Ahmed Veten, MBBS

Ahmed Veten grew up in Mauritania and completed his medical school at Jordan University of Science and Technology. Following medical school, he completed his first pediatric residency at Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar, before coming to the United States at Penn State for Pediatric Critical Care fellowship and Pediatric residency. Following training at Penn State, he completed an advanced fellowship in Pediatric Cardiac ICU at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. In 2023 Ahmed joined Yale University as faculty. His academic interest revolves around barriers to effective communication in inpatient settings, procedural safety and the point of care ultrasound (POCUS), and he is leading a number of projects to further the knowledge in these fields. Ahmed was one of the founding investigators of the pediatric research collaborative on critical ultrasound group (PeRCCUS). PeRCCUS is an official subgroup of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (PALISI network). Ahmed is actively engaged in the care of critically ill children with acquired and congenital heart diseases as well as educational endeavors with postdoctoral Pediatric Critical Care fellows.