Dr. Akram Ahmad
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Dr. Akram Ahmad

Assistant Professor
UCSI University, Malaysia

Highest Degree
Pharm.D in Pharmacy from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India

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Biography

Dr. Akram Ahmad is currently working as Lecturer of Clinical Pharmacy at UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has completed his M.Phil. in Pharmacy Practice from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India. He is licensed Pharmacist authorized by Uttar Pradesh State Pharmacy Council. He has published 1 book and 57 research articles in journals contributed as author/co-author. He also presented number of papers in scientific conferences. He is a reviewer and editorial board members in several journals of medicine and pharmacy.

Area of Interest:

Pharmacology and Toxicology
100%
Clinical Pharmacy
62%
Pharmacy Practice
90%
Social Pharmacy
75%
Pharmacy Education
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
Articles
0
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Ramrekha, C., A. Ramkhelawan, R. Singh, A. Solomon and C. Tilluckdharry, et al., 2015. Pharmacy education in trinidad and tobago. Indian J. Pharm. Educ. Res., 49: 168-173.
  2. Rafi, M.S., S.B.S. Naqvi, M.U. Khan, M. Fayyaz and N. Ashraf, et al., 2015. Evaluation of potential drug-drug interactions with antidepressants in two tertiary care hospitals. J. clin. Diagn. Rese., 9: 5-8.
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  3. Khan, M.U., A. Ahmad, T. Aqeel, S. Salman, Q. Ibrahim, J. Idrees and M.U. Khan, 2015. Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards polio immunization among residents of two highly affected regions of Pakistan. BMC public health, .
  4. Khan, M.U., A. Ahmad, T. Aqeel, N. Akbar, S. Salman and J. Idress, 2015. A cross-sectional survey of healthcare workers on the knowledge and attitudes towards polio vaccination in Pakistan. PloS one, .
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  5. Khan, M.U., A. Ahmad, K. Hussain, A. Salam, Z.U. Hasnain and I. Patel, 2015. The need for redesigned pharmacy practice courses in Pakistan: the perspectives of senior pharmacy students. J. Educ. Eval. Health Professions, .
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  6. Khan, M.U., A. Ahmad, A. Ejaz, S.A. Rizvi and A. Sardar, et al., 2015. Comparison of the knowledge, attitudes, and perception of barriers regarding adverse drug reaction reporting between pharmacy and medical students in Pakistan. J. Educ. Eva. Health Professions, .
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  7. Khan, M.U. and A. Ahmad, 2015. Polio vaccination in Pakistan. Lancet, 386: 337-337.
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  8. Hosein, D., A. Ahmad, M.U. Khan and S. Dhingra, 2015. Canagliflozin: A first-in-class medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Int. J. Toxicol. Pharmacol. Res., 7: 105-107.
  9. Elkalmi, R.M., R.M. Alkoudmani, T.M. Elsayed, A. Ahmad and M.U. Khan, 2015. Effect of religious beliefs on the smoking behaviour of university students: quantitative findings from malaysia. J. Religion Health, 2015: 1-7.
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  10. Elkalmi, R.M., M.U. Khan, A. Ahmad, A.B. Srikanth and N.S. Abdurhaman, et al., 2015. Knowledge, awareness, and perception of contraception among senior pharmacy students in Malaysia: A pilot study. J. Res. Pharm. Pract., 4: 94-98.
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  11. Elkalmi, R.M., A.K.M. Alshami, A. Ahmad, M. Umair, N.S.A.R. Khan and R.M. Alkoudmani, 2015. Assessment of learning style preferences of pharmacy students: Findings from public university of Malaysia. Indian J. Pharm. Educ. Res., 49: 266-271.
  12. Ahmad, A., M.U. Khan, L.J. Gogoi, M. Kalita, A.P. Sikdar, S. Pandey and S. Dhingra, 2015. Japanese encephalitis in Assam, India: Need to increase healthcare workers' understanding to improve health care. Plos one, .
  13. Ahmad, A., M.U. Khan, J. Moorthy, S.Q. Jamshed and I. Patel, 2015. Comparison of knowledge and attitudes about antibiotics and resistance, and antibiotics self-practicing between bachelor of pharmacy and doctor of pharmacy students in Southern India. Pharm. Pract., 13: 523-523.
  14. Ahmad, A., M.U. Khan, I. Patel, S. Maharaj, S. Pandey and S. Dhingra, 2015. Knowledge, attitude and practice of B. Sc. pharmacy students about antibiotics in trinidad and tobago. J. res. Pharm. Pract., 4: 37-41.
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  15. Ahmad, A., M.U. Khan, I. Haque, R. Ivan and R. Dasari, et al., 2015. Evaluation of potential drug-drug interactions in general medicine ward of teaching hospital in Southern India. J. clin. Diagn. Res., 9: 10-13.
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  16. Ahmad, A., M.U. Khan, B.D. Kumar, G.S. Kumar, S.P. Rodriguez and I. Patel, 2015. Beliefs, attitudes and self-use of ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha, and homeopathy medicines among senior pharmacy students: an exploratory insight from Andhra Pradesh, India. Pharmacogn. Res., 7: 1-7.
  17. Ahmad, A., M.U. Khan, A.B. Srikanth, I. Patel, A.N. Nagappa and S.Q. Jamshed, 2015. Evaluation of workload and its impact on satisfaction among pharmacy academicians in Southern India. J. Diagnostic Clin. Res., 9: FC01-FC06.
  18. Ahmad, A., M.U. Khan and I. Patel, 2015. Drug pricing policies in one of the largest drug manufacturing nations in the world: Are affordability and access a cause for concern? J. Res. Pharm. Pract., 4: 1-3.
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  19. Ahmad, A., I. Patel, H. Asani, M. Jagadeesan, S. Parimalakrishnan and S. Selvamuthukumaran, 2015. A comparison of enoxaparin with unfractionated heparins in patients with coronary heart disease in an emergency department in rural South Indian tertiary care teaching hospital. Indian J. Pharmacol., 47: 90-94.
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  20. Ahmad, A., I. Patel, G.P. Mohanta and R. Balkrishnan, 2015. Evaluation of self medication practices in rural area of town Sahaswan at Northern India. Anna. Med. Health Sci. Res., 4: 73-78.
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  21. Ahmad, A. and M.U. Khan, 2015. Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever in Pakistan: Are we going in the right direction? J. Res. Pharm. Pract., 4: 173-174.
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  22. Paruchuri, A. and A. Ahmad, 2014. Foreign pharmacy graduate equivalent examination certification: Passport to the promised land for Indian pharm. D graduates. J.. Young Pharmacists, 6: 3-6.
  23. Khan, M.U., S. Shah, A. Ahmad and O. Fatokun, 2014. Knowledge and attitude of healthcare workers about middle east respiratory syndrome in multispecialty hospitals of Qassim, Saudi Arabia. BMC Public Health, .
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  24. Khan, M.U., A. Ahmad and I. Patel, 2014. Infection control in the Indo-Pak Subcontinent: Averting the aftermath of the worst flooding in 60 years. Disaster Med. Public Health Preparedness, 8: 461-461.
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  25. Khan, M.U. and A. Ahmad, 2014. The impact of clinical pharmacists` interventions on drug related problems in a teaching based hospital. Int. J. Pharm. Clin. Res., 63: 276-280.
  26. Boodoo, S., K. De Gannes, S. Maharaj, S. Pandey, A. Ahmad and S. Dhingra, 2014. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) induced angioedema: a case report. Int. J. Toxicol. Pharm. Res., 6: 121-122.
  27. Ahmad, A., S. Sanyal, I. Patel, R. Balkrishnan and G.P. Mohanta, 2014. Availability, cost and affordability of antimalarial medicines in India! Int. J. Pharm. Clin. Res., 6: 7-12.
  28. Ahmad, A., S. Atique, R. Balkrishnan and I. Patel, 2014. Pharmacy profession in India: Current scenario and recommendations. Indian J. Pharm. Educ. Res., 48: 12-15.
  29. Ahmad, A., M.U. Khan, A.N. Nagappa and I. Patel, 2014. Emerging job opportunities for pharm D graduates: looking outside the box. Int. J. Pharm. Educ. Res., 48: 6-10.
  30. Ahmad, A., I. Patel, S. Sanyal, R. Balkrishnan and G.P. Mohanta, 2014. A study on drug safety monitoring program in India. Indian J. Pharm. Sci., 76: 379-386.
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  31. Ahmad, A., I. Patel, M.U. Khan and J. Chang, 2014. Can pharmacy doctors act as valuable assets in rural areas with a physician shortage? J. Res. Pharm. Pract., 3: 109-111.
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  32. Ahmad, A., B.A. Srikanth and I. Patel, 2014. Indian Pharm. D: Should it be pursued? Arch. Pharm. Pract., 5: 97-99.
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  33. Ahmad, A, M. Revanker, I. Haque, A. Pravina, R. Ivan, R. Dasari, S. Kuriakose and I. Patel, 2014. Study the prescription pattern of antibiotics in the medicine department in a teaching hospital: a descriptive study. Int. J. Toxicol. Pharm. Res., 6: 43-46.
  34. Srikanth, B.A., A. Ahmad, R.K. Reddy, R. Balkrishnan and A.N. Nagappa, 2013. Acceptance of doctor of pharmacy in India: A survey-based study. Arch. Pharm. Pract., 4: 93-97.
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  35. Gangwar, S.S., A. Ahmad, I. Patel, S. Parimalakrishnan, R. Balkrishnan and S.P. Singh, 2013. Assessment of medication knowledge in type 2 diabetes mellitus and counseling to patients attending community pharmacy in rural north India. Afr. J. Pharm. Res., 4: 46-57.
  36. Akram, A., I. Patel, S.V. Anandhi, S. Parimalakrishnan, S. Vishwanathan and T. Ramya, 2013. Clinical observation of dinoprostone to induce labour in postdatism: success, side-effects and acceptability. Int. J. Med. Pharm. Sci., 3: 14-21.
  37. Ahmad, A., S. Parimalakrishnan, I. Patel, G.P. Mohanta and R. Balkrishnan, 2013. Knowledge, attitude and practice of indian pharmacists in adverse drug reactions reporting: a pilot survey. Perspect. Clin. Res., 4: 204-210.
  38. Ahmad, A., S. Parimalakrishnan, G.P. Mohanta, I. Patel, P.K. Manna and R. Balkrishnan, 2013. A Southern Indian experience with Weil`s syndrome: A case report and review. Afr. J. Pharm. Res., 4: 93-100.
  39. Ahmad, A., P.I.P.G. Mohantal, A. Parchuri and R. Balkrishnan, 2013. Assessment of medication errors in among patients visiting community pharmacies in rural areas of chidambaram, tamilnadu at south India: A prospective study. Int. J. Pharm., 3: 53-58.
  40. Ahmad, A., I. Patel, J. Chang, H.C. Chung, S. Parimalakrishnan and G.P. Mohanta, 2013. The role of pharmacoeconomics in the current healthcare system in India. J. Res. Pharm. Pract., 2: 1-9.
  41. Ahmad, A., I. Patel and G.P. Mohanta, 2013. Drug safety guidelines -are they effective! Indian J. Pharmacol., 45: 641-642.
  42. Ahmad, A. and I. Patel, 2013. Schedule H1: Is it a solution to curve antimicrobial misuse in India? Ann. Med. Health Sci. Res., 3: 55-56.
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  43. Ahmad, A. and I. Patel, 2013. Job satisfaction among Indian pharmacists. J. Pharm. Bioallied Sci., 5: 326-326.
  44. Patel, M., I. Patel, J. Chang, J. Srivastava, X. Tan, R. Rarus, A. Ahmad and R. Balkrishnan, 2012. Computerized order entry systems: An introduction. J. Pharm. Res., 5: 4962-4967.
  45. Paruchuri, A., P. Vini, A. Akram, S.S. Kumaran, G.P. Mohanta and P.K. Manna, 2012. Caution: medicines can kill beaware! J. Pharm. Pract., 2: 1-5.
  46. Paruchuri, A., P. Vini, A. Akram, S.S. Kumaran and G.P. Mohanta, 2012. Malnutrition in India: A major problem with minor attention. IJPI`s J. Hosp. Clin. Pharm., 2: 27-35.
  47. Kumar, Y.A., A. Akram, R.A. Kumar, G.P. Mohanta, P.K. Manna and R. Manavalan, 2012. Ezetimibe: Makes a difference in dyslipidemia management. Pharm. Util., 6: 9-16.
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  48. Kumar, A.Y., R.V. Kumar, A. Ahmad, G.P. Mohanta and P.K. Manna, 2012. Pharmacists interventions and pharmaceutical care in an Indian teaching hospital: A prospective study. Int. J. Adv. Res. Pharm. Biol., 1: 386-396.
  49. Gangwar, S.S., S. Parimalakrishnan, A. Akram and S.P. Singh, 2012. Medication concordance among the out-patients with type 2 diabetes in Kanpur at Northern India. Int. J. Res. Dev. Pharm. Life Sci., 2: 251-257.
  50. Chang, J., I. Patel, J. Srivastava, X. Tan, A. Ahmad, J. Gladden and R. Balkrishnan, 2012. Electronic prescribing-an emerging trend. Indian J. Hosp. Pharm., 49: 4-8.
  51. Chandra, S.D., A. Akram, I. Patel, K.T. Kanth, G.P. Mohanta and S. Parimalakrishnan, 2012. Pharmacovigilance: Areas to reform. Indo Am. J. Pharm. Res., 2: 1001-1009.
  52. Ahmad, A., S. Parimalakrishnan, P.T. Kumar, I. Patel, R. Balkrishnan and G.P. Mohanta, 2012. Evaluation of antibiotics on self-medication pattern among patients attending community pharmacises in rural area, Uttar Pradesh India. J. Pharm. Res., 5: 765-768.
  53. Ahmad, A., S. Parimalakrishnan, G.P. Mohanta, I. Patel and P.K. Manna, 2012. A study on utilization pattern of higher generation antibiotics among patients visiting community pharmacies in chidambaram, Tamil Nadu at South India. Int. J. Pharm., 4: 466-471.
  54. Ahmad, A., S. Parimalakrishnan, G.P. Mohanta, I. Patel and P.K. Manna, 2012. A study on affordability of antimicrobials in indian situation over one decade. Indian J. Hosp. Pharm., 49: 98-102.
  55. Ahmad, A., G.P. Mohanta and S. Parimalakrishnan, 2012. Utilization of Higher Generation Antibiotics in Private Sectors (Community Pharmacy). Lambert Academic Publishing (LAP), Germany, Pages: 68.
  56. Ahmad, A., 2012. Changing pharmaceutical regulation in India to promote rational use of antimicrobials. Asian J. Biomed. Pharm. Sci., 2: 1-5.
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  57. Ahmad, A., S. Parimalakrishnan, G.P. Mohanta, P.K. Manna and R. Manavalan, 2011. Incidence of adverse drug reactions with commonly prescribed drugs in tertiary care teaching hospital in India. Int. J. Pharm. Sci., 3: 79-83.