Azeemuddin Ahmed, MD, MBA is a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Iowa. He practices and teaches Emergency Medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Serving as Executive Vice Chair, he is engaged in all aspects of departmental administration with added focus on faculty recruitment, faculty mentorship, faculty practice plan, faculty compensation, clinical innovation as well as strategic planning. Dr. Ahmed is board certified in Emergency Medicine and sub-specialty board certified in Emergency Medical Services by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.

His area of clinical expertise is prehospital care, and Dr. Ahmed serves as the Division and Fellowship Program Director for Emergency Medical Services in the Department of Emergency Medicine. In the realm of medical direction, he is Medical Director of Kinnick Stadium and Carver Hawkeye Arena as well as the Medical Director for the Bureau of Emergency Medical and Trauma Services, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Ahmed is an active researcher with projects involving prehospital care, and continues to publish case reports, book chapters, research abstracts and manuscripts in a variety of academic media. He presents didactic lectures both locally and nationally and is a member of several professional organizations devoted to the advancement of Emergency Medicine care, education and research. He has received numerous teaching awards from his trainees in recognition of his education efforts, as well as a Lifesaving Medal from the City of Eldridge, Iowa and the Iowa EMS Physician of the Year award from the Iowa Emergency Medical Services Association for his many contributions as an EMS physician.

Dr. Ahmed brings his education, enthusiasm, and real-world experience in conducting negotiations to the Tippie Leadership Collaborative at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business. He has proficiency in negotiating in a variety of situations within the health care system, between organizational units, human resources and business development. He provides seminars on negotiation strategies and tactics to a variety of business and health care organizations regionally and nationally. He was recognized by the Tippie Executive MBA – Iowa City Classes of 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020 as a GREAT Instructor of the Year. In 2017, Dr. Ahmed was selected by the Tippie Executive MBA – Des Moines cohort as a GREAT Instructor of the Year and they also nominated him for the President and Provost Teaching Award.

In his free time, Dr. Ahmed is an endurance athlete having completed 29 half marathons and 8 marathons (including the New York City Marathon).