Amira M. Mohamed, MD
Critical Care Medicine
- Program Director Critical Care Fellowship Program
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10461-2401
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Amira Mohamed, MD, is Director, Critical Care Fellowship Program, Associate Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Moses Campus and Assistant Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Mohamed is an intensivist with a specific interest in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and respiratory failure.
After completing her medical school education in Khartoum, Sudan in 2012, Dr Mohamed later moved to the United States. She completed her internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in 2017, followed by a critical care medicine fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine in 2019, acting as Chief Fellow in her final year.
Dr. Mohamed’s research interests include vaccine effectiveness and health care disparities. As an intensivist and a clinical educator, Dr Mohamed's focus has been on resident and fellow education. She has contributed to recent changes of the critical care curriculum at Montefiore Einstein, with a renewed focus on research and quality improvement. She has also led the diversity efforts in community education and outreach and has studied the racial disparity of pulse oximeters. She has shared her research through peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and abstracts.
Dr. Mohamed is board certified in Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. She is a member of the American Thoracic Society, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors.
Gender: Female
Credentials
Titles and Positions
- Program Director Critical Care Fellowship Program
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Education and Training
- Fellowship Mount Sinai Hospital
- Residency Mount Sinai Hosp Med Cen
Areas of Expertise
Specialties
Clinical Focus
Dr. Mohamed became involved in the medical education of both internal medicine residents and critical care medicine fellows soon after joining Montefiore and was appointed the Associate Program Director of the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program in early 2021. She rebuilt the fellow curriculum and strengthened their involvement in non-clinical duties such as research and quality improvement. She became the Program Director in 2022.
Outside of medical education, Dr. Mohamed is the Associate Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the Moses campus and her research interests include vaccine effectiveness and healthcare disparities.
Research Focus
As an intensivist and a clinical educator, Dr. Mohamed's focus has been on resident and fellow education. She has contributed to the recent changes in the Critical Care Curriculum with a renewed focus on research and quality improvement. She has also led diversity efforts in community education and outreach and has studied the racial disparity of pulse oximeters. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Mohamed joined the ICY network in a CDC-funded study of vaccine effectiveness and has published multiple studies on this topic.
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Primary Location
Montefiore Medical Center
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