Usama Ahmed Ali, MD, PHD

Surgery
Specialties
Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery, morespecialties

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ColumbiaDoctors at NewYork-Presbyterian The One

1111 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10604
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  • HMO
  • PPO
  • EPO
  • POS
  • Student Health
  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • NY Signature
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Special Needs
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • EPO
  • POS
  • Great West (National)
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • ConnectiCare
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • EPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Essential Plan
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO - New Jersey Services
  • New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
  • HMO - New Jersey Services
  • POS - New Jersey Services
  • EPO - New Jersey Services
  • Local 1199
  • MagnaCare
  • Traditional Medicare
  • Railroad
  • Multiplan
  • HMO
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Special Needs
  • TRICARE
  • Oxford Liberty
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • POS
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO
  • SelectHealth
  • Special Needs
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • New Jersey Services (Medicare Managed Care)
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • World Trade Center Health Plan

About Usama Ahmed Ali, MD, PHD


Dr. Usama Ahmed Ali is a colorectal surgeon who has expertise in the whole gamut of colorectal surgery, including minimally invasive and open colorectal surgical procedures, anorectal operations, and colonoscopy. He completed his medical training at Utrecht University in the Netherlands in 2007. He then did colorectal research as a PhD researcher and was a colorectal research fellow at the Cleveland Clinic in 2011 under the guidance of Dr. Pokala Ravi Kiran. He trained in general and colorectal surgery at the University Medical Center Utrecht and the St. Antonius Hospital in The Netherlands after which he worked as a general and colorectal surgeon in Riverieland Ziekenhuis in Tiel until 2022.

Dr. Ahmed Ali has an interest in a wide spectrum of colorectal conditions including benign colorectal conditions, diverticular disease, colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, polyposis and anorectal disorders such as hemorrhoids, abscesses and anal fistulas.

Dr. Ahmed Ali trained extensively with Dr. Kiran and Dr. James Church. He works collaboratively with Dr. Church on complex fistula disease within the Anal Fistula Center and is part of the Hereditary Cancer and Familial Polyposis Center. He also works closely with Dr. Kiran in the management of various conditions including complex and reoperative colorectal surgery.

Dr. Ahmed Ali has a double PhD in medicine, one of which is in the surgical treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. He also has a Masters in Evidence-Based Medicine from Oxford University. He is a Member of Dutch Society for Surgery and Dutch Society for Gastro-intestinal Surgery (2021).

Specialties & Expertise

  • Anal Cancer
  • Anal Fissure
  • Anal Fistula
  • Anorectal Disorder
  • Colon Cancer
  • Constipation
  • Diverticulitis
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
  • Pelvic Floor Disorders
  • Rectal Cancer
  • Rectal Prolapse
  • Small Bowel Resection

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital

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