Positions

Associate Professor

Pediatrics-Bipai
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital, Feigin Center (Clinic)

1102 Bates Street, Suite 630
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-1038

Professional Statement

Websites

Selected Publications

• Kim MH, Ahmed S, Preidis GA, Abrams EJ, Hosseinipour MC, Giordano TP, Chiao EY, Paul ME, Bhalakia A, Nanthuru D, Kazembe PN. " Low Rates of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in a Routine Programmatic Setting in Lilongwe, Malawi. " PLoS ONE. 2013 ; 8 (5) : e64979.
  Pubmed PMID: 23741437.
• Kabue MM, Buck WC, Wanless SR, Cox CM, McCollum ED, Caviness AC, Ahmed S, Kim MH, Thahane L, Devlin A, Kochelani D, Kazembe PN, Calles NR, Mizwa MB, Schutze GE, Kline MW. " Mortality and Clinical Outcomes in HIV-Infected Children on Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi, Lesotho, and Swaziland. " Pediatrics. 2012 Sep ; 130 (3) : e591-9.
  Pubmed PMID: 22891234.
• Kim MH, Cox C, Dave A, Draper HR, Kabue M, Schutze GE, Ahmed S, Kazembe PN, Kline MW, Manary M. " Prompt Initiation of ART With Therapeutic Food Is Associated With Improved Outcomes in HIV-Infected Malawian Children With Malnutrition. " J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr.. 2012 Feb 1; 59 (2) : 173-6.
  Pubmed PMID: 22107819.
• Kim MH, Ahmed S, Buck WC, Preidis GA, Hosseinipour MC, Bhalakia A, Nanthuru D, Kazembe PN, Chimbwandira F, Giordano TP, Chiao EY, Schutze GE, Kline MW. " The Tingathe programme: a pilot intervention using community health workers to create a continuum of care in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) cascade of services in Malawi. " J Int AIDS Soc. 2012 ; 15 (4) : 41285.
  Pubmed PMID: 22789644.
• Braun M, Kabue MM, McCollum ED, Ahmed S, Kim MH, Aertker L, Chirwa M, Eliya M, Mofolo I, Hoffman I, Kazembe PN, van der Horst C, Kline MW, Hosseinipour MC. " Inadequate Coordination of Maternal and Infant HIV Services Detrimentally Affects Early Infant Diagnosis Outcomes in Lilongwe, Malawi " J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Jan ; 56 (5) : 122-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 21224736.
• Ahmed S, Kim MH, Abrams EJ. " Risks and benefits of lifelong antiretroviral treatment for pregnant and breastfeeding women: a review of the evidence for the Option B+ approach " Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2013 ; 8 (5) : 474-489.
  Pubmed PMID: 23925003.
• Ahmed S, Kim MH, Sunghandi N, Phelps R, Sabelli R, Diallo MO, Young P, Duncan D, Kellerman E. " Beyond early infant diagnosis: case finding strategies for identification of HIV-infected infants and children " AIDS. 2013 Nov 27; S235-245.
  Pubmed PMID: 24361633.
• Sugandhi N, Rodrigues J, Kim MH, Ahmed S, Amzel A, Tolle M, , Dzubiene E, Rivadeneira E, Kellerman S. " HIV-exposed infants: rethinking care for a lifelong condition " AIDS. 2013 Nov 27; S187-95.
  Pubmed PMID: 24361628.
• Sint T, Lovich R, Hammond W, Kim MH, Melilo S, Lu L, Ching P, Marcy J, Rollins N, Koumans EH, Heap AN, Brewinski-Isaacs M. " Challenges in Infant and Young Child Nutrition in the Context of HIV " AIDS. 2013 Nov 27; S169-77.
  Pubmed PMID: 24361626.
• Phelps R, Ahmed S, Amzel A, Diallo MO, Jacobs T, Kellerman SE, Kim MH, Sugandhi N, Melanie Tam M. " Strategies for Retention of Children in HIV-Care. " AIDS. 2013 ; S235-245.
• Kim, MH., Mazenga, A., Devendra, A., Ahmed, S., Kazembe, P., Yu, X., Nguyen, C., Sharp, C. " Prevalence of depression and validation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II and the Children’s Depression Inventory-Short amongst HIV-positive adolescents in Malawi " JIAS. 2014 Jul 30;
  Pubmed PMID: 25085002.