025.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Ahmad on this well-earned promotion, and in recognizing her excellence as a clinician, leader, and educator within the Department of Medicine and the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University.
Vincent W. Yang, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, AGAF, FAAAS
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Simons Chair of Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Informatics, and Physiology & Biophysics
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University