Dr Wafaa Ahmed

Dr Wafaa Ahmed is a consultant gastroenterologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. She graduated from the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland in 2010. She completed advanced endoscopy fellowships in Kings College Hospital and St James Hospital in Leeds. She has an interest in quality improvement in endoscopy and has published multicenter studies in ERCP and EUS.

She performs ERCP, EUS, upper and lower GI endoscopy, and conducts general gastroenterology and specialist pancreatobiliary clinics.

Ichkhanian Y, Chaudhary AJ, Veracruz N, Faisal MS, Peller MT, Kushnir V, Daugherty T, Genere JR, Pawa R, Pawa S, Ahmed W, Huggett MT, Paranandi B, Aparicio JR, Martínez-Moreno B, Nimri F, Ashraf T, Alluri S, Obri M, Dang D, Singla S, Piraka C, Zuchelli T. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of intra-abdominal abscess using 15-mm versus 10-mm lumen-apposing metal stents: an international case-matched study. Gastrointest Endosc. 2025 Jul;102(1):134-138.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2025.01.002. Epub 2025 Jan 7. PMID: 39788214.

Nayagam JS, Ahmed W, Farrant M, Jefferies J, Boshell V, Simpson A, Joshi D. Clinical factors associated with illness perception, worry and mental health in sclerosing cholangitis: A single centre prospective study. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2024 Jan;48(1):102251. doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2023.102251. Epub 2023 Nov 24. PMID: 38006942.

On W, Ahmed W, Everett S, Huggett M, Paranandi B. Utility of interventional endoscopic ultrasound in pancreatic cancer. Front Oncol. 2023 Sep 15;13:1252824. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1252824. PMID: 37781196; PMCID: PMC10540845.

Ahmed W, Joshi D, Huggett MT, Everett SM, James M, Menon S, Oppong KW, On W, Paranandi B, Trivedi P, Webster G, Hegade VS. Update on the optimisation of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Frontline Gastroenterol. 2023 Sep 12;15(1):74-83. doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2023-102491. PMID: 38487565; PMCID: PMC10935540.

Ahmed W, Mirzaali M, Young C, Sanni L, Everett S, Paranandi B, Huggett MT, On W. EUS-guided through the needle microbiopsy: a useful adjunct in the investigation of pancreatic cystic lesions. BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2023 Jun;10(1):e001184. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2023-001184. PMID: 37399433; PMCID: PMC10314575.

Ahmed W, Kyle D, Khanna A, Devlin J, Reffitt D, Zeino Z, Webster G, Phillpotts S, Gordon R, Corbett G, Gelson W, Nayar M, Khan H, Cramp M, Potts J, Fateen W, Miller H, Paranandi B, Huggett M, Everett SM, Hegade VS, O'Kane R, Scott R, McDougall N, Harrison P, Joshi D. Intraductal fully covered self-expanding metal stents in the management of post-liver transplant anastomotic strictures: a UK wide experience. Therap Adv Gastroenterol. 2022 Sep 26;15:17562848221122473. doi: 10.1177/17562848221122473. PMID: 36187366; PMCID: PMC9516418.

On W, Paranandi B, Smith AM, Venkatachalapathy SV, James MW, Aithal GP, Varbobitis I, Cheriyan D, McDonald C, Leeds JS, Nayar MK, Oppong KW, Geraghty J, Devlin J, Ahmed W, Scott R, Wong T, Huggett MT. EUS-guided choledochoduodenostomy with electrocautery-enhanced lumen-apposing metal stents in patients with malignant distal biliary obstruction: multicenter collaboration from the United Kingdom and Ireland. Gastrointest Endosc. 2022 Mar;95(3):432-442. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2021.09.040. Epub 2021 Oct 9. PMID: 34637805.

Ahmed W, Jeyaraj R, Reffitt D, Devlin J, Suddle A, Hunt J, Heneghan MA, Harrison P, Joshi D. Nasobiliary drainage: an effective treatment for pruritus in cholestatic liver disease. Frontline Gastroenterol. 2022 Jan 11;13(5):416-422. doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2021-102025. PMID: 36051950; PMCID: PMC9380771.

Husnoo N, Ahmed W, Shiwani MH. Duodenal biopsies for the diagnosis of coeliac disease: are we adhering to current guidance? BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2017 May 1;4(1):e000140. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2017-000140. PMID: 28761690; PMCID: PMC5508691.