Dr. Seedahmed's scholarship focuses on leveraging real-world data from electronic health records (EHR) to study the heterogeneity of sarcoidosis and its impact on the natural history of the disease. Through his research, he aims to inform innovative clinical care for sarcoidosis patients and support evidence-based practices that improve clinical outcomes.
His current work uses "big data" generated from clinical encounters to understand the epidemiology of sarcoidosis among U.S. Veterans, identify associated risk factors, examine mortality trends, and develop innovative and reliable computational algorithms that can efficiently map sarcoidosis cases and different clinical phenotypes in EHR. This foundational work will pave the way for forthcoming projects to evaluate different management approaches in sarcoidosis through comparative effectiveness research.
Dr. Seedahmed is an Assistant Professor in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division. He is an attending physician at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and the Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease at UPMC. Specializing in managing Interstitial lung disease, focusing on sarcoidosis, Dr. Seedahmed also provides care in the Medical Intensive Care Unit and Pulmonary Consultation services.
- MBBS, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 2006
- MPH, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 2018
- Residency, Internal Medicine, WellStar Atlanta Medical Center, 2013
- Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 2021
- Clinical Research Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California San Francisco, 2023
Education & Training
Seedahmed MI, Baugh AD, Albirair MT, Luo Y, Chen J, Whooley MA, McCulloch CE, Koth LL, Arjomandi M. Epidemiology of Sarcoidosis in U.S. Veterans from 2003 to 2019. AnnalsATS. 2023; Feb: PMID36724377.
Seedahmed MI, Albirair MT, Whooley MA, Koth LL, Blanc PD, Arjomandi M. Screening for Beryllium among U.S. Veterans with Sarcoidosis, 2002-2020. CHEST. 2023; June. ISSN 0012-3692: PMID37364853.
Seedahmed MI, Mogilnicka I, Zeng S, Luo G, Whooley MA, McCulloch CE, Koth L, Arjomandi M. Performance of Computational Phenotyping Algorithm for Sarcoidosis Using Diagnostic Codes in Electronic Medical Records: Case Validation Study from 2 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. JMIR Form Res. 2022; Mar.: PMID35081036.
- Emory Division of Hospital Medicine Scholarship Award, 2014
- Emory Division of Hospital Medicine Director's Award, 2014
- The Michael Heisler, MD, MPH Leadership in Hospital Medicine Award, 2015
- Emory Division of Hospital Medicine Mentoring Program Award, 2017
- CHEST Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellow Course, 2019
- Sudanese American Physicians Associations Recognition Award, 2020
- Clinical Research Informatics Postdoctoral (CRISP) Fellowship at UCSF, 2021
- Under-Represented Faculty & Senior Fellows in Clinical and Translational Research Award, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), 2021
- American Thoracic Society New Faculty Boot Camp Award, 2022
- American Thoracic Society Abstract Scholarship Award—Environmental, Occupational and Population Health Assembly, 2023
